In Yongkang, Zhejiang province last Friday, a 31-year-old millionaire named Du Guanghua had dinner with an employee who got a bit too drunk and fell into a river. Du dove after his colleague, 20-year-old Zhao Shengxi. Only one of them came out of the water alive.
In the latest from BJC's An Expat Christmas series, Felix learns to see the holiday spirit from the eyes of someone completely unfamiliar with Christmas -- an Iranian in Wuxi, Jiangsu province.
Via Global Times: A well-intentioned young woman has made a habit of feeding mice in her building every evening, because she thinks they are cute. But her kindness eventually attracted more mice, which also gnawed on the wires in the building, prompting many complaints from her neighbors.
I work as preschool rock star in Qingdao. Our annual New Year’s production is coming up and it’s a big deal. Preschool competition is tight and parents shop around. As the only foreign teacher at our branch (200+ kids ages 2 to 6), I have to find something English for them to do in the... Read more »
Pickpocketing is a tough profession. It doesn’t pay much, for one. The legal risks are high. And if you get caught — at a university dorm, for instance — your existence will pretty much be disavowed by everyone you care about, and whatever happens, happens.
In Chengdu on Friday at around 8 pm, a man surnamed Cai, 37, suddenly stood up and ignited a string of firecrackers in his bag, reason unknown. The driver, surnamed Huang, stopped the bus and let everyone out, but closed the door on Cai. Other passengers can be seen restraining him until the cops arrived.
BJC's An Expat Christmas series will roll on through the week. In a place where Christmas is an "event" and not part of the culture, it can be cancelled as easily as it is arranged, as Chris Clayman recently found out at his school in Lincang, Yunnan province.
Chongqing has a pretty amazing subway station, via Sina I think we know the “real you” well enough, sir. “The deputy secretary-general of Zhanjiang City in Guangdong Province has been removed from his post after local Party discipline watchdog confirmed online allegations about his having a mistress and a second child in violation of China’s one-child policy.... Read more »
