About 150 people in Taiwan recently visited government offices to change their names to include “gui yu,” Chinese for salmon. Dubbed “salmon chaos” by local media, the acts were prompted by a two-day restaurant promotion that awarded any customer with “gui yu” on their ID card an all-you-can-eat sushi meal for up to six people.

“I just changed my name this morning to add the characters ‘Bao Cheng Gui Yu’ and we already ate more than Tw$7,000 (£176),” a college student surnamed Ma told the TVBS news channel. Ma’s new name translates to “Explosive Good Looking Salmon,” and is one among a string of salmon-themed names such as “Salmon Prince” and “Meteor Salmon King.”

The United Daily News reported that one resident plans on adding a record 36 new characters to his name, including the characters for “abalone”, “crab” and “lobster.”

Taiwanese officials have urged the public to refrain from changing their names to avail the promotion. “This kind of name change not only wastes time but causes unnecessary paperwork,” deputy interior minister Chen Tsung-yen told reporters, urging the public to “cherish administrative resources.”

The lower chamber of the Russian parliament recently approved the first reading of a bill permitting “accidental” corruption.

The bill allows for officials, judges, prosecutors, military personnel and other individuals to commit corrupt actions if they are undertaken in situations where they are not in control of the circumstances, including during natural disasters or terrorist acts.

Under the new bill, each corruption case will be investigated to determine whether a corrupt action was “accidental” and undertaken in “uncontrollable circumstances.”

A wax figure of former U.S. President Donald Trump at Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio, Texas, was moved to storage after customers kept punching and scratching it, leaving deep marks on its face.

“We’ve always had trouble with the presidential section because no matter what president it was — Bush, Obama or Trump — they’ve all had people beat them,” said Clay Stewart, regional manager for Ripley Entertainment, which owns the Waxworks. “Just as in real life, the wax Trump is polling at about 50% — loved by some Ripley’s visitors, loathed by others,” the company stated in a news release. According to Stewart, a figure of former president Barack Obama lost its ears six times, while former president George W. Bush’s figure had its nose punched in. “People are just aggressive about their political party,” he said.

Earlier this month, cafes located across the Gulf region began serving coffee and other cold drinks in baby bottles. The trend originated at Einstein Cafe, a dessert chain with branches across the region. According to the Associated Press, people of all ages streamed onto sidewalks to partake in the trend, with some even bringing their own baby bottles to other cafes, asking bewildered baristas to fill them up.

Photos of baby bottles filled with drinks drew widespread attention on social media, including criticism that eventually resulted in the Dubai government's crackdown of the trend. Inspection teams burst into cafes known for serving drinks in baby bottles and issued fines.

“Such indiscriminate use of baby bottles is not only against local culture and traditions,” read a statement from the government, “but the mishandling of the bottle during the filling could also contribute to the spread of COVID-19.” Social media backlash also prompted the governments of Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman to take measures to crack down on the trend.