Video: China in ink

We've talked about some of the sillier commercials we've seen on Chinese television, but every now and then, one comes along that actually wows us. This one, by CCTV, is pretty stunning and hopefully will set the bar for tv ads to come. A dollop of ink is dropped into water and transforms into various Chinese painting staples, before moving on to some of the country's achievements and a shot of the Shanghai skyline in watercolor. Cool!

It certainly beats out this one, which we saw on our subway ride this morning, of little kids jumping to different countries in order to awkwardly hold hands with other little kids.

Yikes.

Source: CNN GO