Fans unhappy with Angelababy’s Macau faux pas

A small number of followers of Chinese celebrity Angelababy, also known as Angela Yeung Wing, are displeased after she suggested that Macau was a separate entity from China.
Earlier this week, the celebrity made a post on Weibo about her shoot with David Beckham.
In her post, she hashtagged the Londoner Macao project, to be developed in Cotai, and wrote: “next time, when you [David Beckham] come to China, I will treat you” to dinner.
Due to the recent Hong Kong protests, which have been portrayed as anti-Chinese and a call for Hong Kong independence, mentions of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan have become sensitive topics, especially among high-profile figures.
“Macau is also [part of] China,” reads one of the comments below Angelababy’s post. The comment was liked by 8,717 users.
“Doesn’t Macau also belong to China? Such writing really easily misleads people,” another commenter wrote.
Despite some followers having accused her of not referring to Macau as part of China, others defended the celebrity.
“When mentioning Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, if we don’t put China ahead of them, we will be denounced all the way to grandmother’s house [far away] at any moment,” another comment reads.
“She said that it is in the Londoner Macao. The company should be in Macau, right? She is writing it so unclear, it is so misleading,” a fourth Weibo user wrote. JZ