Curious about how the smart, sexy Lust, Caution actress Tang Wei was swindled out of 210,000 yuan in a telecom scam on Saturday, as all netizens are? Thanks to NetEase, we now have details.
Sorry to put a bee in everyone's bonnet, but headlines from Buzzfeed and NY Daily News saying that an American college student - Jake Gaba from Dartmouth - danced across China to Bruno Mars's "Treasure" are simply false.
Tang Wei, 34, the leading actress in Ang Lee's 2007 soft-core porno Lust, Caution, was reportedly swindled out of 210,000 yuan in a telecom fraud on Friday afternoon. Some netizens have ridiculed her for being a "pure girl," according to Hug China, but let's not take credit away from the swindlers. Getting such big bucks out of a movie star deserves a lifetime achievement award. Nigerian princes, the ante's been raised.
A "bath and sauna center" in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, thought it was a good idea to use 54 large posters of sexy girls hanging from the outer wall of its five-story building to attract clients. (It was a good idea; more on that in a bit.)
Xinhua reports that a massive fire swept through Dukezong Ancient Town last night in the northwest Yunnan county of Shangri-la, a tourist resort ever since marketers changed its name from Zhongdian in 2001. Preliminary reports say the began at 1:30 am from a local shop, then spread due to windy conditions and the prevalence of wooden structures in Old Town. The exact cause is under investigation.
First, we need to collectively realize -- then get over the fact that -- People's Daily has a Facebook page. Then we can get to this story, first tweeted by Bill Bishop with the question, "People's Daily fall for fake news again?"
Turns out, yes. Very fake.
