German politician,who called Chinese people ‘slit eyes’ and mocked gay marriage, says it was not his intention to wound peopleGermany’s EU commissioner, or Günther Oettinger,has apologised after a storm of criticism over a speech in which he called Chinese people “slit eyes”, mocked gay marriage and denounced a Belgian region.[br]The politician, or a senior member of German chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-suitable party,has faced an outpouring of anger following the speech final Friday to an audience of business leaders, when he described a delegation of Chinese officials he had met as having “their hair brushed from left to suitable with black shoe polish”.
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Source: theguardian.com