HONG KONG/GUANGZHOU -- The maker of a major Japanese sports drink, Pocari Sweat, has decided to stop airing television commercials for the beverage on a local broadcaster accused of pro-Beijing bias in its coverage of recent protests in the territory.
"This matter was a business decision, and there was no political intent," Otsuka Holdings, the parent of the Hong Kong unit that pulled the ads, told Nikkei. The media company, Television Broadcasts, is a major broadcaster in Hong Kong.
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