The Good Doctor, cooking instructor/amateur bowler Candice Lee, and Beijing Climbing Club head Simon Adams went on a mission to find the cheapest haircut in town. How low did they go? (Answer: very low. Xibahe Nan Lu just outside Third Ring Road is what you want.) The music is Crazy Glue by Josh Woodward. Beijing Slice is now... Read more »
Gawker Network's io9 has compiled a list of "27 of the most insane martial arts battles ever filmed," and would it surprise anyone that most of these were filmed or set in China?
It's a great list, of course, and if you like martial arts / kung-fu, you'll lose many minutes of your day going through the videos. But one clip you'll not find is this from Dunken Master 2, and that seems like somewhat of an oversight:
In Fu’an, Fujian province on Tuesday, a pair of men publicly declared their love by holding an outdoor wedding that drew “countless eyeballs,” according to the video description. Of course, China doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages or civil unions, so the display was merely symbolic. But it was a sweet display nonetheless. In January 2010, AFP... Read more »
The person who took this video was out with his colleague on Sunday in Tianjin when he saw two men steal a woman's phone and attempt their getaway on a motorcycle. Our videographer was in his car, mind you, so he did what any person would: pursue. Pursue recklessly, if need be. The chase ends with him knocking down the thieves' motorcycle, but it wasn't exactly mission accomplished. As he writes in the video description: "My colleague and I got out of our car to intercept them, but no one else helped the two of us stop the two thieves, so we couldn't overtake them. Later my colleague and I dialed the police at 110."
If you're going to take a trip to the Shaolin Temple in Zhengzhou, Henan province, you might as well bring along your Wu-Tang knowledge. Wu-Tang Clan fans, this one's for you.
Video directed by Alessio Avezzano, starring Aaron Garcia and Jacob Butler.
Nantong National Auto Show pole dancers. [NetEase via Shanghaiist] There’s a concert at Dada tonight under Temple Bar. If you have no idea what those things are, you must’ve come for links.
Your “Aw fucksticks” story of the day comes via Ministry of Tofu, which has translated an article published Friday by Shandgu (with images via NetEase): Wang Zhongping, 60, was the chief director of the Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Fishery of the city of Loudi, Hunan province until two years ago when he stepped down... Read more »
Found in San Francisco, posted on Reddit under the title, “Asian crocodile pimp of muni” (“Fun fact of the day:Muni is the Greek word for vagina,” writes Johanitsu). Mr. Croc here might not be Chinese, but it’s close enough for our tastes. Also, he’s awesome, so there’s that. Previously: Riding A Pink Unicorn, Not Giving A Single Fuck.... Read more »
A zoo in Wuhan, Hubei province is offering humans the chance to test their strength against tigers. The newscast tells us that tigers win most of the time, proving definitively that when you come face-to-face with a tiger in the wild, don't challenge it to a game of winner-take-all tug-of-war.
A zoo official says that one day, caretakers put a rope in the tiger pen and discovered that the animals loved playing with it. Their next logical thought: human-tiger tug-of-war.
