I'm off getting married/honeymooning for the next couple of weeks so in my absence please enjoy this fine ChinaTalk vintage. Mister Softee, the famed northeastern American ice cream brand, in Suzhou, China? Yes, that was a thing. Turner Sparks, rising from humble beginnings as just another English teacher making his way in the world, achieved fame and fortune thanks to a catchy jingle and some tasty mango-flavored soft serve. Yet his vision of China-wide ice cream domination dissolved amid a deluge of backstabbing regulators, slashed tires, and stolen cones. Listen here to learn about the circumstances that finally melted Turner’s ice cream dream. Athena Cao cohosts. ChinaTalk substack:https://chinatalk.substack.com ChinaTalk Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/user/jugurtha656 Support ChinaTalk on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/ChinaTalk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices