On Friday, the Zhengzhou Public Security bureau in Central China's Henan province released a statement that said the couple used the name of an online ride-hailing company in a video of a driver raping a female passenger as a stunt and that they performed sexually explicit acts in public through an illegal live streaming platform application to attract viewers to make profits.

Sun Yuchen, or Justin Sun, the 29-year-old cryptocurrency entrepreneur and this year's Warren Buffett lunch winner, apologized for his excessive marketing and publicity stunt on the Chinese social media platform Weibo on Thursday.

It can also take a while for SMEs, especially those in the export trade and wholesale industries, to receive payments from their clients, which could stunt their development.

Liu Dingding, a veteran industry analyst in Beijing, sees no direct connection between the satellite launch and an immediate improvement in customer experience for the festival season, calling the launch "more of a publicity stunt".

Co-branded products are by no means a publicity stunt, Fu said.

Some flying sports such as parachute jumping, stunt flying, hot balloon rides, and gliders have become increasingly popular, particularly among thrill-seeking Chinese consumers.

But industry insiders and analysts said the unusually low following, which is only a fraction of that of brands such as Adidas and Uniqlo on the fast rising app, is not unexpected considering the "not so entertaining" content shared, but this doesn't mean that it's a failed publicity stunt.

JLR launched the E-PACE in London on Thursday, with a stunt driver making it into the Guinness Book of World Records after making a 15.3 meter jump and 270-degree barrel roll in the vehicle.

Metaverse is just a publicity stunt, as its application scenarios and profit model are not clear, Chang said, suggesting investors should make rational decisions, and remain cautious about potential risks of blind speculation.

But many also found the study absurd and thought that such a study was just trying to draw attention through a stunt.

To associate managers' appearance with the return, especially using it as a stunt, is not appropriate, as it would sound like a personal abuse. "

Chang Qing, chief strategist at Beijing Compass Technology Development Co, a provider of professional financial data analysis and securities investment advisory services, said the metaverse is more like a publicity stunt at present, as its application scenarios and profit models remain unclear.

Some products, although legal, came out with stunt names.