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Chinese PhD graduate invites favourite eatery owners to graduation via delivery order

South China Morning Post

July 1, 2026

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Narrative Analysis: Bandwagon

Chinese PhD graduate invites favourite eatery owners to graduation via delivery order

A Chinese PhD graduate invited his favourite eatery’s owners to his graduation ceremony via a delivery order, receiving enthusiastic response from his invitees. Recently, an eatery owner in southern China’s Guangdong province posted a delivery order she received. In the comment of the order, the customer, surnamed Xiong, invites her and her husband to take graduation photos with him. He wrote: “I have been fed by you for seven years from bachelor to doctor. I’m graduating now and feel sad about...

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