Baby’s Parents Turn Down Lucrative Advertising Deals

As if China needs to get any bigger, its 1.3 billionth citizen recently entered the world and has been showered with advertising spokesbaby offers. In a uniquely smart and very un-American move, the baby’s father, Zhang Tong has turned down all offers except one which provides insurance to his child saying, “It’s lucky to be China’s 1.3 billionth citizen. But it’s unnecessary to act as an image representative for so many products, since Zhang Yichi is too young and too many commercial activities will have negative impact on the boy’s healthy growth.”

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