According to a recent online survey by Extrawhite, a maker of chewing gum, a quarter of the people in China never smile or smile less than five times a day.

益达口香糖公司近日开展的一项在线调查显示，四分之一的中国人从不微笑，或每天微笑不到5次。

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"The figures were bigger than we had initially expected, " said a spokeswoman for detergent maker Lion Corp, which conducted the survey. "It's partially because many Japanese care about cleanliness.

“这个数字比我们原来预计的要大，”组织这次调查的洗涤剂生产商狮子公司的一位女发言人说。

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And why was this survey conducted by snack-maker Doritos?

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That news comes from a 2, 017-person survey funded by the online security software maker McAfee, which is pushing a product that helps parents monitor their kids online.

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Although global Barbie sales fell by 9% in 2008, battering profits at Mattel, her maker, Barbie topped the 2008 survey by America's National Retail Federation of the most popular girls' toys, relegating even the Nintendo Wii to fifth place.

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