Ever go to a Chinese store and get annoyed by those salespeople following you around and offering products you don't like and probably didn't even want? There's a reason this sales technique: according to a consumer reports study entitled "What's New with the Chinese Consumer"...they work.

For the last six weeks there have been a bunch of strange, sprayed painted SUVS parked strategically around the city. It turns out it's a protest again Chevrolet.