Xinhua News Agency publishes article praising Nike CEO Elliott Hill for visiting Shanghai Shenhua's home stadium to gift jerseys

On October 12, 2026, Xinhua News Agency published an article praising Nike CEO Elliott Hill for making a special trip to the Shanghai Shenhua home stadium to invite Chinese fans to watch a match and gift them jerseys. Netizens compared this to the agency's 2021 condemnation of Nike over the Xinjiang cotton issue, sarcastically calling it 'coming and going'.

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2026-10-14 22:08 · 2021年新华社怒斥耐克涉新疆棉花“强迫劳动”，2026年10月12日又发文称赞耐克CEO贺雁峰赴上海申花主场赠球衣邀球迷看球，网友讽“来去之间”。

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Sayings · 2026-10-14 22:01 In 2021 Xinhua blasted Nike over Xinjiang cotton "forced labor," and on October 12, 2026 it published another piece praising Nike CEO Elliott Hill for visiting Shanghai Shenhua's home stadium to present a jersey and invite fans to watch the match; netizens mocked the "coming and going."

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