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· Sebastian Dillon
Shanghai Woman Has Lavish Affair With Her Boss, Puts it All on Instagram
A young woman working in Shanghai took to Instagram, an app banned in China, to document her lavish affair with her boss. The young woman, who calls herself “Molly”, works for an unknown firm in Shanghai. Her face is never visible in the pictures.
· Editorial Staff
Shanghai Restaurant Uses $150,000 Robots to Make Ramen in 90 Seconds
A new Japanese ramen stand in Shanghai is attracting curious customers for their two unusual chefs, Toya and Kona. The ramen stand,Toyako, opened in December and is located on Daming Road in the Hongkou district of Shanghai.
· 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.
· Editorial Staff
Young Chinese City Dwellers Look Very Different When Visiting Their Parents in the Countryside
Many Chinese city dwellers apparently dress down when visiting their families for the Spring Festival. Through this collection of pictures from Chinese netizens found on Weibo and through NetEase (via Shanghaiist), one can see how young people in China style switch from trendy…
· Ryan General
Rich Chinese People are Buying This Illegal Thumb-sized Monkey for $4,500
Some rich Chinese are spending significant amounts of money on expensive miniature monkeys. The thumb-sized pygmy marmoset is the perfect Chinese New Year gift for the Year of the Monkey if it wasn’t for these undeniable facts: it is cruel and illegal to keep these wild animals…
· Editorial Staff
Rich Chinese Girl Dumps Boyfriend After Being Served Food By His Poor Family
A young woman is gaining attention from Chinese netizens after she posted on social media that she broke up with her boyfriend because his parents served her a meal that was “too humble.” The 27-year-old woman said she was served the unsatisfactory food at her boyfriend’s…
· 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
Here’s A Look at 17 Different Starbucks From Around the World
World travelers will know that when it comes to Starbucks, each country is different. Americans might think of it as a simple coffee shop, but elsewhere in the world, Starbucks stores can literally be on a train, look like a garden, beach resorts or palaces — some even require…
· 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
Canadian Teen Suffers Severe Injuries After Chinese E-Cigarette Explodes on His Face (GRAPHIC)
Editors Note: This article contains images that viewers may find disturbing. A teenager in Alberta, Canada, suffered severe burns and shattered teeth after a China-made electronic cigarette randomly exploded while he was using it last week.
· 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…
· Ryan General
Single Men in China Are Paying $450 to Rent Fake Girlfriends in Time For Chinese New Year
Renting fake girlfriends is yet to catch up in the Western part of the world, but in China, it has become a thriving business in recent years. The market for rentable girlfriends is especially in demand this season as the Chinese New Year is approaching. The Paper (via…
· 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.
· Editorial Staff
Teenage K-Pop Star Suffers Backlash in China After Waving Taiwanese Flag
Sixteen-year-old Korean pop singer Chou Tzuyu is being punished for waving a Taiwanese flag during an online broadcast. Tzuyu’s agency, JYP Entertainment, is being forced to cancel her bookings in China as a result of the controversy surrounding the incident, reported Apple…
· Max Chang
Sex Survey Reveals Chinese Teens are Now Losing Their Virginity at 17
A new survey in China has revealed that the age of which young people first have sex is going down. The Chinese survey was conducted by Peking University and a mainland-based dating site last year. Researchers polled 80,000 people in 34 cities across China for two months on…
· Editorial Staff
Photographer Reveals What It’s Really Like to Live as a Chinese-American
What is it like being a Chinese-American living in the United States? Wenjun Chen and Yanmei Jiang from Guangzhou, China, set out to find the answer to that question via a road trip that took them through the US visiting Chinese-American families and documenting their everyday…
· Sebastian Dillon
Chinese Woman Takes Her First Driving Test, Immediately Crashes Through a Wall
Book smarts don’t exactly translate to street smarts as this incident sure proves. A young Chinese woman from Changsha recently ran her student driver car into a wall seconds after getting behind the wheel of a driving test. Though the young woman had aced the extensive written…
· Ryan General
Two Chinese Students Rent Themselves Out For Money During the Loneliest Part of the Year
If you are lonely and in need of a lovely young woman’s company, all you need to do is seek out and rent one of the two ladies who are marketing themselves in Hangzhou. Understandably, a significant number of guys flocked to the two young students’ live advertisement that…
· Max Chang
Chinese Family Attacks Police Officers Because They Can’t Illegally Park Their BMW
The owner of a BMW in Chengdu, China was jailed along with members of his family after they attacked police officers who repeatedly told the driver he couldn’t park in a no-parking lane.
· Editorial Staff
American Man Makes a Living ‘Getting Laid’ by Asian Women
A California man who has been the subject of controversy in China for his sexual exploits across Asia is drawing further outrage from Chinese media for his latest video. David Bond, a “pick-up artist” and coach who has spent time across the Pacific since 2013 bedding local women…