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Jenny Chan 陳詠欣
Dec 14, 2012

Extraterrestrial monkey sparks wake-up call about lack of creativity in 'Copycat China'

MAINLAND CHINA - Commercial real estate developer Soho China's branding campaign for the launch of the Galaxy SOHO in Beijing was not what it first seemed—involving a monkey from outer space that beseeched the country to stop being a copycat empire.

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