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The Guardian - AU
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Chi Hui Lin in Taipei

Chinese celebrity chef offends China for third time with egg fried rice video

Celebrity chef Wang Gang said he would never make fried rice again after the controversy.
Celebrity chef Wang Gang said he would never make fried rice again after the controversy. Photograph: Alamy

A Chinese celebrity chef has apologised after he was accused of insulting the memory of Mao Zedong’s son by posting a video about how to cook egg fried rice.

Wang Gang, who has more than 3.3 million followers on Weibo and more than 2 million on YouTube, faced a torrent of criticism by viewers who accused him of deliberately publishing his cooking tutorial around the anniversary of the death of Mao Anying as an act of mockery.

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