Torrential rains in Linyi, Shandong province have caused massive flooding, but not everyone's mood has been dampened. In the above video, while others slog through knee-deep water or try their damnedest to plow through it in cars, a father and son row an inflatable boat, content to go nowhere at all. More than a few onlookers have smiles on their faces as they take pictures with their camera phones. I don't want to venture all the way down Corny Alley, but as Weibo user Xieyin notes, "The most fortunate thing a person can have in life can't beat having an optimistic father; this scene makes me think of [the movie] 'Life is Beautiful.'"
Image from Reuters, via The Atlantic Wire Friday was International Kissing Day, and on Saturday FC Guoan won 1-0 at home vs. Guangzhou Evergrande. It all makes sense: here are links.
Because driving properly sometimes is plain boring, people on the road sometimes choose to flourish a bit on their moving vehicle of choice. In the above, a man in Hunan province is just minding his business, standing on his motorcycle, when a police car stealthily approaches from behind. Trying not to startle him, the voiceover in the video tells us, the cop slowly pulls even, rolls down his window, and informs the motorcyclist that, Hey, dude…
Last Wednesday at around 8 pm near the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a No. 58 bus with more than 70 passengers suddenly broke down with a loud bang, followed by white smoke. Panicked, the passengers began to act like, well, panicked people in a tight space. We can laugh about this now because... Read more »
Yesterday, on a hot and windy day at Shiniuzhai Scenic Resort in Pingjiang, Hunan province, Aisikaier, a sixth-generation Xinjiang tightrope walker of the "Dawa Zi" (Uyghur-style high wire) attempted to break a world record by walking 700 meters on a tightrope strung 250 meters above ground at its highest point. Because doing this like a normal acrobat would have been too easy -- he's a Dawa Zi, remember -- Aisikaier chose to do it backwards, blindfolded, and without a harness.
At one point in this preview, 100-year-old Aussie Dorothy DeLow is interviewed in English by someone who sounds Chinese. "Why are you participating in this competition?" comes the question. DeLow grunts. “You're so old!" the questioner adds.
Without missing a beat, Dot replies, "I'm not that old."
Yesterday in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu, a bus carrying 40 people tipped over on a highway, reason unknown, and according to Xinhua injured all but one person. The driver, a local, died when he was crushed underneath the bus. One of the tour guides was Taiwanese, but all others were from Harbin, Heilongjiang province.
