Government Moon Cake Fraud
Issue Date
2013-09-19Author
Hacker, Randi
Publisher
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
Type
Recording, oral
Is part of series
Postcards from Asia;0299
Published Version
https://audioboom.com/posts/1648798-0299-government-moon-cake-fraud?playlist_direction=reversedMetadata
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Broadcast Transcript: China's Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 19th this year. This holiday is celebrated by reciting poetry to the full moon and eating moon cakes. Moon cakes feature an elaborately stamped pastry shell that can be filled with a variety of things: red bean paste or five different kinds of ground nuts, or lotus seed paste or salted duck egg yolk. Their roundness symbolizes the moon. Everyone, from peasant to government official gives them as gifts and, apparently, up until this year, government officials have used public funds to buy their moon cakes. This year, President Xi Jinping has made cracking down on excess the centerpiece of his administration and buying moon cakes with public funds, well, it just won't stand. Cutting back on unnecessary expenditures is always difficult but compared to, Sarah Palin's $150,000 wardrobe and John Edwards' $400 haircuts (remember those?), this is a (moon) cakewalk. #China #Hacker #CEAS
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This is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.
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