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☆ ‘Panda Dogs’: Chinese zoo in Guangdong goes viral for luring visitors with painted Chow Chows
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Alex Stambaugh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A zoo in China has admitted its star attraction, two so-called pandas, are just painted dogs. The fluffy Chow Chow dogs painted to resemble the country’s beloved national animal were seen in a video shot by a visitor to the zoo in southern Guangdong province. “These are Chow Chow dogs being painted (as pandas), as this is part of our specialties.”Visitors to a zoo in China's southern Guangdong province feed a Chow Chow dog painted to resemble a panda. DouyinThis is not the first time dogs have been painted to look like pandas or other wild animals in China. In May, a zoo in eastern Jiangsu province sparked outrage after visitors discovered it painted two dogs black and white to resemble pandas.

Persons: Chow Chow, surnamed Huang, ”, Chow Organizations: CNN Locations: China, Guangdong, Douyin, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Chengdu

☆ Mid-Autumn Festival holidays: Millions of Chinese tourists are going on holiday again -- many headed for Thailand
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Kathleen Magramo Kocha Olarn Berry Wang Carina Cheng | Kathleen Magramo | Kocha Olarn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Only 2.2 million Chinese travelers arrived between January and September 10 this year, according to data from the Tourism Authority of Thailand. Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin greeted travelers on the first day of the government's visa-free scheme for Chinese tourists. “Competition is really intensifying in the region to attract Chinese tourists amongst all countries, and you have to make it as easy as possible,” said Bowerman. Chinese tourists pray in front of Thai dancers at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand on September 22, 2023. Rumors, film complicate efforts to lure back touristsPrior to the announcement of the visa-free policy this month, Chinese tourists had been slow to return to Thailand.

Persons: Srettha Thavisin, It’s, ” Sretta, “, Chiang, Wang Wenbin, Peerapon Boonyakiat, pare, Gary Bowerman, ”, Bowerman, Huang, “ I’ve, coronavirus, Trip.com, Jin Junhao, Joanna Lu, Anusak, Wolfgang Georg Arlt, “ There’s, Thailand ”, Sisdivachr Cheewarattanaporn Organizations: CNN, China’s, Tourism Authority of, Thai, Civil Aviation Administration, China Railway, Asia, Tourism Research Institute, Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism, Sports, Thai Travel Agents Association Locations: China, Shanghai, Bangkok’s, Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, ”, Beijing, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Asia, Sichuan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom, Erawan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Weibo

☆ US-Sino tensions help spawn China card game craze
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Yew Lun Tian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/4] Amateur players take part in a competition of guandan, a poker-like card game, in Beijing, China August 13, 2023. Total U.S.-based venture-capital investment in China plummeted to $9.7 billion last year from $32.9 billion in 2021, PitchBook data shows. "In finance, information is currency," said Yang, for whom a game of guandan has become a standard gambit before wining and dining local officials. Yu Longze, a broker based in Beijing, said his boss this month ordered all staff to learn the game. In April, the ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog censured one of its officials in the eastern province of Anhui for playing guandan during a training course, among other misdeeds.

Persons: Yang Yiming, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Yang, Yu Longze, Huang, Hua Min, Li Keshu, Yew Lun, John Geddie, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, China's, Total U.S, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Rights BEIJING, United States, Texas, Anhui

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