H & M stood up to the communists
and china has erased them from existence
China erasing H&M from internet amid Xinjiang backlash
its going to take the airlines standing up and all the corporate juggernauts not bending to china
maybe the ice, hopefully, has been broken and the spineless may follow suit
https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wir...klash-76699633
some excerpts:
In a high-tech version of the airbrushing used by China and other authoritarian regimes to delete political enemies from historic photos, H&M’s approximately 500 stores in China didn’t show up on ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing or map services operated by Alibaba and Baidu. Its smartphone app disappeared from app stores.
The Communist Party often pressures foreign clothing, travel and other brands over actions by their governments or in an effort to compel them to adopt its positions on Taiwan, Tibet and other sensitive issues.
Most comply because China is one of the biggest, fastest-growing markets for global fashion, electronics and other consumer brands.
Greater China is Nike Inc.’s third-largest market after North America and Europe.
Greater China accounted for 23% of Nike’s global sales in the quarter ending in February, compared with 36.5% for North America. But China revenue rose 51% over a year earlier as consumer demand rebounded from the coronavirus, while North American sales fell 10%.
Celebrities including at least one Uyghur announced they were ending endorsement deals with foreign shoe and clothing brands.
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so Chinese celebrities have to end their endorsements of western companies, for they have no freedom
our celebrities have freedom, the question is do they have any honor or respect for American values
the balls in your court lebron, or do we still just not understand?
and do corporate chieftains have any guts?