[단독] Shinsegae Duty Free Shop is in a very difficult position because of GOT7 member Jackson

Amid controversy over human rights abuses in Xinjiang Uyghur

Jackson de facto advocate for the Chinese government

Shinsegae Duty Free Shop has become difficult. As soon as a famous idol member was selected as a model, a big bad news broke out.

Shinsegae Duty Free recently selected GOT7 member singer Jackson as the brand’s representative model again after two years.

Earlier, the Shinsegae Duty Free Shop selected GOT7 as an advertising model in 2018, held mini concerts and fan meetings to attract domestic and foreign customers, and conducted various marketing activities such as video advertisements and production of various promotional materials. If you look back at Jackson as a model, you have a very friendly relationship with Jackson.

The problem is that Jackson raised Chinese hands in a conflict between the United States and China over human rights issues in Xinjiang’s Uighur Autonomous Region.

Jackson released a statement on the 25th and said, “From today, my workshop and Wang Jackson will stop the collaboration with the adidas Originals brand. State interests take precedence over anything else. “Our workshop and Wang Jackson are firmly opposed to any deception against China and the malicious act of fabricating rumors.”

Currently, Chinese people are in a situation where anger has exploded when the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada have announced sanctions against Chinese officials for cracking down on the human rights of the Uighurs. That anger is leading to a boycott of global fashion brands such as Nike and Adidas.

For Jackson, the claim that there was human rights oppression, such as forced labor in Xinjiang, was in line with the Chinese government’s position, “a malicious fabrication of anti-Chinese forces that tried to hurt China’s image and suppress China’s development”.

Even though Jackson is from Hong Kong, he has revealed his identity as’Chinese’ by saying, “I’m Jackson from China” when introducing himself.

The reason that Jackson’s announcement of a statement can turn into a serious problem is that the dissatisfaction of Korean netizens toward China is not so good, coupled with issues such as the’Northeast Project’. It can be seen how much antipathy toward the Chinese side is when the SBS drama’Chosun Gumasa’ decided to abolish it after the second episode of airing.

It is said that a large number of Shinsegae Duty Free Shops are operated by foreigners, but the company’s nationality is truly Korean, so it cannot be ruled out the possibility of a big controversy over Jackson’s appointment as a model.

An official at Shinsegae Duty Free said in a phone call with Wikitree on the 26th, “We have also encountered the issue now and have not yet been able to arrange a position at the company level.”