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They formed a consumer group, the 349 Alliance, which organized a boycott of Pepsi products and held rallies outside the offices of PCPPI and the Philippine government. Most protests were peaceful, but on February 13, 1993, a schoolteacher and a 5-year-old child were killed in Manila by a homemade bomb [ 8 ] thrown at a Pepsi truck. [ 15 ]
There have been campaigns advocating for a boycott of products made in China.Commonly cited reasons for boycotting China include the alleged low quality of products, human rights issues, territorial conflicts involving China, support for separatist movements within China, and objection to more specific matters relating to China, including the government's mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The standoff in Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal between China and the Philippines contributes to anti-China sentiment among Filipinos. Campaigns to boycott Chinese products began in 2012. People protested in front of the Chinese Embassy and it led the embassy to issue a travel warning for its citizens to the Philippines for a year. [129]
HGlobal companies including Anheuser-Busch InBev, Coca-Cola and Target have suffered hits to sales and, in some cases, reputations, after shoppers boycotted their products or services over the years.
Academic boycott of South Africa: Various: South African produce: Apartheid [citation needed] 1966–1987: Various: Coors Brewing Company: Anti-LGBT hiring practices Discrimination towards minorities and women Anti-unionism Coors strike and boycott [5] 1984–1993: INFACT: General Electric: Production and promotion of nuclear weapons: Corporate ...
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The Scarborough Shoal standoff is a dispute between the Philippines and the People's Republic of China over the Scarborough Shoal.Tensions began on April 8, 2012, after the attempted apprehension by the Philippine Navy of eight mainland Chinese fishing vessels near the shoal, [1] which resulted in the actual control of the atoll under China.
During the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino workers in the labor industry experienced the effects of government corruption, crony capitalism, [1] and cheap labor for foreign transnational industries, [2] One of the objectives of Martial Law was to cheapen labor costs, in order to attract transnational corporations to export labor to the ...