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China’s Bottled Water Industry Awash With Controversy as Nationalists Attack Nongfu Spring Founder

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China’s Bottled Water Industry Awash With Controversy as Nationalists Attack Nongfu Spring Founder
Chinese workers load bottles of Wahaha drinking water onto a truck for shipment. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
Jessica Mao
By Jessica Mao and Michael Zhuang
3/18/2024Updated: 3/18/2024
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China’s wealthiest man is battling a storm of criticism that has swept social media and spawned a boycott of one of the country’s popular bottled water brands in recent weeks.

Zhong Shanshan, chairman of bottled water giant Nongfu Spring, was hit with a wave of insults from nationalist supporters of Nongfu’s competitor, the Wahaha Group, after its founder passed away on Feb. 25.

Jessica Mao is a writer for The Epoch Times with a focus on China-related topics. She began writing for the Chinese-language edition in 2009.
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