In a marked contrast to how certain authorities in Shanghai view women in provocative attire, the Guilin Merryland Resort in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is offering half-price entry to women 18 and over who wear skirts shorter than 38 centimeters — and they’ve pulled out the tape measure to make sure no one is cheating.... Read more »
Why is it always the good ones who suffer the misfortune? Last Monday evening at Changli Station in Hebei province, 20-year-old Li Boya, just a railway marshal trainee, saw a man jump onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train. Li went in after the man, but it was too late: both got hit, and severely injured.
If you're dying with anticipation for Dark Knight Rises, the above video's not going to help. It's a preview of a short by Wolf Smoke Studio, unveiled at Comic-Con for Cartoon Network's DC Nation, and it features Catwoman in 1930s Shanghai, with a cameo by Bane.
Liquor makes people do strange things: jump off rooftops, get hitched to strangers... play real-life Grand Theft Auto. On Monday in Luliang, Shanxi province, a security guard at a restaurant who had too much to drink decided he'd try to hijack a car, because why the hell not. He was successful! But when that vehicle crashed into a flower bin/arrangement at a nearby plaza, he scrambled out and decided to take a second car. This was not a good idea. We're told it did not take long for police to apprehend him.
Have you ever been to a Chinese public pool? They're usually crowded, the water's inevitably dirty, and young children should probably never be allowed near. So what do you do when your kid is desperate for a dip?
An email has been going around among Shanghai expats, and it's worth a look for those who aren't already too cynical. The full thing is over at Shanghaiist, but here's the money graf:
How quickly fortunes change. On Tuesday in Urumqi, a blast of lightning struck and killed 173 sheep, inflicting up to 200,000 yuan of economic loss for the owners. (Technically, 143 died instantly, 30 more were swept away by rains.) This story comes on the heels of another sorry tale of lightning mishap: on July 6,... Read more »
Two months ago, there was a post in this space called Chinese People With Unfortunate Anus Problems: A Compendium, wherein I linked to a story about a chef who died after his pals punked him by shoving a live eel up his anus. (“Medics said the eel had devoured his bowels.”) “Bad prank, or worst prank... Read more »
