Spiral of silence sets the stage for fleecing a gullible audience

A CELEBRITY "DOCTOR", who promotes "medicinal products" in TV advertisements by claiming they are able to cure many chronic diseases, has been exposed by People's Daily as being a performer rather than a medical professional. Ifeng.com comments:

Wearing a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles and speaking in a pretentiously convincing manner, the woman, in her late 60s, has nothing to prove her identity and expertise.

In her commercials, she belongs to at least three ethnic groups - Han, Mongolian and Miao - and describes herself as an expert from more than four prestigious medical research institutes and societies.