Nike canceled the China sale of a range of sports shoes designed
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Earlier this month, Undercover posted on its Instagram account a photo of protesters with the slogan "no extradition to China," according to the report. That post reportedly attracted backlash from Chinese social media users.Undercover
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The controversy
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