A bus was driving down a Hangzhou highway around 11:40 am on May 29 when a piece of metal flew through the windshield. Some on Weibo are speculating that it came from space, though others have reported that it came from a truck. Driver Wu Bin, 49, heroically continued steering the bus despite a shard implanting itself in his abdomen. When he pulled over, he got up and informed the 24 passengers onboard to be careful when exiting because they were still on the highway, according to the above video from 6.cn. He died of his injuries two days later, around June 1 at midnight.
Someone in China scooped the Guinness Book of World Records on its own event by posting the above video on Youku a full nine days before Guinness had it on its website, leading one to ask... does anyone still take the Guinness Book of World Records seriously anymore?
Other than professional parallel parkers, I mean.
Ahem.
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 »
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