As plain as rain, our columnist TAR Nation kind of dislikes Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of Global Times. But let us sing the human qualities of Hu Xijin, for one minute. Let us acknowledge Hu Xijin’s errors, while also acknowledging that to err is to be a child of God, which he is, and commensurately... Read more »
Hu “The Gelded Fuckwit” Xijin took a moment this week to remind everyone that no one should pay any attention whatsoever to the Nobel Prize, unless it is won by a Chinese person that has yet to get in trouble.
Having hated the West, Westerners, the Nobel Prize and human thought for his entire “journalistic” career, Hu “The Pitiless Twat” Xijin was surprised by the Nobel Committee’s choice.
Misunderstandings happen, we get that, but most of the time they’re harmless and can be waved off with a smile and a chuckle. Yet every occasionally, there’s this… here’s the lead from a Shanghai Daily article this morning: Local police yesterday refuted widespread rumors suggesting that a five-year-old girl was forced to sell sex to foreigners after... Read more »
Via Global Times In Chengdu on Friday, a sleuth of teddy bears took the subway Line 2 to promote public transportation on the opening day of a teddy bear museum. It all sounds cute unless you’re arcotophobic, in which case: BUGGY MISERABLE TORTURE. (H/T Alicia)
The Chinese man who tried to open an emergency exit door mid-flight, thinking it was a bathroom, now has company in the Hall of Notorious Fliers. On a flight from Shenzhen to Xi’an on Friday morning, a first-time air traveler decided he wanted some fresh air, so he demanded the person next to him open... Read more »
Beijing News reports that on Friday afternoon, a foreigner got drunk at a downtown hotel, slashed a server with a kitchen knife, carjacked a minibus black Buick, crashed into four other vehicles, and hit a pedestrian. Then he tried to flee by foot before two passersby and a police officer subdued him. Several witnesses said they... Read more »
This will (probably) be our last post on the 10th Guangzhou Sex Culture Festival, which concluded Monday. Above (and on Youku after the jump for those in China), a little video I edited featuring pole dancers. If you’re more of a picture person, check this out. Happy Sunday afternoon bleeding into evening, everyone.
A fireworks show last night at Hangzhou’s famous West Lake resulted in a scary accident that nearly blew someone’s ear off. Around 8 pm at the opening ceremony for the 14th West Lake Expo, two batches of fireworks landed and exploded among spectators, affecting “151 people or so,” according to China News. You can see the... Read more »
Yongda Huang Harris, you’re not doing it right. You’re not doing it right at all: A Boston-bound man wearing body armor, flame retardant leggings and knee pads under his trench coat arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a Customs and Border Protection officer found a smoke grenade and several weapons in his checked luggage... Read more »
