Name: Chinese Boycott WRECKS Hong Kong Beverage Company Vitasoy
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And is China's cancel culture getting out of hand?

The CCP celebrated its 100th anniversary on July 1.

And in Hong Kong, police were out on the streets to make sure everyone was celebrating in the

But that night, a Hong Kong policeman was stabbed in what police called a lone-wolf

The man who stabbed the officer committed suicide after the attack.

And it turns out, he had “left behind several suicide notes declaring his hatred of police,

his opposition to the Beijing-imposed security law, and his intention to kill an officer

The attacker was a 50-year-old Hong Kong man named Leung Gin-fai.

He worked at a Hong Kong beverage factory called Vitasoy, which sells soy milk and other

After the stabbing/suicide incident, an employee at Vitasoy issued this internal memo.

It says, “We regret to inform everyone about the unfortunate death of Mr. Leung on July

Our company expresses our deepest condolences to Leung's family.”

Now Mr. Leung was the attacker, not the victim.

That being said, it's understandable how a Vitasoy employee could have written that

Maybe they mixed up the details of what happened.

After all, according to this RFA survey, 81% of Hong Kongers consider Leung a martyr, while

But publicly, that's not an ok view to have.

“Hong Kong authorities warned that advocating for people to mourn for the attacker was no

different from 'supporting terrorism.'”

And unfortunately for Vitasoy, that internal memo got leaked.

People started sharing it across the Chinese internet.

And Chinese netizens were...how should I put this?

They were angry at the memo's choice of words.

They were furious that a person committing suicide after attacking a police officer was

Plus they didn't like the word “accident” used to describe the incident.

And then mainland China's terrifying “cancel culture” reared its ugly head.

Immediately, there was a flood of comments criticizing Vitasoy for defending Leung.

“Trash Vitasoy, rooting for a terrorist!

“Those who support Vitasoy should leave China.”

Less than a day after word got out, this hashtag started trending: “Have you thrown out your

It got 5 million impressions on social media platform Weibo.

The hashtag “Vitasoy supports Hong Kong Protestors” has 75 million impressions.

And the hashtag “Get out of the mainland, Vitasoy!” hit 120 million impressions.

Celebrities who had business relations with Vitasoy quickly released official statements

denouncing their collaborations with the brand.

And the commercials that these actors have done for Vitasoy in May have been taken down

from Bilibili, China's version of YouTube.

Videos began circulating of local retailers rejecting Vitasoy.

Starting today after the government announcement, we're taking all of the Vitasoy products

Everyone can go watch the video on Douyin (TikTok) about the Vitasoy incident.

This guy buys a box of Vitasoy, just so he can throw it in the trash.

And this kid shows that canceling Vitasoy can be a family activity.

You gotta teach 'em to cancel when they're young.

It reads “Chinese people don't eat Vitasoy!

Chinese people “Not eating” has become a trending meme in China.

It means The Chinese people don't accept this.

It's like when your 4 year old doesn't want to eat the broccoli on their plate.

The phrase was used during the recent boycott over Xinjiang cotton).

Fashion brands like Nike and H&M declared they would no longer use Xinjiang cotton because

of concerns over Uyghur slave labor . So nationalistic Chinese netizens canceled them...for not supporting

You can watch my video on that, where you'll see how quickly Chinese citizens burned their

And now it's the same thing happening to Hong Kong's Vitasoy . And in Vitsoy's

case, it's having a huge impact on their bottom line.

China accounts for up to 70% of Vitasoy's sales .

But once Chinese netizens began to cancel Vitasoy, its shares plunged by 12% practically

It was their biggest single-day drop since their listing in 1994.

After the initial backlash from their leaked internal memo, vitasoy tried to walk it back

“We have noticed that a document related to the incident that occurred in Hong Kong

on July 1 is circulating on the Internet.

These documents were not officially approved for release by Vitasoy Group.

Instead, they were written by an employee privately and forwarded internally.

They were not authorized and did not follow the Vitasoy Group's internal approval process.”

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