McDonald's China is changing its name to 'Golden Arches'

We're not lovin' it

In news which is causing the most controversy since KFC released the chizza (that’s a chicken-pizza hybrid), McDonald’s is McDonald’s no longer. Yesterday evening, Chinese media reported that the US food giant has received a Chinese name change from the beloved Maidanglao (which sounds phonetically like McDonald’s) to Jingongmen (which translates roughly to ‘Golden Arches’).

Oh the humanity: KFC's chizza.

As helpfully pointed out by disgruntled Weibo users, Jingongmen sounds like a swanky new Peking duck restaurant or Chinese herbal store. According to an article by Reuters however, the change has nothing to do with rebranding, and more to do with a buyout from CITIC Ltd and Carlyle Group (though we are perversely curious to see McDonald's branch out to Peking duck).

Thankfully, the name change won't be applied to actual stores – which means when you're lurching home from a night out with a fast food craving, you won't have to rack your brains telling your Didi driver the translation of Golden Arches.

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