Chinese tea: 100 gm in a 2.5-kg package
9 Feb 2013 7:50 AM IST
Overpackaging still takes place in China despite the ongoing campaign to promote frugality in the country, said Xinhua news agency after an expensive tea weighing barely 100 grams weighed 2.5 kg due to its packaging.
A survey in a gift shop conducted this week by the People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China, found that the packaging of the luxury tea, priced at about 10,000 yuan ($1,590), weighed 2.5 kg. However, the tea weighed only about 100 grams.
A survey in a gift shop conducted this week by the People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China, found that the packaging of the luxury tea, priced at about 10,000 yuan ($1,590), weighed 2.5 kg. However, the tea weighed only about 100 grams.
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