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· Editorial Staff
Beijing’s Pollution is So Bad it Might Cause Weight Gain
As if choking on China’s heavily polluted air wasn’t bad enough, now it could be making people fat. A recent Chinese study, published in the March issue of “Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology” (FASEB), has found a link between the Beijing’s…
· 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…
· Laura Dang
Insane 50-Lane-Wide Traffic Jam in Beijing Will Give You Nightmares
If the thought of driving home on the 405 at 5 p.m. in Los Angeles traffic sounds bad, then the recent 50-lane-wide traffic jam in Beijing will give you nightmares. A severe traffic jam on the 50-lane G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway last Wednesday was caused by a newly…
· Editorial Staff
Here’s What Happened After Beijing Banned 5 Million Cars From Driving for Two Weeks
China has never been known as a country with the cleanest air. Their smog reportedly kills 4,000 people every day. But that all changed for a bit in Beijing on August 20, when 5 million cars were forced to drive on alternating days and restrictions were implemented on factories…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Woman Jumps Into Freezing Lake to Save Her iPhone
How far would you go to save your iPhone? The People’s Daily reports that an unidentified woman jumped into the 2-meter-deep Longtan Lake in Beijing on Feb. 18 to retrieve her iPhone 5 that had dropped into the water.
· Editorial Staff
Chinese People Spent $118 Billion on Luxury Products Overseas Last Year
Chinese consumers shopping abroad made nearly half of all the world’s luxury good purchases in 2014, according to Beijing-based private research firm Fortune Character Institute. These consumers spent a total of 1.2 trillion yuan ($183 billion) outside of China last year, with…
· Editorial Staff
This British Man Is Making Bank Selling $115 Jars of Fresh Air to Rich Chinese People
If you thought last year’s story about a Canadian company selling cans of fresh air to Chinese people was ridiculous, prepare to have your mind blown. British entrepreneur Leo De Watts, 27, founded the company Aethaer which sells glass jars of English air for £80 each, or about…
· Laura Dang
British Man Buys Cheap Chinese Art in the 1950s, Now Worth Over $28.8 Million
In April, Chinese art collectors will have the rare opportunity to buy back nearly $29 million worth of art that an English archaeologist once bought for pocket change. During the 1950’s, English archaeologist and farmer Roger Pilkington collected a millennium’s-worth of rare…
· Editorial Staff
Scalpers in China Sell Tickets to Be Treated at the Hospital for Hundreds of Dollars
If you thought scalpers selling overpriced tickets to concerts and sports games in the United States were bad, China’s hospital scalper situation should downright horrify you. Since most big hospitals in the country require patients to purchase registration tickets to be seen…
· Editorial Staff
35 Chinese Restaurants Caught Using Opium to Season Their Food
In China though, some restaurants have an unorthodox way of keeping customers hooked on their food: opium. According to a report by the Independent (via Xinhau), the highly addictive narcotic has been found to be used by 35 restaurants across China as seasoning in their food.…
· Editorial Staff
Shameless Chinese Company Uses Bikini Models to Promote Ski Resort
In China, the timeless and effective strategy of promoting any kind of business is simple: Hire hot women in bikinis and call it a day. The shameless strategy was once again called upon by promoters for a ski resort in Qingdao, China, according to the Shanghaiist.
· Laura Dang
Photographer Goes to China and India to Capture the Most Beautiful Women in the World
The photographer traveling the world to find the most beautiful women in each country is now making her way through Asia. Mihaela Noroc, 29, embarked on her project titled “Atlas of Beauty” to show that beauty can be found anywhere in the world. Her original campaign consisted…
· 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
Man Buys Pair of Socks, Finds Letter From Alleged Chinese Torture Victim
A man found a distressing and unusual letter written in Chinese hidden inside a pair of socks sold at clothing retailer Primark in Metrocentre, Newcastle. Shopper Shahkiel Akbar got the note translated into English after being curious of what it said. He was shocked to find out…
· Editorial Staff
China’s Air is So Bad that a Restaurant Charged Diners Extra to Breathe Clean Air
A restaurant in China’s Jiangsu Province surprised customers by tacking on an “air purification” fee to their bills. The restaurant, based in Zhangjiagang, charged an extra 1 yuan (15 cents) per diner in order to pay for operation costs incurred by several air filtration…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Tourist Puts Bare Feet on Fellow Passenger’s Armrest, Zero F*cks Given
A Chinese woman claims she had to suffer through a 4-hour flight with another passenger’s bare feet propped up on her armrest. Ms. Wu said a Chinese woman seated behind her on a Nov. 29 AirAsia flight from Bangkok to Xi’an put her feet up on her chair after boarding and was not…
· Max Chang
Chinese Artist Sums Up the Difference Between Eastern and Western Culture
One artist’s work on comparing the cultures of the East and the West has recently resurfaced for our enjoyment. Yang Liu, a graphic artist who moved from Beijing to Berlin at the age of 13, has lived the best (and worst) of both worlds.
· Editorial Staff
Man Shows Just How Polluted China is By Vacuuming Up Its Smog For 100 Days
A Chinese artist who took to the streets of Beijing with a vacuum cleaner to collect dust from the city’s smog has made a brick from the particles. Over a period of four hours a day for 100 days, 34-year-old performance artist Nut Brother pushed a 1,000-watt industrial-strength…
· Editorial Staff
Insanely Talented Artist Paints Himself Blending Perfectly into Different Backgrounds
One world-renowned artist has made a career out of literally blending into his own artwork. For over a decade, Chinese artist Liu Bolin has been painting himself into backgrounds so that he looks nearly invisible. The 42-year-old, who was born in Shandong but now lives and works…
· Jacob Wagner
Singapore is Now Home to the Most Impressive Building in the World
An insanely designed residential complex in Singapore was crowned World Building of the Year 2015 last week during the World Architecture Festival. The vertical village, titled The Interlace, consists of 31 apartment blocks arranged in a “hex-angle” and stacked diagonally on top…