Watch: Hainan University Student Throws Shoe At Inveterate Blowhard Sima Nan [UPDATE]

Hainan student throws shoe at Sima Nan
Chinese pundit Sima Nan, known for, among other things, spewing anti-America rhetoric despite having no qualms about visiting America and getting his head stuck in a Dulles Airport escalator, was giving a lecture at Hainan University yesterday when he ran into a proverbial buzz saw A student took the microphone, stood up, and began coolly rebuking the man on stage, who grew increasingly agitated as it became clear that many of the cheering students in the auditorium weren't on his side. At the 2:30 mark, the student hurls his shoe onto the stage -- a good 20-yard throw, it seems -- drawing more applause. Read more »

Liquified Gas Tanker Explosion Leaves Death And Destruction In Its Wake

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We've seen plenty of truck explosions in our time, as recently as last Wednesday. When they involve tankers of the LPG variety, bad results usually ensue. Take note: the accident in August that killed 36 in Shanxi; an oil tanker crash in June that left a city in smoke; a fiery death at the rear of a liquid petroleum truck; and so on. All told, the lesson is pretty clear: tankers explode, and explosions kill. Read more »

The Most Disturbing And Bloody Subway Fight You’ll See, With Biting [Graphic]

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This morning on Guangzhou's Subway Line 4 around Chepi South Station, a man identified as "70-some years old" and another who is "20-some years old" began fighting over a seat. To say things escalated would be an understatement. Neither man would relent, and the result was a bloodbath that sent everyone scurrying. Read more »

LeBron James Is By Far The Worst Chinese-Speaking Miami Heat

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In all fairness to LeBron James, his teammates in this video — Chris Bosh, Mario Chalmers, Rashard Lewis, Dwyane Wade, and Mike Miller — weren’t exactly Dashan. And Shane Battier didn’t even try! That’s the dude who’s endorsed by Peak and “super famous” here, according to Miami New Times (which, in a bit of an overstatement,... Read more » Read more »

Super Mario Movie In Hong Kong Is Awesome

What happens when you mix the characters of Super Mario with the mean streets of Hong Kong and classic elements of Triad flicks? The folks at Dayside Productions have an answer for you. From the YouTube video description: Synopsis: Bowser, the shroom drug lord, kidnaps the mayor’s daughter, Peach, to call off a drug investigation. The mayor calls... Read more » Read more »

Face-Biting Again In China, This Time In Foshan

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Video after the jump. Remember the cannibal/zombie craze that swept across the world over the summer, starting with Rudy Eugene chewing a homeless man’s face on a Miami highway on May 26, followed by Alexander Kinyua eating a murder victim’s heart and portions of his brain, followed by Luka Magnotta (the less said about this one the... Read more » Read more »

Your First Look At The 10th Guangzhou Sex Culture Festival

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The Guangzhou Sex Culture Festival is always a big deal because, you know, sex. Created in 2003 by Zhang Feng, a soldier-turned government official who goes by “Brother Feng” in his books, Guangzhou’s annual sex lollapalooza draws hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. “Sex is like food,” Zhang said in a 2010 interview. “It functions at the very... Read more » Read more »

The Story Of The Boy Who Chopped Off His Sister’s Arm Over A Remote Control

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Sibling rivalries can get intense, as history’s Li Shimin, the Prince of Qin, and his brother Li Jiancheng, the Crown Prince, has shown. But one little emperor in Kaili, Guizhou province took rather drastic measures against his sister not for power or wealth or dominion over a princedom or country, but a remote control. Guiyang Evening Paper has this... Read more » Read more »