Changsha Central Hospital recently extracted a spider that had been living for five days inside a woman’s ear canal. Look at the eyes on that thing! Reports Huffington Post: After much discussion it was decided to fill the woman’s ear with saline, in the hope the spider would come out of its own accord, the... Read more »Read more »
The last time we saw Jason Chu around these parts, he was rapping about his imminent departure from China with the song Love Letter to Beijing.
It's nice to see he's making himself visible in the US as well. Here is his message to the victims of the Wisconsin Sikh Temple shootings, along with some pointed remarks at the Chick-fil-A set. Read more »
This is a tale about two families who shared an apartment in Yantai, Shandong province. They’re both called Li, so that complicates things slightly, but I’ll try my best. The story is via Qilu (Shandong) Evening News. On Wednesday morning, Li and her sister were moving some stuff downstairs when they were intercepted by the apartment’s... Read more »Read more »
Sometimes the days pass too fast, can you feel it? Here’s Episode 2 of Beijing Slice, with music from The Wind Whistles (“Spooks”). Previously: Swimming In Qian Hai. |Beijing Slice Archives| Read more »
If you were counting, the “trial” lasted all of a few hours, ending just now with Gu Kailai not contesting the charge that she murdered British businessman Neil Heywood. So much for transparency of law. Did we learn anything from this process? Gu was never going to win their game, so she didn’t play. A date... Read more »Read more »
This video, posted earlier today to Youku (after the jump for those in China), depicts a truck carrying liquified petroleum erupting into flames, burning alive the driver of the truck behind it. Read more »
On Tuesday night, a man in Beijing’s Xiandai SOHO in Chaoyang District threw his Bichon Frise out of an 18th-story window, according to Legal Mirror (yes, the same that published this). If that’s the case, we have no idea how the dog survived, but it did after its fall was broken by the windshield of a Honda... Read more »Read more »
UPDATE, 10:34 am: There’s now video! Embedded after the jump. It features snippets of the original broadcast’s worst-in-the-world CCTV commentators, too. China is on fire with its sports GIFs this Olympics. Other examples: The worst call you’ll ever see on the basketball court Liz Cambage becomes first woman to dunk in the Olympics Sun Yang breathes... Read more »Read more »
