China bans âblasphemousâ Nike commercial after uproar
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. BEIJING, China -- China has imposed a nationwide ban on a &quot;blasphemous&quot; Nike television commercial -- featuring
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China has banned foreign companies from setting up joint venture operations, a major blow to the world's tobacco giants seeking in-roads into the globe's largest cigarette market.
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Michael Vick's legal troubles prompt Nike on Thursday to suspend the release of its latest product line named after the Falcons quarterback.
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China orders strict curbs on Pop Idol-style TV shows, the country's state media reports.
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China is launching a nationwide crackdown on sexually suggestive video and audio products, in the latest effort by government censors to curb content considered to be in bad taste.
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China defended its record on religious freedom Thursday, saying all Chinese can worship as they choose with no restrictions, and it blasted a U.S. government report that said Beijing persecutes some believers.
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China has voiced its anger over a Nike advertisement in which a US basketball star fights off a series of ancient Chinese characters.
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The move is likely to inflame Chinaâs critics, who have called for a boycott of the 2008 games to protest human rights abuses.
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In one fell swoosh. Nike (nyse: NKE - news - people ) said its President and Chief Executive Phil Knight, 66, will relinquish those posts.
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A senior market regulator said yesterday that Beijing law enforcement bodies have banned brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Prada, Givenchy, Fendi and some 20 others from being sold at marketplaces around the city.
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China has kicked up a stink over a Nike footwear advertisement in which U.S. basketball star LeBron James takes on and subdues a series of traditional Chinese characters ranging from a cartoon kung fu master to a couple of dragons.
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China has kicked up a stink over a Nike footwear advertisement in which US basketball star LeBron James takes on and subdues a series of traditional Chinese characters ranging from a cartoon kung fu master to a couple of dragons.
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China has halted a plan to distribute free condoms on university campuses, quashing the AIDS prevention effort only a week before World AIDS Day, state media said Wednesday.
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The Shanghai-based manufacturer of a leukemia drug that was banned by China's drug watchdog after some patients reported leg pains and difficulty walking said Monday it was investigating the problem.
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A Chinese animator has won a court battle against the U.S. footwear and apparel maker Nike Inc. over the company's use of a stick figure illustration, state media reported Thursday.
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Nike Inc  sales in China are growing at over 50 percent annually and will reach $1 billion within a year, making the mainland its second largest market globally, Chief Executive Mark Parker said on Thursday.
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By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--Wangfujing Street in central Beijing is a shortcut to the other side of the world.   Above the Mercedes-Benzes and Audis whizzing nearby, a billboard promotes Adidas.