SlamBall is ridiculous. No other word serves to describe it. And it is, without a doubt, American through and through, from the concept to the packaging to the participants to the founder, Mason Gordon. It's just pure highlights; forget NBA Jam comparisons, SlamBall is to real sports what a montage of pornographic money shots is to real-life sex: divested of all but the most visceral elements.
A semi-trailer traveling from Guizhou collided with a van heading the opposite direction on a dangerous stretch of State Highway 210 in Nandan County, Guangxi on Saturday, resulting in a six-car accident that killed six and injured six others, according to Guangxi Daily. The video here is of the aftermath. Particularly striking is the excavation of... Read more »
Nude beaches are pretty uncommon in China, if only for the fact that beaches here are always packed with people, most of whom, surely, have no desire to see any choads. But a tourist in Sanya, Hainan province (the "Hawaii of the East"), Tian Ma, recently found himself looking in at a nudist resort -- a cleverly disguised one -- and thought what anyone would think: picture time! He stealthily took the images above and after the jump and posted them on his blog, Tian Ma Topics.
Forget the fluff. China Daily brings straight meat:
A man in Qianguo county, Jilin province, was detained 15 days and fined 3,000 yuan ($471) for downloading pornographic videos to his home computer, South China Metropolis Daily reported on June 15.
Via Foreign Policy – link after jump Beijing has rolled back its taxi fuel surcharge from 3 to 2 yuan, effective today, the Beijinger reported earlier (People’s Daily reports via Sina it’s thanks to a decrease in oil prices). Enjoy that fact over these links.
Here's another story about a bus driver in China, but this one involves no death and no callous disregard for life.
Last Wednesday at 2:20 pm in Changchun, Jilin province, Fu Xiuli, the driver of Bus 363, was rolling toward the intersection of Comrade Street (Tongzhi Jie) and Liberation Avenue (Jiefang Dalu) when she suddenly experienced difficulty breathing, according to NetEase.
Proving that hell hath no fury like a soccer fan whose team just earned an unexpected result, Beijing Guo’an fans poured into the street outside Workers Stadium — a very, very busy street, mind you — after Saturday’s 0-0 draw to Qingdao Zhongneng and acted like riotous hooligans. Although the “near-riot,” as Global Times describes... Read more »
Illustrator/designer/videographer Billy Nunez has captured our attention by re-imagining Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz, set in China. There are pandas, locusts, koala/pig characters and, of course, a Cowardly Tiger. Imagination is a wonderful thing. We sample a few pictures after the jump, but go check out the whole thing. (H/T io9 via Reddit)
You know what could have made this video by Nice Peter better? No human babies. MORE PANDAS. The only thing better than more pandas... more baby pandas. The stretching cat was a fine touch, he can stay. But PANDAS is definitely the takeaway message here.
