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Chinese gym refunds client, offers membership elsewhere after body odour complaints

South China Morning Post

July 3, 2026

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Chinese gym refunds client, offers membership elsewhere after body odour complaints

A man in China has been refunded by a gym which asked him not to use the premises any more and even offered him a three-month membership card at another gym because management had received too many complaints about his strong body odour. The man, identified only as Shi, lives in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. He spent 6,388 yuan (US940) on a three-year membership at a gym in May 2025, meaning he could use the facility until the end of April 2028, local media Zhejiang TV...

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