A new Sydney bar and restaurant has come under fire for its "sexy pre-war Shanghai" theme as social media users flood the business' Facebook page with accusations of racism and cultural appropriation.
Suey Sins, a new bar and restaurant in Surry Hills, only opened its doors for business this morning but has already received a barrage of criticism over its name, traditional qipaos as staff uniforms, and theme, according to news.com.au.
The critics claimed the venue was glamorising the dark reality of Chinese culture during the British colonial era and "continuing negative colonial ideologies", and "racist fetishisation of a marginalised women [sic] for a dollar".
"Mind explaining the brilliant idea of blending "sins" and "chop suey" to come up with the name?" one person asked.
"Mind explaining this incredibly obvious perpetuation of the longstanding stereotype of Asian women as exotic sex toys?"