South African bottled water company angers Chinese consumers

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A South African bottled water company is feeling the wrath of Chinese consumers who are labelling them racist.

South African bottled water company It's not made in China is feeling the wrath of Chinese consumers who have labelled them"racist" and have threatened to boycott their products.Companies are using not made in China as a marketing strategy to differentiate themselvesChina is using Made in China 2025 as a tagline for its ambitious 10-year industrial development plan

"[It] looks like the business owner has vowed to the world they won't have any relationship with China." The original post — including a picture of the water bottle and its label,"Still Water. It's not made in China" — only attracted two comments, but it quickly gained attention after it was shared and quoted by the official accounts of state media outlets Global Times and Guancha.cn.

 

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Get over it & stop snivelling. You're not losing face.

Boo hoo to China. Get over it

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