On Chinese Valentine's Day, businesses woo 'single dogs'
Beijing
ALONE on Chinese Valentine's Day? Gift yourself a dried flower. Or better yet, indulge in a cake shaped like a "single dog". Eating by yourself? A restaurant will sit a teddy bear across from you.
As couples coo over each other during China's version of Valentine's Day on Monday, several businesses will woo a single population that may be unlucky with love but has money to spend. While Valentine's Day is on Feb 14 in other parts of the world, China celebrates its version during the Qixi Festival, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar.
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