Hello Kitty company cuts ties with Japanese spy show after China outcry
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Sanrio ends association with TV drama Vivant after China says portrayal of ruthless Chinese agents is ‘deliberate smear’ The company behind the successful Hello Kitty franchise has apologised and ended its commercial tie-up with a Japanese TV drama after Chinese state media and netizens condemned the show’s “deliberate smears” against China. Sanrio, a Japanese firm whose characters are popular around the world, said in a post on the Chinese social media site Weibo that it had decided to end its association with the TV drama Vivant after concluding that it “contained elements inconsistent with Sanrio’s core values”. Continue reading...
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- FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF-4.2% 30d
iShares China Large-Cap ETF holds stocks listed in China, which this story is about (“china”).
- EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF-0.2% 30d
iShares MSCI Japan ETF holds stocks listed in Japan, which this story is about (“japanese”).
- BABA Alibaba Group Holding-7.6% 19d
Alibaba Group Holding (business services) is one of the largest China-based companies traded in the US, so news about China (“china”) reaches its shares.
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NetEase (prepackaged software) is one of the largest China-based companies traded in the US, so news about China (“china”) reaches its shares.
- JD JD.com-0.7% 8d
JD.com (retail stores) is one of the largest China-based companies traded in the US, so news about China (“china”) reaches its shares.
- BIDU Baidu-11.5% 30d
Baidu (computer programming, data processing, etc.) is one of the largest China-based companies traded in the US, so news about China (“china”) reaches its shares.
- MUFG Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (commercial banks) is one of the largest Japan-based companies traded in the US, so news about Japan (“japanese”) reaches its shares.
- TM Toyota Motor+2.2% 30d
Toyota Motor (motor vehicles and passenger car bodies) is one of the largest Japan-based companies traded in the US, so news about Japan (“japanese”) reaches its shares.
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Sanrio ends association with TV drama Vivant after China says portrayal of ruthless Chinese agents is ‘deliberate smear’ The company behind the successful Hello Kitty franchise has apologised and ended its commercial tie-up with a Japanese…
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