2014年11月4日星期二

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From the thread "Detention garments sold online as fashionable clothes"Police in Beijing recently busted Taiwanese actor Ko Kai, also known as Ko Chen-tung, along with Hong Kong actor Jaycee Chan, the son of Jackie Chan, for smoking marijuana. Soon after Ko was shown Tuesday on CCTV wearing a detention-center uniform, more than 50 online shops around the country began selling similar outfits on taobao.com.Many of these shops specifically advertise their products as being of "the same style as Ko Chen-tung's detention clothes." Several also describe these garments as fashionable pieces or collectables for Ko fans. Prices range from several dozen to several hundred yuan, with styles for both men and women.Some Internet users say they are already well acquainted with novel marketing moves by online retailers and won't be affected by this sort of publicity stunt. Others expressed confusion over why such items were fashionable and questioned fans' standards and values.From dfdaily.comFrom the thread "Moon cake dark cuisines"During last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, some Internet users criticized the traditional five-nut moon cake and called for it to be stricken from the roster of staple flavors. This year, however, attention is turning to more unusual flavors as local chefs try their hands at shaking up this time-honored Chinese sweet.One novel offering is the "chocolate spicy beef moon cake," which features a crust made of chocolate and a spicy beef filling. Earlier this month, one moon cake factory in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, started offering something new as well: a sour and spicy cake with a fermented vegetable, hawthorn and spicy sauce filling.Another unique cake is made with pepper, braised pork, white kidney beans, soybean oil, green onion, wheat flour and egg yolk powder.Other noteworthy new offerings include: 10-nut moon cakes that are four to six times as large as a standard-size cake, luxury milk pastry truffle goose liver moon cakes, Chinese chive moon cakes and fermented bean curd moon cakes. From eastday.comFrom the thread "Hot online words"According to the recently released Report on Social Public Opinion and Crisis Management 2014, popular new online terms are spreading faster and reaching further with the development of the Internet. Recent hot words mentioned in the report included wumai (fog and haze), zhuanjiyin (genetically modified), lengjingmen (the US surveillance program PRISM), bite bi (Bitcoin) and zhongguo dama (older Chinese women, usually housewives). From why.com.cn





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