isekude nokuba yibhizinisi lokuqala lakwamanye amazwe elizobekwa yiBeijing ngokuthinta isifundo esihlangene nepolitiki.
Ukusuka ezindizeni kuya emikhiqizweni kanokusho, izinkampani eziningi kuye kwadingeka ukuthi zixolise noma zibhekane nama-boycotts ngokubuka imibono ye-China ku-Hong Kong ezimele nokuzimela kanye ne-Taiwan.
Umuntu owonile kakhulu bekuyiRouston Rockets ngemuva kokuthi imenenja jikelele uDaryl Morey athumele umyalezo wokuthi weseka ababhikishi abasebenza ngentando yeningi eHong Kong.
I-China state TV kanye nabaxhasi balahle ama-Rockets ne-CCTV bamisa izinhlelo zokusakaza imidlalo emibili yokubukisa ye-NBA eyayenziwa e-China.
I-State Times ephethwe yi-Global Times ikhiphe isexwayiso esishubile kusihleli sangoLwesibili: "Imikhiqizo yomhlaba wonke igwema ezepolitiki".
Nawa amanye amacala asanda kuvela aphezulu:
I-CHINA ENYE
Umthwali wefulegi laseHong Kong uCathay Pacific wacindezelwa kakhulu emkhankasweni oholwa ngabezindaba ngohulumeni ngo-Agasti ngemuva kokuthi abaphathi baseChina bathathe abasebenzi bezindiza ukuthi nabo bayabasekela ababhikishi.
Usihlalo we-airline ngaleso sikhathi uJohn Slosar ugcizelele ukuthi "ngeke aphuphe" ngokutshela abasebenzi bakhe ukuthi bacabangani - kepha izinsongo zamaShayina zokumisa loyo ophethe impahla zaphoqa u-U-Turn kwathi uSlosar wehla ngenyanga edlule.
Emasontweni asanda kwedlula abasebenzi bechaze ukuthi basusa ama-akhawunt abo emithombo yezokuxhumana, ozakwabo abesabayo bangase babazise ngenkathi uCathay ememezela ukuthi ubesebeke abasebenzi abaningi abaxhumene nemibhikisho.
Isazi sobucwebecwebe sase-US uTiffany saphinde saba ngaphansi kwengcindezi ngemuva kokuba i-titter ekhombisa imodeli yaseChina uSun Feifei emboza iso lakhe ichazwa njengesibonakaliso sokusekela umbhikisho waseHong Kong.
Ababhikishi kuleli dolobha basebenzise indlela yokukhombisa udlame lwamaphoyisa.
Isithombe sikaLanga - obegqoke indandatho kaTiffany esandleni esimboze iso lakhe - wasuswa ngumkhiqizo.
'BHALA' IZIMBALI
Ngaphansi kwengcindezi evela eBeijing, inani elikhulayo lezinkampani kanye nezindiza zamazwe omhlaba - kufaka phakathi iDelta neAmerican Airlines - nazo zihlele amawebhusayithi azo ukuze zibhekise esiqhingini sombuso wentando yeningi ozibusa ngeTaiwan ngokuthi "Taiwan, China" noma "China Taipei".
Iwebhusayithi ye-Hotel chain Marriott eChina nayo yavalwa yiziphathimandla isonto lonke ngonyaka ka-2018 ngemuva kokuba imibuzo yamakhasimende ibhale iTaiwan, iTibet neHong Kong njengamazwe ahlukene, okwenza ukuthi abahamba ngamahhotela baxolise futhi bashintshe amagama.
I-T-SHIRT BlUNDERS
Izinhlobo zemfashini zikanokusho uVersace, Umqeqeshi, no-Givenchy bonke baxolisa ngo-Agasti ngokwenza isivumelwano sobukhosi bezwe laseChina ngamaT-shirts afaka uhlu lweHong Kong neTaiwan njengamazwe ahlukile.
UWessace, ekuxoliseni kwakhe okuxakile, uthe ama-T-shirts awonakele "ashabalalisiwe" kwathi uGivenchy wathi uhlobo lomkhiqizo "luphakamisa ngokuphelele i-One China Principle."
Lokhu kulandela ukuqubuka okukhulu ngoMeyi 2018, lapho abasebenzisi bezokuxhumana baseChina beqonde kwabathengisi bezingubo baseMelika uGap ngaphezulu kwesikibha esibonisa imephu yezwe laseChina eshiye iTaiwan.
NgokweBoston Consulting Group, abathengi baseChinese baqoqe amaphesenti angama-32 azo zonke izimpahla zikanokusho ezithengiswa emhlabeni wonke ngonyaka we-2018, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi isibalo sikhule ngamaphesenti angama-40 ngonyaka ka-2024.
TANK MAN
Umenzi wamakhamera waseJalimane uLeica udonsele umkhangiso ngo-Ephreli owasusa isihloko sokuhlaselwa kombhikisho waseTiananmen we-1989, amasonto ngaphambi kokugubha iminyaka engama-30 kwalesi sigameko ekuqaleni kukaJuni.
Isikhangiso sikhombisa ubunzima bezithwebuli bezithombe ukuthola indawo yesithombe esaziwa ngokuthi "tank man", sikhombisa isakhamuzi esijwayelekile sibheke phansi emathangini amabutho aseChina, ngaphambi kokuba imibhikisho icindezelwe.
Le nkampani ihlukane nokukhangiswa isithi ayizange ivunyelwe ngokusemthethweni yiLeica.
Phambilini ngonyaka ka-2018, inkampani yezimoto yaseJalimane uMercedes-Benz yaxolisa "ngokulimaza imizwa" yabantu eChina ngemuva kokuthi i-akhawunti yayo ye-Instagram icaphune umholi ongokomoya waseTibetan uDalai Lama, obonakala njengehlukaniso yiBeijing.
UKWAKHIWA KWESIQINISEKISO SECHINESE
Indlu yemfashini yase-Italy iDolce & Gabbana ikhiphe into eyinduna ngonyaka owedlule ngemuva kokuthi imikhiqizo yayo ikhishwe kumapulatifomu e-commerce waseChinese anenzondo ngenxa yezokuxhumana ezazicekela phansi izinhlanga.
Le ngxabano ivelile ngoNovemba ngemuva kokuthi inkampani ifake iziqeshana ku-Instagram zibonisa owesifazane edla i-pizza no-spaghetti ngezinti zokunquma, okuyinto abagxeki abathi ayizwisisi ngokwamasiko.
Ukhule kakhulu ngesikhathi umsunguli wenkampani uStefano Gabana esolwa ngokuhlambalaza ezweni nakubantu.
Abasunguli bomkhiqizo bagcine bexolisa kumakhasimende kodwa bathi i-akhawunti kaGabana ibihliwe.
Ukuthungathwa kwemikhiqizo yeDolce & Gabbana kumasayithi amakhulu we-e-commerce waseChina njenge-Alibaba's Tmall akusatholakali imiphumela.