Mercedes insults China with Dalai Lama advert

Mercedes-benz has apologised for “hurting the feelings” of the people of China for quoting the Dalai Lama on Instagram.

Mercedes’s seemingly innocuous post to its official Instagram account showed a car on a beach before rolling white-capped waves.

“Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open,” the ad copy ran, citing the Dalai Lama.

But it clashed with Beijing’s official position on Tibet in which it views the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist.