China

  • Chinese gangster loses phone, pictures go viral

    Let’s say you’re a gangster. You’ve chosen a life of crime, debauchery and violence as your path to success and avoidance of criminal punishment. While the thrill of the job might get you going every morning (or afternoon because I’m sure you pull different hours than regular Joe’s) there...
  • Meanwhile in China: Keychains with live animals inside

    Chinese street merchants have achieved a new low in animal cruelty, they’re now selling key chains, containing a nutrient enriched solution that they claim will allow the enclosed turtle, fish or salamander to survive for up to two months. Yep, you’ve read that right, several You Tube videos have...
  • Man balances 23 benches on his teeth, breaks world record

    It’s a very unique talent to be able to balance objects on your teeth, and it’s one that gets 30-year old Hongxiao Li into the Guinness Book of World Records by balancing 23 benches on his teeth. Twenty-three benches that are one meter (roughly 3 feet) long, weighing three...
  • “Dead” woman climbs out of coffin six days after proclaimed dead

    When neighbors found 95-year old Li Xiufeng she was lying on the floor of her home, lifeless and not breathing. Try as they might they couldn’t revive the woman. It was two weeks after the Beiliu, Guangxi Province native had tripped and hit her head and with no signs...
  • Chinese toilet maker turns unused toilets into desks for kids

    Gao Jianguo has come up with a way to take unused toilets and recycle them into desks for kids in China. It’s an idea that to some seems ridiculous and to others seems sheer genius. According to the Chinese man, his toilet manufacturing company, throws away hundreds of unused...
  • Workers lucky to be alive after crane flips backward

    In China’s Henan Province, three workers are lucky to be alive after the crane there were driving flipped backwards, leaving them stranded 40 feet in the air. No word on how long they were stuck up there before firefighters could get them down but judging on the above picture...
  • Man spends $16,000 on virtual sword

    If anyone ever tries to tell you that computer games aren’t addictive laugh in their face. Then tell them about the man in China who paid $16,000 for a virtual sword – for a game that isn’t even available where he lives. In his defense the game, Age of...
  • After the eulogy comes strippers at funeral services in Taiwan

    Back in 2008, Cai Ruigong made internet news when he hired a stripper to perform at his father’s funeral. The Taiwanese man had promised his dad if he lived to be 100 he would have strippers at his memorial service and he kept his word. It seems, however, this...
  • Mom’s sister prevents hospital from accidentally disposing of live baby

    It’s the stuff of nightmares – a mother’s worst nightmare. A hospital in China mistakenly thought a newborn baby was dead and disposed of it without a proper examination. Lui Dongmei was rushed to hospital in Foshun with internal bleeding and stomach cramps. She was in labour and although...