The buildup is long and strange, but it’s full of wonder and intrigue. Why is the old man’s pants unbuckled? Why is he surrounded by three much younger urban enforcement officers, i.e. chengguan? Why does one of the officers appear to have a ripped shirt? Why does the old man taunt them, saying, “Come on,... Read more »
A young boy, identified as "10-some years old," nearly drowned a few days ago in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, and probably would have if not for a bit of serendipity and a young nurse who just happened to be passing by. Fetched from the water by his family, the boy was showing little signs of life when Wang Guoshuang began performing CPR on him. Interviewed afterwards, Wang says she had practiced CPR as an intern, but never performed it in real life. Apparently she was a good student: after several minutes, the boy was revived. He is now out of danger.
You may think this an ordinary llama wearing heart-shaped sunglasses, but that’s where you’d be wrong. This is a llama that loves Liu Xiang, the hurdler. Also, it’s wearing heart-shaped sunglasses, but we may have already mentioned that. As brought to our attention by Alicia, this llama isn’t at all afraid to show its Olympic... Read more »
There really doesn’t seem to be a lot of pertinent info about the above video and the one after the jump, except that they both appeared on Youku very recently. You’ll just have to enjoy them devoid of context. Above: Samsung employees in Tangshan, Hebei province fight a customer, or something. And below: two schoolgirls... Read more »
Does anyone know what qualifies as a Guinness World Record anymore? Parallel parking? Check. Most bras unhooked in one minuted? You gotcha. (Youku version here.) Most cats stacked on a balance beam? They should! Fewest licks to the center of a Tootsie pop? Call Guinness up.
A driver in Wujiang, Jiangsu province recently said "not today" to death when he slid from the driver's to the passenger seat in the nick of time. Sensing an oncoming truck with a wide load was about to tip over -- seemingly in slow motion -- the driver managed to reposition himself inside his sedan, which wound up being completely smushed.
We saw a terribly abusive Asian mom not long ago, now here's a "wolf dad." In a video uploaded to Guangxi Station Information Channel on Youku yesterday, we see that recently at Chenggong Plaza in Kunming, Yunnan province, a man was filmed forcing his two young children to goose-step in public. We're told he used a steel rod for intimidation. We never find out why the kids are forced to goose-step -- apparently they did it "all day" -- and we doubly don't know why so many people passively watched this display of borderline child abuse.
Surveillance cameras in Luoyang, Henan province captured this excellent bit of parallel parking last week. We don't think the world-record holder in parallel parking could do any better... you know, if the requirement was to park between a lamppost and a tree, on the wrong side of the road. Originally posted two days ago, this video called for music, so I added Second Hand Rose's "Wolf Heart Dog Lungs" (二手玫瑰 《狼心狗肺》), which starts at the 15-second mark. Enjoy.
This woman has no idea whatsoever what these words mean. Finally, a world without racism, where words are just words. Via Reddit user jjjmills, who notes his wife took this picture last week in Beijing. (H/T Candice L.)
