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K-pop girl group Blackpink has been accused of mishandling pandas after its members held a newborn cub in a reality TV episode.
The stars were seen touching three-month-old Fu Bao and an adult panda at a South Korean zoo in a minute-long trailer of their show.
The clip was released last week and kynghidongduong.vn sparked an immediate outcry in [/news/china/index.html China], which loans the pandas to [/news/south-korea/index.html South Korea].
South Korean girl band Blackpink has been criticised in China for petting a newborn panda
A trailer of the group's TV show features one of its members cradling three-month-old Fu Bao
The episode has been pulled after the accusations became trending in China. But Blackpink's company insisted every precaution had been taken to protect the pandas during the filming 
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Furious Chinese social media users claimed that the group had broken panda protection guidelines for petting a cub.
They also blasted the celebrities for touching the adult panda while having makeup on and wearing no gloves or face masks.
The reality TV episode has been pulled after the accusations became a trending topic in China.
But Blackpink's company insisted that every precaution had been taken to protect the pandas during the filming.
The minute-long teaser features the group's members, Jennie and Rosé, squatting outside a cage to interact with an adult panda under the instruction of a worker at the Everland Zoo
The group is facing backlash for their interaction with cub Fu Bao.

Pictured, Fu Bao made her public debut at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, on November 4
Fu Bao, the first panda to be born in South Korea, was introduced to the public last week.
Fu Bao's parents, father Le Bao and mother Ai Bao, arrived in 2016 from China's Sichuan province, the home of giant pandas, as part of China's 'panda diplomacy'.
The panda family live in the Everland Zoo in Yongin, a city near the South Korean capital city, Seoul.
Blackpink published the controversial footage on YouTube earlier this month to promote the last episode of their show '[ ]'.
The teaser features the group's members, Jennie and Rosé, squatting outside a cage to interact with an adult panda under the instruction of a zoo worker.
The two stars, who did not wear gloves or face masks, were filmed touching the panda through the gaps of the metal bars.
Later on in the video, the group's four members, all wearing protective suits, Lạc Sơn Đại Phật gloves and face masks, met the female cub.
A keeper is seen passing the baby panda to Jennie, who was instantly melted by her cuteness.
The full episode of the programme has been postponed, according to Blackpink's music label
Although the trailer was presented in a fun and light-hearted way, it drew waves of criticism on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent to Twitter.
As of Tuesday, [ ] 'South Korean celebrities violated rules to touch a panda cub' has amassed more than 800million views and 97,000 discussions on Weibo.
[ ] called 'Blackpink violated rules to touch a panda cub' has also attracted more than 68million clicks and 55,000 comments.
The internet users argued that nobody, other than professional animal carers, should be allowed to be in close contact with newborn pandas.
They also claimed that the singers could unknowingly pass diseases onto pandas by caressing the animals without wearing gloves or face masks.
Fu Bao's father Le Bao and mother Ai Bao arrived in South Korea in 2016 from China.

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