Burger King pulls NZ chopsticks ad after outcry in China and social media grilling

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Burger King pulls NZ chopsticks ad after outcry in China and social media grilling
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Burger King asks a franchisee to take down a promotional video showing customers trying to eat burgers with chopsticks after it sparks a huge online outcry and demands for an apology.

There were some social media users who gave Burger King, which operates 1,000 stores in China, the benefit of the doubt.

Jacinda Ardern is yet to put a foot wrong, but the path ahead is long as she holds her wounded nation together.

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