date:Mar 14, 2013
The promotion, the U.S. fast food chain says, is purely coincidental.
On Friday, news program 3.15 - one of China's most widely watched TV shows - will name and shame companies that it says violated the trust of consumers in a nation forecast to become the world's largest retail market in three years.
The TV show, similar to U.S. CBS network's 60 Minutes, often catches companies off guard, and the fallout can sting as McDonald's itself found out last year when it was criticized on food safety.