Scientific journal advertises Chinese brothel
A science magazine has accidentally run an advert for a Chinese brothel on its front cover.
The otherwise respected MaxPlanck journal wanted to grab peoples attention by featuring a Chinese poem on the cover of their special issue, focusing on China.
Well they got it half right, they certainly made an impact, especially to Chinese readers ... the cover read "Hot Housewives in action!"
Red-faced German magazine bosses admitted the blunder and said they had bought the picture of Chinese characters in good faith from a photo agency.
... they also noted that they had never sold so many copies of the magazine.
Other lines of text on the cover read: "We have beauties from the north" and "Our young housewives have figures that will turn you on."
The edition of the journal has since been recalled, and the institute has apologized to readers, hopefully for not living up to the promises on the cover.
Link:
MaxPlanck
A science magazine has accidentally run an advert for a Chinese brothel on its front cover.The otherwise respected MaxPlanck journal wanted to grab peoples attention by featuring a Chinese poem on the cover of their special issue, focusing on China.
Well they got it half right, they certainly made an impact, especially to Chinese readers ... the cover read "Hot Housewives in action!"
Red-faced German magazine bosses admitted the blunder and said they had bought the picture of Chinese characters in good faith from a photo agency.
... they also noted that they had never sold so many copies of the magazine.
Other lines of text on the cover read: "We have beauties from the north" and "Our young housewives have figures that will turn you on."
The edition of the journal has since been recalled, and the institute has apologized to readers, hopefully for not living up to the promises on the cover.
Link:
MaxPlanck
