Editing Coca-Cola (section)

==Geographic spread==
Coca-Cola has been sold outside the United States as early as the turn of the 20th century, as the drink was first sold in Britain on 31 August 1900 and the [[Cuba Libre]] (a mix between Coca-Cola and rum) was created in [[Havana]] shortly after the [[Spanish-American War]] of 1898. However, the international reach of the product became mostly limited to North and Central America, the Caribbean, Western Europe and parts of [[Asia]] until the 1940s, when the brand was introduced throughout [[South America]] and then [[Europe]] after the end of [[World War II]] ([[Fanta]] was initially conceived by the German Coca-Cola subsidiary as an emergency replacement as the wartime trade embargo prevented the import of syrup). As a result, Coca-Cola eventually became regarded as one of the major symbols of American soft power as well as of globalization.

Since it announced its intention to begin distribution in [[Myanmar]] in June 2012, Coca-Cola has been officially available in every country in the world except [[Cuba]] (where it stopped being available officially since 1960—ironically, Coca-Cola's first bottling plant outside the United States was established there in 1906) and [[North Korea]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Coca-Cola to spend $30&nbsp;billion to grow globally|first=Leon|last=Stafford|url=https://www.ajc.com/business/coca-cola-spend-billion-grow-globally/w9gISxxV0dkJOQAZrnUOdM/|newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=September 9, 2012|access-date=June 8, 2021|archive-date=March 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321181035/https://www.ajc.com/business/coca-cola-spend-billion-grow-globally/w9gISxxV0dkJOQAZrnUOdM/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, it is reported to be available in both countries as a [[grey import]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Cuba stocks US brands despite embargo |last= Weissert |first= Will |agency= Associated Press |url= http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/2007-05-14-1080210184_x.htm |date= May 15, 2007 |access-date= August 11, 2013 |work= USA Today |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160313015718/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/2007-05-14-1080210184_x.htm |archive-date= March 13, 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Coca-Cola denies 'cracking' North Korea |last= Ryall |first= Julian |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9511235/Coca-Cola-denies-cracking-North-Korea.html |newspaper= The Telegraph |date= August 31, 2012 |access-date= August 11, 2013 |location= London |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130906214111/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9511235/Coca-Cola-denies-cracking-North-Korea.html |archive-date= September 6, 2013 |url-status= live }}</ref> As of 2022, Coca-Cola has [[Boycott of Russia and Belarus|suspended its operations]] in [[Russia]] due to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion]] of [[Ukraine]].<ref name="McDonalds-Starbucks-Cola">{{cite news |last1=Wiener-Bronner |first1=Danielle |title=McDonald's, Starbucks and Coca-Cola leave Russia |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/business/mcdonalds-pepsi-coke-russia/index.html |access-date=July 7, 2023 |agency=[[CNN Business]] |date=March 9, 2022}}</ref>

Coca-Cola has been a point of legal discussion in the [[Middle East]]. In the early 20th century, [[Coke Fatwa|a fatwa]] was created in [[Egypt]] to discuss the question of "whether [[Muslims]] were permitted to drink Coca-Cola and Pepsi cola."<ref name="Liebesny 1975 42–43">{{cite book|last=Liebesny|first=Herbert J.|title=The law of the Near and Middle East readings, cases, and materials|url=https://archive.org/details/lawofnearmiddlee0000lieb|url-access=registration|year=1975|publisher=State University of New York Press|location=Albany|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lawofnearmiddlee0000lieb/page/42 42]–43|isbn=9780585090207}}</ref> The fatwa states: "According to the Muslim Hanefite, Shafi'ite, etc., the rule in Islamic law of forbidding or allowing foods and beverages is based on the presumption that such things are permitted unless it can be shown that they are forbidden on the basis of the [[Quran|Qur'an]]."<ref name="Liebesny 1975 42–43" /> The Muslim jurists stated that, unless the Qur'an specifically prohibits the consumption of a particular product, it is permissible to consume. Another clause was discussed, whereby the same rules apply if a person is unaware of the condition or ingredients of the item in question.

Coca-Cola first entered the [[Chinese market]] in the 1920s with no [[Language localisation|localized]] representation of its name.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=April 5, 1999 |title=Bite the Wax Tadpole |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bite-the-wax-tadpole/ |access-date=July 14, 2023 |website=Snopes |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> While the company researched a satisfactory translation, local shopkeepers created their own. These produced the desired "ko-ka ko-la" sound, but with odd meanings such as "female horse fastened with wax" or "bite the wax tadpole".<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> In the 1930s, the company settled on the name "{{lang|zh-hant|可口可樂}}（{{lang|zh-hans|可口可乐}}）" (Ke-kou ke-le) taking into account the effects of syllable and meaning translations. The phrase means roughly "to allow the mouth to be able to rejoice".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Transliteration of 'Coca-Cola' Trademark to Chinese Characters |url=http://atisaustralia.weebly.com/1/post/2015/08/transliteration-of-coca-cola-trademark-to-chinese-characters.html |access-date=June 30, 2022 |website=ATIS - Australian Translating and Interpreting Service |language=en |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522081707/https://atisaustralia.weebly.com/atis-blog/transliteration-of-coca-cola-trademark-to-chinese-characters |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Coca-Cola in Chinese is Ke-kou-ke-la |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/business-jokes/coca-cola-in-chinese-is-ke-kou-ke-la/articleshow/623585.cms |access-date=June 30, 2022 |website=The Economic Times |archive-date=June 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630095421/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/business-jokes/coca-cola-in-chinese-is-ke-kou-ke-la/articleshow/623585.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> The story introduction from Coca-Cola mentions that [[Chiang Yee]] provided the new localized name,<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=zh:"可口可乐"—— 中文翻译的经典之作 |url=https://www.coca-cola.com.cn/stories/kkklzwfydjdzz |url-status=dead |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918160536/https://www.coca-cola.com.cn/stories/kkklzwfydjdzz |archive-date=September 18, 2018 }}</ref> but there are also sources that the localized name appeared before 1935,<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=zh:鄭明仁：「可口可樂」中文名稱翻譯之謎 |url=https://www.thinkhk.com/article/2021-01/11/46280.html |access-date=June 30, 2022 |website=www.thinkhk.com |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115205723/https://www.thinkhk.com/article/2021-01/11/46280.html |url-status=live }}</ref> or that it was given by someone named Jerome T. Lieu who studied at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{Cite journal |title="Placing the history of advertising": A spatial history of advertising in modern Shanghai (1905-1949) |url=https://purl.stanford.edu/vr090fm8620 |access-date=June 30, 2022 |website=purl.stanford.edu |language=en |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714012804/https://purl.stanford.edu/vr090fm8620 |url-status=live |last1=Armand |first1=Cécile }}</ref>