This happened in Tianjin recently, probably Wednesday. Questions: How did this man get the jet ski into the street? Over shallow water, does the jet ski not get damaged? Why does he have a jet ski? Is he too good for swimming? What happens when the water recedes?
Just look at her. That face. In a snap it could transform into a teeth-baring devil or a demurring tigress. Few people in the world could command attention like so — indeed, demand it by simply biting down so that her cheeks — much like her glare — lock into place. She is the type... Read more »
Xinhua‘s efforts to be your uncle’s uncle’s version of Buzzfeed continue. Are media outlets still identifying Xinhua as “the official press agency of the People’s Republic of China”? Yes? OK, just making sure. Here are a set of pictures published on the official press agency of the People’s Republic of China’s website yesterday. Samples:
James Fallows, one of our favorite China correspondents (and writers in general), was on The Colbert Report on Tuesday to talk about his most recent book, China Airborne. Check it out.
Discounting a little drizzle, projected doomsday rains missed most of Beijing proper last night, though other parts of northeast China were not so lucky. Tianjin, which I tend to think of as Beijing's unkempt armpit about 100 kilometers to the southeast, was hit hard yesterday, and the aftermath on one unfortunate stretch of road is visible above.
Our favorite government mouthpiece has flubbed again with the headline on its latest story (four-plus hours after its posting, it has yet to be changed). Ostensibly about a new round of rainstorms scheduled to hit this afternoon, Xinhua inadvertently draws our attention to the waves of negative reaction to the municipal government’s disaster response, a sampling... Read more »
We're not sure how this truck flipped over on a bridge in Gansu recently, but the driver was thrown from the cab and would have plummeted 10 meters to serious injury if not for his right leg being pinned underneath the truck. The rescue operation required three cranes and lots of ropes and harnesses. The man was successfully untangled after three hours, and everyone involved deserves a pat on the back.
Remember the advice that Nanjing motorist -- who, even after suffering a split lip at the hands of a bully on the road, refused to fight back -- gave last week? About the importance of keeping your cool, especially during "summertime," and how "a gentleman uses his mouth, not his fist"? There were some people in Tangshan, Hebei province recently who heeded none of it.
On Saturday at Liushahe Cultivation Base in Nanning, Hunan province, people organized a swim meet with some peculiar competitors. At the sound of a whistle, nine spotted piglets jumped into the water and splashed down their lane toward the shore -- the "finish line." A pig named Hua Hua won and was rewarded with extra delicious pig feed.
