That seems pretty stupid. Did the embassy run the advertisement or were they apologizing on behalf of some other Americans ?

In that National Review article I had mentioned previously they had this story about a Chinese businessman who was caught c***ting on his wife. The wife demanded that she get to beat the girl friend, I guess to keep the marriage in tact. The husband negotiated with the wife on the time she got to beat the girl friend.

Then he put out an add to hire a woman to be beat and would pay her a high fee per minute to be beat by his wife. He surprisingly got a lot of takers. He chose one. The hired woman allowed herself to be beat by the wife, who was fooled.

I love that story.

US embassy apologizes for saying: 'Are you like this dog ... ?'
William Langley PandaGuides

The U.S. Embassy in Beijing has apologized after a social media post meant to herald the lifting of some p******c barriers between the two countries instead set off a fierce backlash after it was seen as likening Chinese students to dogs.

The embassy’s visa section invited Chinese students to resume applying for U.S. visas Wednesday in a post on the Chinese social media platform Weibo.

It marked an easing of restrictions after former President Donald Trump prohibited most non-U.S citizens in China from entering the country after the outbreak of C****-**.

“Spring has come and the flowers are in bloom. Are you like this dog who can’t wait to go out and play?” said the Chinese-language post. It was accompanied by an image of a small dog trying to escape over the top of a gate.

Weibo users reacted angrily, with many feeling that the post likened Chinese students to desperate puppies.

“Dogs in American culture basically have positive meanings, but in Chinese culture and idioms, they are mostly negative,” one user wrote.

The post was later deleted and the embassy issued an apology.

“"The social media post in question was meant to be lighthearted and humorous. We took it down immediately when we saw it was not received in the spirit we intended,” said an embassy spokesperson.

“We have the utmost respect for all Chinese people, certainly including Chinese students,” the spokesperson added. “We apologize if anyone was offended. That was certainly not our intention.”

China is the largest source of international students in the U.S.

Around 372,000 Chinese accounted for 35 percent of international students in the 2019-20 school year, according to the International Education Exchange, nearly twice as many as the second-highest, students from India.