A video that has circulated on Chinese social media since October 19 shows how an alleged worker at a Tsingtao Beer factory climbs over a wall at the raw material production site and starts to urinate.

The incident reportedly occurred at the Tsingtao Beer Factory No. 3, a subsidiary of the Tsingtao Brewing Company, located in Qingdao, Shandong.

This is the viral video showing how an alleged worker at the Tsingtao Beer Factory 3 climbs over a wall at the raw material production site and starts to urinate. Many people think it's an undercover operation by a rivaling company: one person peed, another leaked the video? 🍻🤢 pic.twitter.com/eJcYljo2aQ

— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) October 21, 2023

After the video went viral, the Tsingtao Brewery Company issued a statement that they took the incident very seriously and immediately report it to the authorities, who have started an investigation into the case. Meanwhile, the specific batch in production has been halted and shut off.

The incident has caused concern among consumers, and some commenters on social media wonder if this was the first time something like this has happened. “How do we know this hasn’t happened many times before?”

Others speculate about what might have motivated the man to urinate at the production site. There are those who believe that the man is part of an undercover operation orchestrated by a rivaling company, aimed at discrediting Tsingtao. It’s even suggested that there were two ‘moles’ leaking in this incident: one doing the urinating, and the other doing the video ‘leak.’

Meanwhile, there are voices who are critical of Tsingtao, suggesting that the renowned beer brand has not effectively addressed the ‘pee gate’ scandal. It remains uncertain how this incident will impact the brand, but some netizens are already expressing reservations about ordering a Tsingtao beer as a result.

But there are also those who joke about the “pissing incident,” wondering if Tsingtao Beer might soon launch a special “urine flavored beer.”

By Manya Koetse

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During this National Day public holiday, scenic spots all over China are crowded with tourists.

One spot that is especially popular this year is Dunhuang in Gansu. Six kilometers south of the city you find the “Singing Sand Mountains & Crescent Moon Spring” (鸣沙山月牙泉). The area features 40 kilometers of mountains, expansive sand dunes, and a crescent-shaped lake. These landscapes are known as some of the great landscapes of Dunhuang.

Over the past few days, the huge crowds visiting the area have attracted attention on Chinese social media, where people joke about the ‘camel jams’ (堵骆驼) happening due to so many tourists doing camel rides in the scenic area, causing enormous lines of camels throughout the desert (see video).

Massive lines of camels in the desert near Dunhuang. (What’s on Weibo screenshot, video by Ctrip Adviser 携程旅行顾问.

To regulate the traffic at camel intersections, the area has even set up special camel traffic lights, supposedly to reduce congestion and improve the camel flow. The camel traffic lights (骆驼红绿灯) were set up earlier this year at two intersections between pedestrian walkways and camel paths, becoming a popular new tourist spot for taking photos.

The scenic area is seeing a record-breaking number of visitors this year, with the total number of visitors received up to October 3 reaching nearly 3.5 million, breaking the previous annual visitor record of approximately 2.5 million visitors in 2019.

The crowds usually arrive during summer, which is when you will seen those scenes of seemingly endless caravans of camels marching across the desert. But this year’s May holiday also saw huge crowds flocking to Dunhuang and the Singing Sand Mountains area.

Besides riding camels, people also come to the scenic area to take photos, admire the surroundings, see the sunrise or sunset, and sometimes to enjoy special performances or shows arranged by the local tourism board to entertain visitors.

Drone show in Dunhuang, via a Dunhuang official account on Weibo.

This National Day holiday, there are also nightly aerial drone light shows from 20:30 to 20:50. Set against the night sky, these shows are themed around the Silk Road, as a tribute to Dunhuang’s historical role as an important strategic and military point within the Silk Road network.

In light of this history, Chinese netizens find the enormous camel tourist troops especially funny. “If I didn’t know [it was a scenic spot], I’d think it was a military campaign involving city sieges,” one Weibo commenter said, with other social media users comparing it to “an expedition mission.”

Some Chinese tourists riding camels in the area during the busy scenes complained on social media: “I came here for a vacation, but those who don’t know better might think I’m on a mission to conquer the Xiongnu!”

The ‘camel jam’ phenomenon is not especially new. In pre-Covid years, there were also reports about massive traffic jams of hundreds of camels stuck in long queues.

Besides the crowds in Dunhuang, people also posted videos and images of other places. From Nanchang (amazing crowds) to Xi’an, from Shanghai to Wuhan.

This National Day holiday, also Mid-Autumn Festival, started September 29, and will last until to October 6. This extended vacation period gives people a total of eight days to relax and explore.

Domestic travel is especially booming this holiday. According to online platforms like Meituan and Dianping, tourism consumption orders on the platforms for the public holiday doubled compared with 2019.

Crowds in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing.

With so many places being crowded (see video), the hashtag “Which place is empty during this holiday?” (#假期到底哪个城市空了#) became popular on Weibo, especially among those looking for a quiet spot this week.

“It’s empty in my university,” some said: “Watching all these crowds, I’d just rather stay at home.”

By Manya Koetse

with contributions by Miranda Barnes

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