 Ben- The Moon Cakes is Fine
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Ben Glassman is from London and has been in China for two weeks. This year he'll witness his first Moon Festival in Beijing. Ben obviously has many concerns about the luxurious packaging of moon cakes. Listen in to hear what he has to say about it, as well as his version of the Chang E story.
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C: Do you know when this year's moon festival will be?
B: 16th September?
C: It's actually September 18th. Where are you going to be then?
B: I'm planning to be on the Great Wall that day. Will there be any moon cakes there?
C: Have you heard anything else about moon cakes?
B: I've heard the packaging is very wasteful. It's a shame that people can't celebrate the festival while respecting the environment at the same time.
C: Are you interested in learning how to say moon cake in Chinese? It's "Yue Bing".
B: "Yue Bing"?
C: And "Zhong Qiu Kuai Le" means happy moon festival.
B: Zhong Qiu Kuai Le.
Later after he tried his first moon cake:
C: What's in it?
B: An egg. A preserved egg apparently.
C: You wanna say something to those listeners who haven't tried them yet?
B: Don't worry about eating the moon cakes. They're okay but the boxes are amazing. The cakes are packed in fancy little boxes with these butterflies on them. The moon cakes themselves taste fine, but the boxes are what you should go for.
Chinastic Exclusive/ Reporter: Xie Tingting
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Producer: Duan Lei 
