Because the company I work for imports its products from China, the Chinese economy is of utmost interest to us. Incidentally, I've become very familiar with its economy of words, better known as Chinglish. Some examples:
Here is an article that makes some sense of this phenomenon:
If you're a fan of the P.T. Anderson film Punchdrunk Love, you probably remember the unforgettable "Mattress Man," played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. What you may not know, is that buried as an extra in the "bonus materials" section of the dvd release is a "Mattress Man" commercial. And what you STILL may not know, is that this commercial is a note-for-note imitation of an ACTUAL commercial.
Here is the remake:
Here is the original:
Is that THE SAME FUCKING LIMO? Yes, I believe it is.