Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The outdoor clothing company Arc'teryx offered apologies following backlash after a firework advertisement along the Himalayan mountains left critics wondering how it got approved by China's Communist authorities.
The promotional firework display by the Canadian firework company Arc'teryx, styled as "Rising Dragon," took place Friday in Tibet's Shigatse region in far west China along the snow-capped ridge of the Himalayan mountains bordering Nepal in a mountainous area sacred to many in the Buddhist-dominant faith.
A county environmental Chinese official confirmed Saturday the event had been granted approval but added that "for now" the local ecology did not appear damaged.
On Sunday, the environmentally-friendly company apologized for the Tibeaten plateau firework event, saying it was "out of line with Arc'teryx's values."
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