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(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-03-21 12:50 |
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Chinese tourists browse rice cookers in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Feb 16, 2015. [Photo/CFP] |
Woman learns Korean to operate her rice cooker
From Japanese electronic toilet seats to Swiss luxury watches, Chinese tourists have been globe-trotting in pursuit of purchases. A customer from Liaoning province found she had acquired more than expected with one high technology purchase.
A woman surnamed Ma from Shenyang, bought a rice cooker during a visit to South Korea during Spring Festival. She was told by the salesperson that the cooker was voice controlled and would work automatically if she shouted: "cook the rice".
Only after getting the rice cooker home did Ma find the machine could only "understand" Korean. Unwilling to give in, she is now learning Korean.
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