China baby pooh-poohs diaper ad offers
Mon Jan 10, 2005

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=651137

BEIJING (Reuters) - The family of a baby boy formally named China's 1.3
billionth citizen has turned down advertising deals from many companies
making everything from diapers to infant formula, state media says.
Many companies had contacted Zhang Yichi's parents, hoping the boy would act
as an "image representative" for their products, Xinhua news agency said,
quoting the Beijing Daily Messenger.
The family turned down all the invitations, except the offer of insurance
provided by an insurance company.
"It's lucky to be China's 1.3 billionth citizen," the baby's father, Zhang
Tong, was quoted as saying.
"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."
China named Yichi, the first baby born at a Beijing hospital on Thursday, as
the 1.3 billionth person of the world's most populous nation, more than two
decades after a one-child policy was introduced to keep its numbers in
check.
Last week, five people were jailed for their roles in a fake milk-powder
scandal last year in which at least 13 babies died.

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Janice Reynolds
Saskatchewan, Canada

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