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Brands sever ties with Taiwan TV hostess over controversial Instagram message

Source: pdnews.cn pdnews.cn
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Dee Hsu (Photo: Sina Weibo) Several Chinese and foreign brands on Monday distanced themselves from Taiwan TV hostess Dee Hsu and her daughter, after she described Olympics athletes representing the team from Chinese Taipei as "nation's champions" in an Instagram message. The message was later deleted by Hsu, but such a description that's widely considered to be of "Taiwan independence" nature still earned the ire of not only web users but multiple brands that had formed business partnerships with the famous TV hostess. In a statement on its official Sina Weibo account on Monday afternoon, Shouquanzhai, a Chinese ready-to-drink brand,…

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