the primary election, referring to her opponent, Stephanie Chang. She later issued an apology through a representative. She would lose the election and de facto defaulted her seat after the apology until Chang's inauguration to a Michigan House office charged with representing the district's affairs in the interim period in her place. In November 2018, Filipino Dota 2 player Carlo "Kuku" Palad was banned from attending the Chongqing Major after typing "ching chong" during a live match against Chinese players. He eventually apologized, but did not get his ban lifted. This followed an earlier event when another Filipino player Andrei "Skemberlu" Ong used the same term during a match with a Chinese team a few weeks earlier. In December 2018, American rapper Lil Pump was criticized after using the term in a teaser for his then-upcoming single "Butterfly Doors", which also contained the lyric "They call me Yao Ming 'cuz my eyes real low" with him slanting his eyes. He later was chided by several Asian and Asian-American rappers such as China Mac and Awkwafina. Lil Pump subsequently released an apology and edited out the lyrics from the official music video. In November 2022, German former professional footballer Jimmy Hartwig was criticized after using the term in his commentary about the Japan national football team on WELT-TV for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The WELT management company removed the video from YouTube and Hartwig posted an apology on his Instagram. See also Asian riff Chink East Asian languages List of ethnic slurs Anti-Chinese sentiment Zhing-zhong References Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States Asian-American issues Chinese language Anti–East Asian slurs English words Stereotypes of East Asian people