From John Metcalfe of Atlantic Cities:
At roughly 3,850 feet long and 1,150 feet high, the bridge is the longest and tallest tunnel-to-tunnel bridge ever built. From every angle, it looks like it shouldn't exist – or should, just as a broken heap of twisted metal at the bottom of the valley. It's a natural magnet for anybody who likes doing improbable things off of intimidating structures.
Remember when Korean rapper PSY made the video for “Gangnam Style” and was thusly described in a Time headline as having the “best invisible horse-riding rap video” of the week? If you haven’t seen it yet, go here and watch (YouTube and Youku versions available). This post really was an excuse for you to go watch... Read more »
The giant panda “Si Jia” rests in Yunnan Safari Park in Kunming, capital of Southwest China’s Yunnan province, on Aug 12, 2012, on its 6th birthday. [Photo/Xinhua] (Via China Daily/Sina) Apologies for the server problems that took the site down this afternoon. But we’re back… with links.
Video after the jump. A pair of men in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province have learned the hard way that eagles are not to be messed with. At the very least, don’t smuggle an eaglet out of its nest while its watchful, protective mother is nearby. Here’s the story. On the morning of August 11, a farmer... Read more »
On Jingcheng Highway just outside Beijing on Sunday, a bus with Chengde, Hebei province license plates lost control after driving over water near the exit of Qilinlou Tunnel. It appeared to hydroplane before tipping over and skidding to a stop after several meters. We're told of the 19 passengers onboard, there was one fatality, an elderly man. The other 18 were sent to nearby hospitals.
The WWE was in Shanghai on Saturday as part of its world tour, and put on quite the house show, it seems. We have highlights for you, above and after the jump on Youku for those in China, plus the full Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston match (even in China, Daniel Bryan remains thoroughly over) and the last half of an impressive Justin Gabriel vs. Jack Swagger contest. Garron Chiu, writing for ProWrestling.net, notes that the house was "pretty packed... about 25 percent taped off." He concludes, " Overall, this was a very good show and I advise everyone to go out of their way to watch a house show if they like longer matches, with the wrestlers clearly playing more toward the crowd."
For all the topics that Chinese TV news won’t touch for fear of upsetting the wrong censors, one subject they don’t shy away from is death, either on the road or, as is the case here, from a rooftop. Last Thursday at a residential compound in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, someone took out a camera and... Read more »
This is an update to our 2 am post about Lu Jianbo, the civil servant in Jiangsu province who attacked a woman with a knife on Friday night while reportedly shouting, “My family runs the public security bureau! Killing people is not a problem!” (“公安局是我家开的, 杀死人没问题!”) The raw footage of the incident remains cleansed from Youku, where it first... Read more »
Last Thursday at Dalian’s South Tunzi Beach, a woman caught everyone’s attention with her four-meter-long python, the literal kind. Apparently snakes enjoy a good swim every once in a while. Those who weren’t too terrified of the creature happily surrounded the woman to take pictures and ask questions. This story appears to have first been... Read more »
