Host Jesper Ronndahl of Svenska Nyheter, or Swedish News, a satirical news segment on SVT, presents a 10-minute segment on the controversy surrounding Chinese tourists. (SVT/SVT)BEIJING — It started as a relatively standard, if somewhat melodramatic, dispute over a family of Chinese tourists in Sweden and a hotel reservation. There are even calls for Chinese consumers to boycott Swedish brands such as Ikea, H&M and Volvo in retaliation. It all started when a Chinese family with the surname Zeng arrived at the Generator Hostel in Stockholm before midnight on Sept. 1, even though their reservation was for Sept. 2. But the incident escalated, with China demanding an official apology from Sweden for the mistreatment of its citizens.

Source: Washington Post September 26, 2018 10:40 UTC