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07.12.17KFC—Yes That KFC—Is Selling Its Own Smartphones in China
CNBC
Kentucky Fried Chicken celebrated its 30th anniversary of operations in China by unveiling a limited edition smartphone it had collaborated on with Chinese smartphone maker Huawei.
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11.23.16What Does a Fried Chicken Restaurant Have to do With Prostitution? China Wants to Know
Quartz
One business in China is learning that a play on words can get it in trouble with the government
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06.23.16McDonald’s Plans to Revive Its Brand in China by Getting Out of the Restaurant Business
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It's the magic of franchising.
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11.24.15China's Obesity Epidemic: Teaching Children to 'Eat a Rainbow'
Guardian
The rise in diabetes in China could bankrupt the country’s healthcare system, says a medical expert.
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01.14.15Eating Alone in China
New Yorker
The first time I ate at a restaurant by myself, I live-tweeted the experience. “Hot-potting alone!” I enthused, posting a photo I’d taken of a burbling electric pot, ringed by plates of enoki mushrooms, plump squares of tofu, and green-bean-infused...
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07.22.14China Food Scandal Spreads, Drags in Starbucks, Burger King and McNuggets in Japan
Reuters
McDonald’s Corp and KFC’s parent Yum Brands Inc apologized to Chinese customers on Monday after it emerged that Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd, a unit of U.S.-based OSI Group LLC, had supplied expired meat to the two chains.
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09.11.13Don’t Trust a Chicken Nugget That’s Visited China
Bloomberg
China’s poultry processors have no intention of meeting U.S. food-safety standards. That may explain why the U.S. Department of Agriculture waited until just before the long weekend to announce that it had ended a ban on...
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05.21.13McDonald’s To Hire 75,000 Staff On Store, McCafe Expansion
Bloomberg
The new hiring represents an increase of as much as 83 percent of the Illinois-based company’s workforce in the Asian nation. McDonald’s has more than 90,000 employees in China currently.
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10.26.12Below-Belt Blows in Kungfu Restaurant Battle
The crestfallen former chairman of fast-food restaurant giant Kungfu Catering Management Co. Ltd. is awaiting a verdict after a trial on corporate embezzlement charges apparently instigated by his former business partner’s wife.If Cai Dabiao is...
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10.23.12The Battle for Breakfast
Economist
Chinese love fast food but no Western chain has figured out how to please the hungry in the morning.
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07.19.12Yum Profit Trails Estimates as Costs Increase in China
Bloomberg
Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM), owner of the KFC and Taco Bell restaurant brands, said second-quarter profit rose 4.7 percent, falling short of analysts’ projections, as costs increased at locations in China.