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<h3 style="margin-top:0;"><a style="font-weight: 500; font-size: 21px;line-height: 30px; margin-top:25px; margin-bottom: 10px;" href="http://u.osu.edu/mclc/2018/05/10/anger-over-earthquake-themed-model-photo-shoot/" target="_blank">Anger over earthquake-themed model photo shoot</a></h3>
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<p>Source: SCMP (5/9/18)<br />
<a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2145311/anger-over-sichuan-earthquake-themed-model-photo-shoot">Anger over Sichuan earthquake-themed model photo shoot</a><br />
<em>Organisers cancel event after criticism of plans to take pictures of models amid rubble to mark the 10th anniversary of the disaster that killed 69,000 in southwest China</em><br />
By Keegan Elmer</p>
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<div class="swiper-slide-overlay">A social media channel in China has been strongly criticised online for promoting a photo shoot with attractive models on the theme of the Sichuan earthquake, a newspaper reported.</div>
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<p class="v2-processed">The channel on the messaging app WeChat invited photographers to pay 999 yuan (US$157) to take pictures during the shoot called “Blooms in the Rubble”, marking the 10th anniversary of the disaster, <em>Beijing Morning Post</em> reported.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">The shoot was to take place in the middle of this month at an abandoned coal mine to the west of Beijing and feature four models, the article said.</p>
<p class="v2-processed link">[<a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2106145/sichuan-earthquake-stirs-painful-memories-2008-disaster" shape="rect">Sichuan earthquake stirs up painful memories of 2008 disaster</a>]</p>
<p class="v2-processed">An advert for the shoot said the aim was to create a contrast between the rubble created by the earthquake and the “full modern flavour of beautiful women” to create “sparks”.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">The 10th anniversary of the earthquake, which killed more than 69,000 people, is on May 12.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">Internet users were angered by the promotion, according to the newspaper, accusing organisers of trying to profit from the disaster.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">The advertisement was deleted from the channel’s WeChat feed on Monday morning.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">An e-commerce company runs the social media channel and an unnamed manager was quoted as saying an event planner at the firm was responsible for the advert.</p>
<p class="v2-processed link">[<a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2106309/chinas-early-earthquake-warning-system-gives-people-life-saving" shape="rect">China’s early earthquake warning system gives people life-saving seconds to prepare for tremor</a>]</p>
<p class="v2-processed">The post had been deleted and the photo shoot cancelled, the person said, adding that no one had signed up for it.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">An internet sales expert, Zhang Zhi, told the paper the company lacked social responsibility.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">“If you were the family member of a victim of the earthquake, would you like to see someone using this event to make money? Of course you wouldn’t,” he said.</p>
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by <a href="mailto:denton.2@osu.edu">denton.2@osu.edu</a> on May 10, 2018 </div>
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