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How did "Chinese Auctions" get that name?

What is now known as 'gift auctions' were formerly known as 'Chinese Auctions? ( before PC) Why?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Chinese may be a metaphor for secretive or mysterious, like the country itself.

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