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Restaurant In China Apologises After Asking Diners Stand On Scales

2021-06-01T08:02:26Z

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A restaurant in has apologised for its controversial policy of asking diners to weigh themselves before entry in an overzealous response to a new national campaign against food waste. The beef restaurant in the central city of Changsha was heavily criticised on Chinese social media as soon as it unveiled the policy on Friday. Customers were asked to stand on scales and scan their data into an app that recommended food choices based on their weight and the dishes' calorific value, according to a report by the state-run China News Service. A restaurant in China has apologised for its controversial policy of asking diners to weigh themselves before entry The beef restaurant in the central city of Changsha was heavily criticised on Chinese social media as soon as it unveiled the policy on Friday President Xi Jinping this week urged the nation to stop wasting food, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] as the coronavirus pandemic and serious flooding last month have led to a rise in food prices. In response, regional catering groups have urged customers to order one dish fewer than the number of diners at a table - an attempt to overturn the ingrained cultural habit of ordering [http://www.groundreport.com/?s=extra%20food extra food] for group meals. Signs were displayed in the beef restaurant reading 'be thrifty and diligent, promote empty plates' and 'operation empty plate' - referring to the nationwide campaign - according to photos published in local media. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share President Xi Jinping this week urged the nation to stop wasting food. Above, a sign encouraging people not to waste food is seen at a restaurant in Handan in China's northern Hebei province In a swift backlash, hashtags related to the incident have been viewed over 300 million times on the social platform Weibo. The restaurant said it was 'deeply sorry' for its interpretation of the anti-waste campaign. 'Our original intentions were to advocate stopping waste and ordering food in a healthy way. We never forced customers to weigh themselves,' it said in an apology posted online on Saturday morning. Chinese state media has also waged war on viral binge-eating videos, known as 'mukbang', while livestreaming platforms have promised to shut down accounts promoting excess eating and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour du lịch phượng hoàng cổ trấn] food wastage.

China Sales Seen Picking Up After Coronavirus Blow - Volkswagen

2021-05-31T22:21:57Z

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FRANKFURT, March 31 (Reuters) - Volkswagen expects vehicle sales in China, the world's largest car market, to quadruple in March, it said, pointing to a [http://www.channel4.com/news/recovery recovery] following the coronavirus pandemic. "We are cautiously optimistic that the worst effects of the crisis will be behind us in two to three months," said Stephan Woellenstein, head of Volkswagen's China business. Demand was still limited, Volkswagen said, adding it was prepared to ramp up capacity at its plants in the country, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] 22 of which had resumed production. Two vehicle plants in Changsha and Urumqi are still closed, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] the carmaker said. Woellenstein said he expected vehicle sales of up to 1 million in March, up from 250,000 in February. "There are more and more signs that business is recovering. By the middle of the year, we could be back to last year's planning. Hope is returning on the Chinese market," Woellenstein said. In 2020, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour du lịch phượng hoàng cổ trấn] Volkswagen expects a decline of 3-15% in the Chinese market but confirmed plans to invest more than 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) this year there, with about 40% of that sum [http://www.wonderhowto.com/search/earmarked/ earmarked] for electric driving. "We assume that the recovery will continue and that we will be operating in a normal market environment again in 2021," Woellenstein said. Volkswagen plans to sell 1.5 million electric cars in China per year from 2025. ($1 = 0.9093 euros) (Reporting by Christoph Steitz; Editing by Mark Potter)

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