The Saddest Fight: Beggars Tussle Over Territory

Beggars Tussle Over Territory
“Has it come to this?” asks the Youku video description. “No one has it easy.” No one indeed. But read that expression another way: no one is easy, as in, they’re not pushovers. You might be tempted to think of legless beggars as pitiable, but that doesn’t make them any less proud than the rest of us.... Read more »

Gangnam Style Gone Wrong: Stage Collapses Underneath Dancers In Beijing

Gangnam Style gone wrong in Beijing
Students in the throes of Gangnam Style on Sunday morning had their dance abruptly halted when the one-meter platform underneath them collapsed. The mostly international students were performing in front of a sizable audience as part of the Peking University International Cultural Festival. The festivities had just started when the accident happened, according to Beijing News,... Read more »

Don’t Prematurely Ring The Goddamn Bell If You Ever Proctor A National College Entrance Exam

Gaokao hell
It’s every student’s worst nightmare: sitting in the most important test of your life, you’re told out of the blue that time’s up. You look at your sheet and realize that 13 questions remain unanswered. Impossible, you think, because you have taken a million practice tests and you know exactly how much time it takes... Read more »

To Serve People: It’s Okay To Have Different Views If You’re A Traitor

Japan!
“Public accepts other views despite anger” is a piece from He Hu Should Not Be Named (or born for that matter) about some 2,200 tourists aboard the cruise ship Costa Victoria. “Tourists?” I hear you say through my mind's ear-hole. Yes, tourists. They did something insidious, something unthinkable, something that will make your blood boil and your bones do the dougie. They went to…

Beijing-Based Sommelier Sets World Record By Holding 51 Wine Glasses In One Hand

Here’s a man who knows how to handle his wine glasses. Via the AFP video’s description: “Beijing-based sommelier Philip Osenton breaks the world record for the number of wine glasses held in one hand. The previous world record was 39, set in Spain, five years ago by Reymond Adina from the Philippines.” Local nightlife blogger... Read more »

Wild Boar Breaks Into Office, Terrorizes Woman, Basically Ruins Everything

Wild boar terror
Sky News has this funny video captured Friday in Shantou, Guangdong province. A wild boar apparently broke into an office and, because it's just that kind of wild, destroyed a bunch of things and scared the crap out of everyone before -- again, that kind of wild -- smashing through a window to make its escape. Bad boar. Sky provides these details:

Ningbo Protests Against Chemical Plant Heat Up As City Announces, Perhaps Dubiously, Halt To PX Project

Ningbo PX 2
Another widespread protest against a factory in China has yielded, at least on paper, another victory, following the one in Shifang, Sichuan province in July. Does it matter that no one believes the city government’s statement saying it’ll halt its construction plans? First the background: In Ningbo, Zhejiang province, thousands of locals have clashed with... Read more »