The Literary Death Match is returning to Beijing Bookworm on September 11, and I'm to inform you that I'll be one of the readers. Click here for more information links.
Imagine being trapped in a car stuck in a culvert amid heavy rain. The water level slowly rises, starting from the knees. You call the police. One hour passes. It's at your neck. Two hours. Your mouth. And still, no signs of rescuers...
An international student with limited language skills arrives in an airport and is approached by a helpful-looking taxi driver. The student needs to get to a place 150 miles away. Sorry kid, no more buses, says the driver. But I can take you.
Great, the kid replies. How much?
Oh, only 1,000 RMB.
Sound familiar? Except this didn't happen in China...
Want to see some animal cruelty? Of course you don't, because you're a sane, well-adjusted human being with a decent upbringing.
But goddamnit, here's an old man beating a Tibetan Mastiff to death in Tianjin, in plain sight, under blue skies -- while someone fucking films.
An hour after takeoff of China Eastern flight MU738 last Wednesday, a two-year-old boy got his finger stuck under a TV screen. His mom, not noticing, then almost ripped the poor child's finger off.
As we in Beijing eagerly await the arrival of the Rubber Duck, here's a reminder that large floatation thingies do require upkeep. This picture was taken at Yuantouzhu Scenic Area in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, posted to Sina Weibo and highlighted by China Navis.
After locking someone up for misreporting the number of deaths in a traffic accident as 16 when it was really 10, and someone else for saying seven died in a different traffic accident when the real answer was three, and smearing Charles Xue, authorities apparently still believe their anti-rumor-mongering campaign is effective. In Qinghe, Hebei province, they've used it to net another victim recently:
A furious woman delivered a bona fide whopping to a younger girl on the streets of Wuxi, Jiangsu province on August 29 around 8 pm. Hug China has this story via China Daily:
A driver nearly had the misfortune of being crushed underneath a rolling boulder on Friday in the port city of Keelung, Taiwan. Watch as a huge-ass rock lands just to the right of the car. The driver would exit not only alive but uninjured.
