Some companies in Hong Kong have sided more or less openly with protesters
“SWEAT IS FUN!” insists Pocari Sweat, a Japanese soft drink loved by active types across Asia. This summer millions of Hong Kongers have taken up a new sport: marching, originally against a controversial extradition bill and increasingly in opposition to their territory’s pro-Beijing government. Many do so clutching bottles of the isotonic beverage.
Some companies side more or less openly with the protesters. Wonder Life, a Hong Kong maker of condoms, posted on Facebook that consumers’ objections about TVB had led it to pull its advertising from the channel. Others are a bit more oblique.
Some businesses fall foul of demonstrations through no clear fault of their own. Sun Hung Kai Properties is facing calls for a boycott of its 24 shopping centres after some accused the developer, Hong Kong’s biggest, of letting the police clash with protesters on its premises on July 14th, The company says it did not call the police and was unaware of the their deployment.
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