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Looks like there's just no winning this time for David Beckham.

The TV Series ArchivesEnglish football star probably lost a bunch of Chinese fans after a post in which he referred to Hong Kong as China.

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Beckham posted a video of Hong Kong on Instagram and Facebook, saying he had a "great 48 hours in China" -- something netizens quickly picked up on.

It's a touchy subject for many in Hong Kong, which was handed back to China in 1997 after over a century of British rule. Plenty of Hong Kongers still see the island as largely independent from the mainland.

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After some initial backlash, Beckham then tried to rectify the situation by changing his post to say: "Great 48 hours in Shanghai and Hong Kong."

Unfortunately, this provoked anger from a whole other group of netizens, that saw his statement as anti-Chinese.

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Beckham was in Hong Kong promoting insurance firm AIA, for which he's now the new global ambassador.

His social media faux pas comes as a new wave of crackdowns on pro-democracy activists sweep Hong Kong. And with the recent election of a new chief executive that is said to be pro-Beijing, many believe that the Chinese government is tightening its grip on Hong Kong -- an issue that has caused increasing tension between the two regions.

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