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China's new take on drink-n-dial

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Mobile phone company China Unicom is offering new customers a 12-pack of beer for signing up for service. Not to be outdone, its rival, China Mobile, has decided to give away a whole case of beer. The free ale giveaways were borne in lieu of a price war, so the companies can bypass government controls on phone tariffs.



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