Seen in China: Google Fast Food, Google Clothing Store, Baidu BBQ

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Nov 12, 2007

File under WTF.

Here are a few interesting pics showing how the Google brand name is picking up steam in China. I’m not sure if this is what google had hoped for… But hey, better than no publicity right?

Google Fast Food Restaurant:

Google Clothing Store:

And just to show that this type of brand-borrowing is not just taking advantage of big corporations outside of China, here’s a little shop borrowing from domestic China search giant Baidu.com:

The Chinese names for both Baidu and Google (?? and ?? respectively) are used pretty liberally as well.

See if you can spot the Baidu and Google characters/brands being borrowed in the following Chinese businesses:

Anyone got any more?

Source: cnbeta.com

Category: Sino-photos

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7 Responses

xThomas says:

November 12, 2007 at 5:56 am

:em20: Nice Post. :em69:
admin says:

November 12, 2007 at 9:34 am

Thanks Thomas.
:em20:
alexou says:

November 21, 2007 at 1:29 am

Béh merci, ça illustre bien un débat que j’ai eu ce midi sur la Chine… no more comment
Rick says:

November 21, 2007 at 8:23 am

Allo Alex,
J’espère que vous avez gagné votre débat!
Merci pour visiter Pandapassport!
pauls says:

December 5, 2007 at 4:26 am

This is funny! We don’t see many things like this in Taiwan. :em41:
Antivirus free downloads says:

December 30, 2007 at 6:48 am

AVG free…

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Jeremy says:

November 17, 2008 at 11:11 am

Well everyone loves google. Kind of interesting pictures you got there.

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