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· Riley Schatzle
Shanghai Janitor Loses Leg After Another Horrific Escalator Accident
A mall cleaner was forced to have his leg amputated after it became wedged in an escalator in Shanghai, China.
· Ryan General
China Is Now Afraid Its Students Are Being Influenced By Western Culture
China is beginning to dismantle school programs that prepare students for studying abroad in what seems to be an effort to cut its students off from Western influences. The government has reportedly ordered some high schools to remove their international programs, reports the…
· Editorial Staff
This 10-Year-Old Girl From China is the Youngest Ever to Hold Grand Master of Memory Title
If you’ve ever had trouble memorizing a phone number because it just had one too many numbers, you’ll be impressed by the 10-year-old Chinese whiz kid who won the 24th World Mental Capacity Tournament in Chengdu. NetEase via Shanghaiist reports the girl, Yan Jiashou from Jinan…
· Sarah Lesnar
Woman Orders the Cutest $800 Kitten Online, Receives a Horrible Surprise Instead
More than 20 Chinese cat buyers were sent dead or sick rural kittens instead of the expensive cat breeds they had paid for online. One of these buyers, a woman surnamed Wang, purchased an American shorthair kitten for 5,500 yuan ($848) from an online seller but was delivered a…
· Ryan General
Man Proposes to the Love of His Life, Gets Rejected Because His Ring is Too Small
Everyone loves an elaborate wedding proposal. All the effort, love, preparation, extravagance and participation of everyone involved is such a spectacle. It’s all romance and happiness all around. Unless of course, the proposal gets turned down. Such is the case of one Chinese…
· Jacob Wagner
Chinese Medical University Exposed for Testing on Dogs in Horrific Photos
A Chinese animal rescue team made a horrifying discovery when they investigated the roof of a Xi’an Medical University building where dogs who were experimented on were being kept. The team found more than 20 dogs at the university’s Weiyang campus, some alive and dead, with…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Man Steals Champagne from First Class and Goes on a Drunken Rage
A Chinese passenger was booted off a United Airlines flight bound for New York after he stole champagne from first class and went on a drunken rage because he was denied a seat upgrade. The passenger, identified only as Lu, was aboard flight UA097 departing from Shanghai when he…
· Sarah Lesnar
Chinese Women Are Pole Dancing to Escape Beijing’s Terrible Pollution
Pole dancing is a popular form of fitness gaining traction in China. In fact, the World Pole Dancing Championships, which brought together top performers from 14 countries, was hosted in Beijing earlier this year. One woman dubbed China’s pole dancing pioneer, Luo Luan, started…
· Editorial Staff
Why Chinese Women are Grabbing Their Boobs in the Name of Fitness
The Chinese net has their own equivalent of the “thigh gap” test called the “behind the back breast grab” challenge. The “test” is a new fad that is supposed to indicate a young woman’s level of fitness based on whether she is able to reach her arm behind her back and grab her…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Couple Recreates Wedding Photos After 70 Years of Marriage
Cao Yuehua and Wang Deyi, both 98, have been married for 70 years. On special anniversaries, they go back to the places they visited from when they were young to recreate old photographs, according to the Shanghaiist. During World War II, the couple fled from their home in…
· Jacob Wagner
Chinese Factory Worker Swears at Man Who Told Him No Smoking, Finds Out It’s His Boss
It’s probably a good idea to know what your boss looks like, especially if you are working at the world’s largest electronics manufacturing company. That’s the advice two Foxconn workers wish they followed when they told off Terry Gou, the company’s founder and chairman, after…
· Laura Dang
Miss Taiwan Ejected From Miss Earth for Refusing to Be ‘Miss Chinese Taipei’
A Taiwanese beauty queen contestant was kicked out of her pageant this weekend after defiantly refusing to change her sash that read “Miss Taiwan ROC” to one that read “Miss Chinese Taipei.” Ting Wen-Yi, 22, is Taiwan’s representative at the Miss Earth 2015 pageant hosted in…
· Editorial Staff
Former Millionaire in China Goes Broke Saving Thousands of Stray Dogs From Death
Wang Yan is a 29-year-old former millionaire in China who has gone completely broke dedicating his life to saving stray dogs.
· Editorial Staff
This Man Makes a Living Putting Poisonous Creatures in His Mouth
One Chinese man makes money by placing poisonous creatures that creep or slither inside his mouth. The man, Tian Jiashi, is from Changchun, in the Jilin Province of northeastern China.
· Editorial Staff
A Chinese Cab Driver-Turned-Billionaire Just Bought a $170 Million Painting
A former Chinese cab driver who hustled his way to becoming a billionaire just set the world record for the second highest price ever paid for a work of art an auction with the purchase of a $170.4 million painting. The painting, Amedeo Modigliani’s “Nu Couché”, or “Reclining…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese University Forced to Ban PDA Because Couples Won’t Stop Feeding Each Other
A Chinese university is cracking down on couples getting to first base in the school cafeteria. By Chinese base standards, that means spoon-feeding or chopsticking each other affectionately while eating on campus, according to Shanghaiist.
· Editorial Staff
Chinese University Students Are in Love With Their New ‘Cafeteria Goddess’
The latest addition to China’s list of beautiful people working ordinary day jobs is a Yangzhou University cafeteria worker who has been dubbed the “cafeteria goddess.” The cafeteria goddess, surnamed Li, is a sophomore partaking in a work-study program that requires her to work…
· Laura Dang
Grandma Sells Blow Up Sex Dolls to Raise Money For Grandson’s Cancer Treatment
One grandmother has set up a roadside stand selling blow-up sex dolls in order to raise money for her grandson’s leukemia treatment. The elderly woman, identified by her surname Yang, had the idea to sell the dolls to migrant workers after the family ran out of money to fund the…
· Laura Dang
Inside the Superstar Life of the ‘Taylor Swift of China’
A 24-year-old pop star is being hailed as the Taylor Swift of China. She writes her own music about boys and breakups and is currently on her first North American tour. Chinese singer and songwriter G.E.M., whose name stands for “Get Everybody Moving,” is a pop icon in Hong Kong…
· Editorial Staff
Spoiled Daughter of Hong Kong’s Leader Slaps Mom, Insults Her in the Worst Way Possible
Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung celebrated Halloween by going to the party district of Lan Kwai Fong with his family, but instead of a fun night full of tricks and treats, he ended up watching his daughter physically abuse her mother in public. Leung’s daughter, Chai Yan, was…