This Is The Saddest Fucking Panda

Lanzhou panda
The Sina Weibo user who posted this picture, @哥不一搬3285043987, appears to have absonded from social media, but he/she thinks this giant panda in Lanzhou, Gansu province is dying because the zoo can’t feed it. The post: Lanzhou City Zoo’s panda is the world’s saddest panda. Thin and dirty. So hungry it can’t even walk. Supervisors... Read more » Read more »

Chinese teen poisons parents for nagging him about gaming, and now they’re dead

The East is Read
The gaming world in the virtual sphere is filled with life and death, but without real consequences for those who engage in cockamamie strategies. In the real world, a carelessly laid out and executed plan can mean actual death, whose consequence is 15 years in prison, or, as People’s Daily put it, “a lifetime of... Read more » Read more »

Chengguan Stabbed 7 Times: “The Most Painful Part Is That Society Doesn’t Understand”

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“The most painful part isn’t the stabbing, but that society doesn’t understand.” That’s a quote from Guangzhou chengguan bureau chief Wei Weihan, who recently saw one of his own stabbed seven times, including five times in the head. On Sunday, Su Jiaquan, 26, was doing his job when a pineapple peddler attacked him with a... Read more » Read more »

In First Interview With Foreign Media, Xi Jinping Reveals Fondness For Paul The Octopus

Xi Jinping interview
Xi Jinping sat down with foreign media yesterday for the first time since becoming CPC chairman, speaking with reporters from BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa — ahead of the BRICS summit later this month. This historic occassion drew almost no English-language media coverage, leading Foreign Policy’s Isaac Stone Fish to ask,... Read more » Read more »

Melissa Murphy’s Pre-Makeup Shots Of Porn Stars, All 93 Of Them, Has Made It To China: Thanks, NetEase

Allie Haze
You know this already, we’re sure, because you surf the Internet, but if not, here’s the quick and dirty: Melissa Murphy is a makeup artist who does work with porn stars and nude models, making them look like plastic sex objects instead of human beings a regular person might shake hands with. (Read her interview with... Read more » Read more »

Harlem “Noodle” Shake Promotes Shenzhen’s Upcoming Hip-Hop Festival

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Remember how long it took the Gangnam Style craze to make it to China, but when it got here it was, like, ridiculous? Could we be seeing the same happening with Harlem Shake? This comes via The Nanfang's Cam MacMurchy, titled "Harlem Noodle Shake," produced by Shenzhenlocalmusic, promoting the Shenzhen's first hip-hop festival coming up on April 20. They really want this video to go viral, so help them out. Read more »