They don’t package Chinese firecrackers like they used to, that’s for sure. Mike McHenry, aka Mr. Brick Label on Flickr, has been collecting fireworks labels since 1968, when he was five years old. He’s posted 360 of them, divided into seven time periods, some of which are sampled after the jump. It’s a gift for... Read more »
Terrifying. Xinhua reports that “a section of Xiangjiang Road running near Xiangjiang River in Changsha caved in early Thursday, engulfing a passing vehicle and killing at least one person aboard. The cave-in, near the Poly International Plaza, created a 30-square-meter pit on the road.” I have nothing to add. Update, 7/6, 11:51 am: The vehicle had... Read more »
On Monday, according to this Jiangxi news show, a chengguan (street enforcement officer) riding against traffic (this bit of info is filled in by China News) in Chengdu bumped into or scraped against a store owner, precipitating an argument. This happened off-camera. When the store owner (or someone related) begins filming -- which is completely within his right -- the chengguan loses his temper. Pushing and shoving ensues. And then, strangely -- because chengguan are just kind of boorish sometimes -- the chengguan removes his shirt, the most alpha of alpha signals that OH IT'S ON BRO, IT'S ON!
There was a man in the village of Ningling, Henan Province, whose name was Zheng Chuangying; and that man was obedient and harmonious, and one that feared Mao, and eschewed capitalism. And there were born unto him one son and one daughter. His substance also was several thousand renminbi, and a bunch of crops and animals, including she... Read more »
The Good Doctor was biking through Wangjing recently (that's a district in Beijing, the city's de facto K-Town) when he saw this. Just a slice of urban life for you. Nothing to see, really.
Continuing our Olympics Countdown series in which we post about anything borderline related to London or the Olympics, here’s an oldie but goodie, from 2010, featuring a 110-meter hurdler who will simply let nothing, including hurdles, get between him and the finish line. This happened at a University Games in China, exact location unknown. No other... Read more »
For something called Panda Awareness Week (PAW), which starts today, 108 people in panda costumes milled about Trafalgar Square, representing the 108 pandas living at Chengdu Panda Base. No kids, as far as we know, bawled their eyes out in sheer terror. China Daily tells us that the pandas did tai chi, some other stuff.... Read more »
Daily Mail caption: Bizarre: As two boozed-up men were waiting outside the Mayho Chinese Takeaway in Sunderland they noticed that peeling paint and dirt on the door appeared to form the face of Jesus. Try not to be too stereotypically American tonight, you Americans in China, okay? Ah who am I kidding, go booze your... Read more »
