China hosts Big Brother … with monkeys
Here’s yet another sign that China is developing a media culture as sophisticated as any in the West: A Chinese zoo is running its own version of the reality show ‘Big Brother’ where contestants live in a monkey enclosure. Last one in wins 11,888 yuan. Given the choice of being locked in an enclosure for ...
Here's yet another sign that China is developing a media culture as sophisticated as any in the West:
Here’s yet another sign that China is developing a media culture as sophisticated as any in the West:
A Chinese zoo is running its own version of the reality show ‘Big Brother’ where contestants live in a monkey enclosure. Last one in wins 11,888 yuan.
Given the choice of being locked in an enclosure for several days with Jade Goody or a bunch of monkeys, which would you prefer?
Six people in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi have chosen the latter. They will live in a monkey enclosure in Qinling zoo in Xi’an with the normal primate inhabitants. The last one in will win 11,888 yuan (€1,182) and the title of honorary animal lover, the newspaper China Daily reported Thursday.
Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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