Chinese 'web users' blast Amazon for selling T-shirts that support Hong Kong's independence and demand an apology from Jeff Bezos

Chinese web users are calling for a boycott against Amazon after spotting T-shirts that supported the Hong Kong's independence movement being sold on the site.

Consumers are demanding apologies from the e-commerce giant and its CEO, the world's richest man Jeff Bezos.

The Seattle-based technology firm is the latest western company to face a backlash in the Far East over its stance on Hong Kong amid ongoing anti-government protests in the Asian financial hub.

Earlier this week, Chinese web users spotted T-shirts sporting prints that supported Hong Kong's independence being sold on the e-commerce website.

The slogan on one T-shirt said 'Free Hong Kong, Democracy Now'.  Another said: 'Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Time.' A third one showed the image of a vandalised Chinese national emblem with words 'Hong Kong, add oil'.

Pictures of the T-shirts became widely circulated online, sparking an outrage among the Chinese people.

The online giant Amazon today responded to the controversy and ensured Beijing of its loyalty, Chinese state media reported. The company told Chinanews.com, a website affiliated to state-run China News agency, as well as state-run newspaper Global Times that it had always recognised and respected the "one country, two systems" principle.

Amazon also vowed to obey the law in China. 

Amazon's statement was immediately dismissed by Chinese users on Twitter-like Weibo, who called it 'insincere' and urged the company to pull the relevant T-shirts off its website.

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