Gap says sorry for wrong map of China on T-shirt

The clothes firm Gap has said it is “extremely sorry” for selling a T-shirt with an incorrect map of China.

The US company is the latest to publicly express remorse after being hit with an online backlash from China’s keyboard warriors.

Photographs of a T-shirt that Gap had apparently sold in Canada were circulating on China’s internet, with many online comments saying that southern Tibet, Taiwan and the South China Sea were missing. Hundreds protested on social media, with one user telling Gap: “Get out of China if you don’t recognise its borders.”

Gap said in a statement that it “respects China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”. It added: “This product has been destroyed.”