‘Harmful stereotype’ character removed from David Walliams book

The book’s publisher HarperCollins Children’s agreed to replace the story.

David Walliams outside the Garrick Theatre (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

A short story by David Walliams about a Chinese boy is to be removed from one of his children’s books after it was criticised for depicting “harmful stereotypes”.

A new edition of The World’s Worst Children will be published in March 2022 without the story Brian Wong, Who Was Never, Ever Wrong, with a new story replacing it.