Nike apologises to Chinese over offensive kung-fu ad

Staff,, brandrepublic.com, 09 December 2004, 08:55AM

HONG KONG - Nike has apologised for a commercial in which a US basketball player, LeBron James, is shown defeating a kung-fu master and two Chinese women, which was banned by the government in China.

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