Top Chinese Livestreamer Fined $138,000 for Selling Fake Bird’s Nest Products

Dec 24, 2020

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*Xin Ba, whose real name is Xin Youzhi, has 71 million followers on short-video app Kuaishou. (Source: Weibo)*

High profile livestreamer Xin Ba has been fined 900,000 yuan ($138,000) for selling counterfeit bird’s-nest soup, in the latest dispute related to false advertising in China’s booming livestreaming industry.

Xin Ba (辛巴), whose real name is Xin Youz…

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