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November 26, 2024
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What is the sanitary pads controversy that has swept Chinese social media?

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What is the sanitary pads controversy that has swept Chinese social media?


On weibo, china's twitter equivalent, many sanitary pad-related topics have appeared on the hot search list in the last few weeks of november, from the manufacturer of the sanitary product manufacturer abc's apology to the authorities responding to the government's response to the censor's response to the sanitary product manufacturer abc's response to the censor's response to the sanitary product manufacturer abc's response to the censor's response to the censor's response to the chinese's during the weekend of 23 and 24 november, some netizens mistakenly discovered new chinese national standards for sanitary pads, gaining number ten with 23.78 million views.


This brought out many and controversies regarding menstrual products, including the price, which included the price.


Over 20 brands were reported to be shorter than their advertised length, including the price.


The controversy not only propelled the issue "what to use after the sanitary pad controversy" to number 11 on the hot search list, but it also drew attention to two unexpected places, one being more notably for ppe wearers, which has a higher rate of ppe wearers.


The other, is curiously, pangdonglai supermarkets, where trust in the brand was displayed in a time of uncertainty when founder yu donglai announced to ban anything not complying to the brand's requirements from the shelves.


Some netizens jokingly ordered lei jun to produce xiaomi-branded sanitary products in hong kong and japan shortly after the scandal, so there is a chinese sanitary pads brand they can trust.


Many controversies have arisen from the belief that the sight of women's sanitary clothing has long been on social media in china, from whether or not high-speed trains should sell pads to whether or not retailers should keep using black bags when selling them.


The latest debate about pad sizes will unquestionably add to the list, but how brands and authority react to it is what matters, to almost half of consumers in the country.


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