Apr 11, 2024
Foreigners have a reputation for clumsiness in China. The litany of knocks, breaks and injuries accumulated by my expat friends is truly alarming. Excluding digestive disagreements, simply for brevity’s sake, here are some of the most common expat injuries in China. Read more>>
Oct 23, 2013
A Guangdong man and his wife win their second free apartment in a “wife carrying race” that is trademarked by the Kaisa Group in China. ... Read More>>
Oct 23, 2013 Comments(1)
A popular video in China has shocked netizens with its depiction of an elderly street cleaner who seems to speak fluent English. ... Read More>>
Oct 23, 2013
While taking an unidentified “drug”, Mr Wang experienced strong hallucinations to such a degree that he set loose six Tibetan mastiffs that mauled a 75 year-old pedestrian. ... Read More>>
Oct 22, 2013 Comments(5)
Albert Einstein look-a-likes have been doing a lot of travelling around China apparently. This is the second time in six months an Einstein has popped up. And this time you don’t have look hard to see the similarities. ... Read More>>
Oct 22, 2013 Comments(4)
A child prodigy named Fan Shukai from Shanxi has been admitted into top-tier Chinese school, Tsinghua University. His mother on the other hand claims he that he is not more special than any other child. ... Read More>>
Oct 22, 2013 Comments(1)
A promising student turns to a life a crime as a man, addicted in the throes of online gaming, impersonates a famous TV host in order to swindle fellow online gamers of more than 200 K. ... Read More>>
Oct 22, 2013 Comments(4)
A new law is explained by the Supreme Court of China that puts harsh penalties on those people who “fabricate and willfully propagate false information for the purpose of terrorism”. ... Read More>>
Oct 21, 2013 Comments(1)
Customers unable to access a 2-meter high ATM dub it “Shenyang’s highest ATM” that is “only suitable for Yao Ming to use”. ... Read More>>
Oct 21, 2013 Comments(3)
Hitting upon a rocky patch is quite normal among married couples and quite often they work on their problems and get through it. For one dysfunctional couple in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province their mediation was quite the miracle. ... Read More>>
Oct 21, 2013 Comments(2)
A Shaanxi man returns back home after serving 23 years in prison only to discover that his home had been sold by the government many years prior. ... Read More>>
Oct 21, 2013 Comments(12)
Foreigners have come to China for various purposes: to study, to work or even to find love. But most will quickly find that the country itself is an intense classroom. This article draws on the experience of a number of foreigners in China who share their ...... Read More>>
Oct 18, 2013 Comments(6)
A Shanghai couple devises a plan to come up with the funds to purchase a new iPhone: selling off their infant daughter. ... Read More>>
Oct 18, 2013 Comments(4)
A Wuhan man is trying to make his fortune by allowing customers to spit in his face and slap him – all at a reasonable fee. ... Read More>>
Oct 18, 2013 Comments(3)
Price hikes and other hidden costs at major attractions have left many people feeling rather disappointed in the tourism industry. Are these reports facts or rumor? A reporter investigates the Golden Week rumor mill. ... Read More>>
Oct 17, 2013 Comments(3)
Sometimes a parent should not get involved in their children’s problems, especially if their only solution is murder. It just makes things worse. In Xinyi, Jiangsu province a local cadre’s father tried to help out his son and deal with his complaining ...... Read More>>
Oct 17, 2013
A Hubei man goes crazy and bites a cadre after enjoying a dinner of unknown wild plants that happed to contain a poison called “mandala”. ... Read More>>
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Another scandal hits the controversy-laden company Foxconn as business practices are exposed in which university students are forced to work as interns under threat of having their diplomas withheld. ... Read More>>
Oct 17, 2013 Comments(14)
Submissions to the second eChinacities blog contest have closed. Read on to see which blogs won prizes in the eChinacities vote and random prize category, and vote for the winner of the readers’ choice award. Read on to see which blogs have been ...... Read More>>
Oct 16, 2013 Comments(6)
A landlord is surprised when he discovers 6.33 million RMB in cash hidden underneath the bed in the master bedroom of his previous tenant. ... Read More>>
Oct 16, 2013 Comments(2)
After a fire horrible disfigured her face as a child, Xu Jianmei prepares for a facial transplant by growing her “new face” upon her shoulder. ... Read More>>
Oct 16, 2013 Comments(1)
One adventurous rat decided to travel the world by making a cozy nest for herself in the business class seat (economy just wouldn’t do) of a Hong Kong airliner. In the process she gave birth to ten little ones who joined her on an adventure of a lifetime. ... Read More>>
Oct 15, 2013 Comments(4)
A man from Zhumadian city finds out that having a “stick up his bum” is no fun when a rake is lodged 20 cm up his rectum after a drinking mishap. ... Read More>>
Oct 15, 2013 Comments(12)
“Here comes the bride!” A woman makes a wrong turn coming back from the bathroom on her wedding night and ends up in the bed of the best man, whom she later accuses of rape. ... Read More>>
Oct 15, 2013
One air hostess on board a flight jointly operated by Shandong Airlines and Air China came under fire when she was caught using her phone during flight SC4912 from Urumqi to Yinchuan on October 13.... Read More>>
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