HarperCollins to remove Chinese character from Walliams book after criticism
NewsOct 3, 2021by Sian Bayley HarperCollins is to remove a story from David Walliams’ The World’s Worst Children after it was criticised for using “harmful stereotypes” in its depiction of a Chinese boy.
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