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Hey, remember how China sent us Dora The Explorer toys covered in lead? You know what might make up for it? The 435th branch of Hooters just opened in Beijing, reports ABC News. (This is actually the fourth Hooters in China; the first Hooters was in "more cosmopolitan" Shanghai.) Beijing — known for the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall — has always been more conservative. But the 2008 Summer Olympic Games are 11 months away and the city is preparing — with hot wings and beer!
This kind of globalization isn't complete without the requisite corporate brainwashing. "I like Hooters," said one waitress in an interview with ABC News. "It's very happy. It is enthusiastic and energetic. I love Hooters." You can almost hear the panic in her voice, imagining the kind of shame speaking out against orange short-shorts would bring upon her family.
Anyway, in Beijing, "Hooters" simply means "owl," but that doesn't mean the message gets lost. In fact, the point of the Alabama-based restaurant seems to be universal:
When one Hooters patron was asked whether he preferred the food or the waitstaff, he answered, "The girls better than the food."Wow, we are so proud to be American!
