Master of none: why China is scrapping its titles

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  Discussion keeps the world turning.

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  This is Round Table.

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  For years, a shouted slogan at one of China’s most popular restaurant chains made a single chef a household name.

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  Then this summer, it disappeared overnight.

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  Not because the food failed, but because the title behind it no longer existed.

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  And he was just the beginning.

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  Across industries, thousands of so-called masters are suddenly losing their status

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  as new national rules rewrite who gets to claim expertise.

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  So, what were these honors really worth?

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  Why is China wiping them out now?

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  And why is one chef at the center of it all?

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  This is the quiet unraveling of a system built on titles.

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  Coming to you from our studios in Beijing, this is Roundtable.

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  I'm Steve Hatherly.

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  Thanks so much for being with us for this episode and for the show.

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  I'm with Yushun and Fei-Fei.

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  Fei-Fei and Yushun, thanks for being here today.

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  I’m excited to talk about this because this is kind of a story about food,

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  but yet it's not really a story about food.

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  It's kind of about restaurants, but not really about restaurants.

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