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Wong Lo Kat/Wang Lao Ji Dispute Prompts Blogger to Dig Out Old Advert

Posted: September 14th, 2012 | No Comments »

There’s currently a long and rather boring spat going on in China around who owns and doesn’t own and did own and will own the Wang Lo Kat herbal tea drinks brands – known as Wang Lao Ji on the mainland – the whole mess is laid out here in an article. Wang Lo Kat has been around since 1828 when it originated in Canton invented by a certain Dr Wong Chat Bong. It’s tasty and the red cans and green boxed tea packaging is cool too. As they’re in the new time then for this 1960s advert for the brand:



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