This week in China: former president Jiang Zemin dies and is reborn, Shanghai map details hotspots for car-copulating adventures, and patients with liver problems in Jingan are prescribed alcohol…

The Strange

1) Your Map to ‘Car-Quaking’ in Shanghai

Source: www.xici.net

Boy was it a long time coming – Shanghai car owners finally have their car-quaking map! For the uninitiated, the term refers to the act of playing doctor (or lecherous nurse, whichever you call it) in the comfort of your own car, a trend that seems to have picked up in China as of late.

Among the recommended quaking destinations: funeral home parking lots, parks, and lakes. Possible obstacles to safe intercourse may include: migrant workers, tourists, security patrols, zombies and other quakers.

Full Chinese article found here.

2) Hospital Patient Given Wine to Treat Liver Problems

Source: www.recipetips.com

A hospital in Jingan prescribed a daily dose of 200 milliliters of rice wine to Lee Changjiu, a patient in his forties suffering from cirrhosis of the liver. Lee, who had been diagnosed with alcoholic hepatitis after being hospitalized in the summer of 2008, saw his condition worsen since taking his ‘medication’, and was compensated by the hospital, following a court ruling, of close to 100,000 Yuan (15,000 USD).

3) Chengdu Black Cab Flees with Police Officer on Windshield

Source: www.chinasmack.com

A traffic officer was recently taken for a joy ride on the windshield of a black taxi for a distance of about 100 meters. The deranged cab driver, most likely trying to fulfill his death-wish dream, weaved between two normal taxis with the policeman holding desperately to the taxi roof light. One of the green cabs went into reverse and managed to box the fleeing driver against a bus. The ensuing spectacle can be viewed in video here.

The Discussed

4) He Had Us Worried for Nothing…

Source: www.scmp.com

The news was broadcast in Hong Kong, before being retracted; microblogs were buzzing with rumors ever since his absence at a major Communist Party event last Friday, leading to speculate Jiang Zemin had died in a Beijing military hospital.

A report from the South China Morning Post, released July 13th, put an end to all the rumors: the former Chinese president was simply resting at home. What’s that you say? No, this is not a recent photograph of him.

5) New Highway Collapses after a Day and a Half

Source: english.cri.cn

With traffic already something of an issue in China, it doesn’t help when even the roads rise up (or crash down, as it happens) against you.

A new highway in Kunming, Yunnan, collapsed on July 10th, less than two days after first being opened, killing two and injuring two more. The recent, massive downpours were the usual suspects, though ‘waterproof roads’ don’t exactly seem like a futuristic pipe dream. I’m not pointing fingers, I’m just saying…

6) Xiamen Vice-Mayor Goes ‘AWOL’ After Germany Comments

Source: www.shanghaiist.com

Zang Jiebin, Vice Mayor of Xiamen, recently raised a few questioning eyebrows when he stated internet was hard for people to access in Germany, where ideological censors were greater than those exerted in China.

Deutsche Welle, the German international media, have since been trying to get in touch with the vice mayor, who has since mysteriously disappeared. His secretary reported him as ‘not at work’, and the propaganda department also took evasive maneuvers when confronted about the comments. The story has even been hushed on the net, as typing Zang Jiebin’s name in Sina Weibo results in the standard error message.

Here was what he had to say about the state and use of the Internet in Germany, as translated on www.shanghaiist.com:

"The commonfolk in Germany have a very hard time accessing the Internet. Not only do they have to jump through hoops to get approval, it's also very expensive. In the West, there is a great focus on ideological management, and they go way further than we do in their control of the Internet. Therefore, we can say that our country is very civilised, very democratic, and everybody should feel very fortunate."
 

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