Coca-Cola faces backlash for supporting Olympics

Pro-Tibetan protesters stood outside the annual Coca-Cola share holders meeting and requested that Coke pressure the IOC to stop the torch run into Tibet. Many international companies are the subject of Chinese protests and may result in nationwide boycotts of services. McDonalds and KFC are targets because the United States has hosted the Dalai Lama, and he is being blamed for recent riots in Tibet.

The companies fear that if they pull their support of the games, their aggressive marketing campaign into China will be rebuffed.