A semi-trailer traveling from Guizhou collided with a van heading the opposite direction on a dangerous stretch of State Highway 210 in Nandan County, Guangxi on Saturday, resulting in a six-car accident that killed six and injured six others, according to Guangxi Daily. The video here is of the aftermath. Particularly striking is the excavation of... Read more »Read more »
Nude beaches are pretty uncommon in China, if only for the fact that beaches here are always packed with people, most of whom, surely, have no desire to see any choads. But a tourist in Sanya, Hainan province (the "Hawaii of the East"), Tian Ma, recently found himself looking in at a nudist resort -- a cleverly disguised one -- and thought what anyone would think: picture time! He stealthily took the images above and after the jump and posted them on his blog, Tian Ma Topics. Read more »
Forget the fluff. China Daily brings straight meat:
A man in Qianguo county, Jilin province, was detained 15 days and fined 3,000 yuan ($471) for downloading pornographic videos to his home computer, South China Metropolis Daily reported on June 15. Read more »
Via Foreign Policy – link after jump Beijing has rolled back its taxi fuel surcharge from 3 to 2 yuan, effective today, the Beijinger reported earlier (People’s Daily reports via Sina it’s thanks to a decrease in oil prices). Enjoy that fact over these links. Read more »
Here's another story about a bus driver in China, but this one involves no death and no callous disregard for life.
Last Wednesday at 2:20 pm in Changchun, Jilin province, Fu Xiuli, the driver of Bus 363, was rolling toward the intersection of Comrade Street (Tongzhi Jie) and Liberation Avenue (Jiefang Dalu) when she suddenly experienced difficulty breathing, according to NetEase. Read more »
By Alicia To prove they aren’t chickens! On June 17 in Taizhou City of Zhejiang Province, Mr. Hong and his three aides were photographed walking their 5,000 ducks to a nearby pond, which is a kilometer from their house. As Mr. Hong told Beijing News, he’s been walking ducks for the past six months and... Read more »Read more »
Proving that hell hath no fury like a soccer fan whose team just earned an unexpected result, Beijing Guo’an fans poured into the street outside Workers Stadium — a very, very busy street, mind you — after Saturday’s 0-0 draw to Qingdao Zhongneng and acted like riotous hooligans. Although the “near-riot,” as Global Times describes... Read more »Read more »
Illustrator/designer/videographer Billy Nunez has captured our attention by re-imagining Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz, set in China. There are pandas, locusts, koala/pig characters and, of course, a Cowardly Tiger. Imagination is a wonderful thing. We sample a few pictures after the jump, but go check out the whole thing. (H/T io9 via Reddit) Read more »
