November 4 – November 10
The worst party of the year was the Electric Castle party in Tianjin, which organizers apologized for, sort of. People would have been much better suited attending the subway costume party instead.
A series of explosions killed a person near a CPC building in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. Beijing and Zhangjiakou bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Guangzhou Evergrande won the AFC Champions League, becoming the first Chinese team to do so.
China is the best place to be an expat, says an HSBC report. An 8-year-old girl contracted lung cancer. One thousand cats destined for the slaughterhouse were instead released into a forest.
Tom Baxter debuted on this site with an article about the China Story Yearbook. Here’s gay Thor and Loki in Shanghai.
Comment of the Week:
https://twitter.com/Alesia148/status/398330101563019264
