I just found the following list on my phone, of the most frequently seen TV ads on Chinese television (from when I was there in 2008).
- Children not eating
- Dandruff
- Magic pills for women (general fix-everything elixirs)
- Magic pills for children
- Skin whitening “treatments”
- Calcium drops for women
- Pain killers
Here’s my list for Singapore (2009):
- New restaurants and eating establishments
- Underarm sweat stains
- Skin whitening pills and masks
- Skin care and skin treatments
- Baby formulas
- Toothpaste with miracle ingredients
- Breast/figure enhancement (non-surgical) "treatments"
- Miracle weight loss clinics and "treatments"
- Miscellaneous cure-all ointments
- "Romanticised" fast food