This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Thursday, 18 March 2021
Some Taiwanese Are Going Back to School?
Strange times. Around 150, mainly young people, in Taiwan have changed their names to 'salmon' (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/18/taiwan-official-urges-people-to-stop-changing-their-name-to-salmon). The name changes are a direct consequence of a 2-day promotion by a chain of sushi restaurants in Taiwan. The restaurants offered any customer, whose ID card included 'gui yu' (the Chinese characters for 'salmon'), an all-you-can-eat sushi meal for themselves and up to 5 friends. This was popular but it strikes the authorities as fishy. One can't help wonder, what other names people might adopt, to get a free deal?
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