“The figure is based on a typical German. We believe that all Germans look like that.”
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Patrick Chan of Hong Kong doll manufacturer
DiD, telling Bild that any resemblance of a swastika-wearing Wehrmacht soldier to German star
Bastian Schweinsteiger was a coincidence (as was the name
"Bastian"). Bild called the doll a “dirty Chinese slur” against the German star. By Thursday evening, the company’s website had been taken down. (
Guardian)