This happened on May 23 but was reported just yesterday. Unlike in our previous video of The Road, the crash depicted here unfortunately resulted in fatalities... consider this your warning.
The driver in the video, Li Jian of Taizhou, Zhejiang province, is a repeat traffic offender, and after this latest incident, he should never be allowed near a car again. With utter disregard for the stoplight, clearly red, Li plows through two motorbikes, killing a mother and daughter, before crashing into a parked van.
A storm just passed Beijing — the skies are now clearing up, I see a wisp of blue — and on that note, we’d like to show you what happens sometimes when it thunderstorms in this country. Attention: above. Yesterday in Shenyang, Liaoning province, a traffic jam stretching more than a kilometer was said to... Read more »
Looking for Chinese music? The Sound Stage, hosted by Jonathan Alpart on China Radio International, may be your answer. Calling itself "your all-access pass to Chinese new music," it seeks to promote the latest in contemporary Chinese music every week. The above is a sample -- episode two.
Shields up! Corny humor alert. George Takei, who you know from Star Trek as USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu, posted the above picture on his Facebook on Wednesday, crediting it to David Cohen, “a fan.” Since Mr. Takei has 1.9 million likes on his Facebook, it instantly went viral, Wade-Giles romanization and all –nearly 3,100 shares... Read more »
Via MIC Gadget; Captain China is currently available on Kindle. Happy Children’s Day to everybody. If you’re a child reading this site, I congratulate you on your precociousness. If you’re an adult with a child’s mind reading this site, I regret to inform you that you’ve stumbled upon the wrong place. Perhaps you had meant... Read more »
Ever been throttled by the Net Nanny in China while doing a simple Google search? Your IP gets cut (or gagged? dick-vised? Sorry, I'm not familiar with Internet's more technical terms) and you're unable to use Google for up to a minute or more. This may not seem like a big deal, but when you're in the middle of doing just one thing that requires the use of the Internet
Ultimate Frisbee in the US, despite having a professional league, would kill for the type of publicity China Ultimate has been getting recently. (Recap: CCTV, Hennessy, Sports Illustrated China, Beijing Today.) So why wouldn't a creative company called Niurenku, for which BJC contributor Zozo works, produce a five-minute video about China Ultimate and China Nationals?
There's scant information available about this video, and maybe the creators want to keep it that way. Nothing builds buzz quite like a few days of silence while the rest of us pontificate and ponder. Here's what's apparent: two guys film a woman sitting on a seat that juts out of a window on the 23rd floor. One asks, "Is she going to commit suicide?" At the very end, one of them says, "Is this for real?" (Or: "Real or fake?")
