SHANGHAI—Visual China Group, China’s largest stock images provider, on April 12 shut its website to make changes and apologized after it was criticized online and by regulators for selling images which it did not hold the ownership rights to.
The company, sometimes likened to U.S. photo agency Getty Images which it also partners with, apologized in a post on its official Weibo account, saying the incident revealed its weak management and that it was cooperating with authorities.
