We know that Kunming has a theme park called the Kingdom of the Little People, so of course it was only a matter of time it got shanzhai'ed. Uploaded a couple of weeks ago by YouTube user funkeymanx, here's a dwarf show in Yangshuo, China called "Pocket Kingdom Paradise." Yangshuo is one of the top tourism destinations in China -- for good reason -- but it's unclear how PKP fits in with the karst peaks, cli ...

These musicians filmed at Beijing's Temple of Heaven are quite good, but are they the best? If you know of any amateur orchestras or park singers that can give these guys a run for their money, please let us know. Youku video for those in China after the jump. ...

We're going to visit Episode 25 of Gao Xiaosong’s Xiao Shuo, which Jim Fields wrote about two weeks ago, one last time. The show featured two cartoons, and here we present the second of those. It's even zanier than the first, featuring lines such as, "I want to tan myself into a black person, attend the Olympics, win honor for my country," and: - "Don't worry. Black people can't do everything. For instance, ...

Beijing-based band Not There is throwing a concert tomorrow night at Yugongyishan called No Filler, featuring My September and Pacalolo and co-headlined by Residence A. The above video was directed by Gabriel Clermont, who you might remember from this video featuring DJs Wordy and SoulSpeak as part of our Chillax series. ...

Introducing: Face Down Hong Kong I've been traveling the whole day and am currently in Singapore, so apologies if I missed any good stories. But we have some great weekend content lined up, so stick around for that. For now, links. ...

This man on the Hangzhou-Ningbo Highway in Zhejiang province really had to use the bathroom, so he hopped out of his car (presumably) and took a leak right in front of a toll booth. Not sure that's the best place: all these booths are equipped with surveillance cameras, as we've seen before. The operator first says, "There are cars, cars! There are cars!" and then, realizing what the man was doing, turned h ...

Quoting what appears to be an official film synopsis: Due West: Our Sex Journey describes the internal struggle of a young person seeking “love” and “lust” in contemporary society of Hong Kong.  The film reflects the reason why men head North to Mainland to seek pleasure and the general problems exist among Hong Kong girls. It also focuses on the intricate conflict of the two-sided coin of love – affection ...

Xi Jinping remains missing. The above was created by Torval Lokison, who is as concerned as the rest of us about the future president's health. Please print out the above and post it in your neighborhood to help us search for Mr. Xi, who may have had a heart attack, or stoke, or who the fuck knows. Have you seen him? Please help. The 18th Party Congress depends on it. (H/T China Digital Times) ...

We've seen roadside buskers -- even drummers -- aplenty, but few are as impressive as this young man, identity unknown, who uses pots, pans and buckets to create music. This was posted on the Sina Weibo of @Ghost190 on Monday. Youku video for those in China after the jump. ...

Here it is, The Good Doctor’s video from Saturday's The Creators Project at 798's Ullens Center for Contemporary Arts, featuring a long DJ set by former LCD Soundsystem lead man James Murphy. Take a long hard look, Beijing: this is you. Kind of. Not you. I don't recognize you. Come to think of it... aren't you a couchsurfer? What kind of candy do these floor tiles remind you of? Take a picture! It's a video ...

Showcasing the best in Asian-related memes. Sources: We Know Memes, China Memes.  ...

By Drake Moreau I've always associated Wudaokou with the opening scene of Blade. A young American guy with a dumb and full-of-cum look is led by an attractive Russian past a burley bearded bouncer into a nightclub. It has every characteristic of a night club: flashes of darkness amid strobe and techno lights, minimal maneuvering, bumping, pushing, tugging, tripping, biting. And wetness. Everyone in clothing ...

[polldaddy poll=6531131] Zheng Gang, a PhD student, died while donating sperm at Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology on February 2011, and thanks to a lawsuit his father filed for 4 million yuan, we get to hear all about the country's (world's?) first known case of a man dying while donating sperm. Reports China Daily: Zheng Jinlong, the man's father, claims that the inst ...

Remember when I wrote yesterday, "Perhaps Party members should exercise more caution when dealing with people?" This story, published two days ago on Huasheng Online, is what I meant. On September 3 in Chengdu, two journalists showed up unexpectedly at a university to investigate claims that East Star Airlines had engaged in illicit financial activities with the school. They were accosted by Gu Yingzhi, the ...

I know it can be difficult sometimes to click on a 15-minute video, but this TEDTalk is both timely and worth it -- timely because Apple held its iPhone 5 unveiling yesterday in San Francisco, and worth it because Leslie T. Chang is awesome. She's best known for Factory Girls, by far the best book I've encountered about the people -- the actual people -- who live and work in the factories that churn out muc ...

In a cab yesterday evening, the first words the driver said to me were, "They gonna fight?" I was confused and signaled as such. He nodded at the radio. A broadcaster was in the middle of reporting on the Diaoyu Islands -- sold on Tuesday to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's administration from their Japanese owners -- and that's when I realized he really meant, "Might they go to war?" "Nah, I don't think so, ...

Via Corvallis Gazette-Times, an offending mural in Oregon promoting independence for Tibet and Taiwan. NFL Game Pass is free this week thanks to City Weekend, so go here to watch some American football. AMERICA. Links. ...

You want to know why people are sometimes reluctant to help strangers? Take this incident from Monday in Shenzhen, as reported by Hebei News. It's a sad reflection on society when even a lost toddler can pose a hazard to one's health. A 33-year-old man surnamed Chai was with some friends on a public plaza just opposite Shenzhen's city hall when he went off looking for a bathroom. Unexpectedly, he encountere ...

Usually when you see a headline like this in Chinese media -- "Detect mentally ill in your neighborhood" -- you think: Uh-oh. And then you find out the story is about authorities asking community residents to help "detect" those with mental illnesses "as the result of new regulations," and you think: Oh snap, they made it illegal to be depressed! But I think -- think, because I'm feeling not at all cynical ...

Before we get into the who-what-when-where-why of this, just a simple question: how can a man ever bring himself to kick a woman half his size multiple times in broad daylight while she's already surrounded by the man's goons and has a young child standing next to her? There's something wrong here. There's something deficient in the man's character, to say nothing of his brain. I understand that petitioners ...