Via Russia Today's YouTube description:
A rare white lion cub was born in on Tuesday in China's Quanzhou Amusement Park in eastern Fujian Province. The cub's parents were both normal African lions with a yellow/brown coloring which makes the white lion even more unusual. Since it was the first time the female lion had given birth, keepers were worried about feeding problems so found a dog to nurse the lion cub along with her puppies.
That weird, shiny, spaceship-like gob of postmodernity on Second Ring Road is officially alive. “Busses full of local students mingled with other architecture fanatics to get a first official glimpse of the cities newest archi-gem” last Saturday, reports the architect website Archinet. At the opening event, Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, who designed this perfect landing pad... Read more »
Jeremy Lin had a pretty good outing in his Houston Rockets debut on Wednesday, a 105-96 win at Detroit, scoring 12 points with 8 assists and notching a plus/minus of +23. He was overshadowed, however, by another Houston newcomer, James Harden, who played a more or less perfect game: 37 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds,... Read more »
Here are two sets of impressive visuals featuring Hong Kong, both uncovered by the blog Hong Wrong. In the first, by Edwin Lee, we see an array of motion time lapse shots taken from 13 different locations – Lion Rock Peak, International Centre of Commerce, 39 Conduit Road, Harbour City, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Fa... Read more »
Did you know people in the US spend more for Halloween than every holiday except Christmas? Candies, costumes, day-after pills (only in some states!), and liquor all cost money, and if there’s one thing we know, it’s that adults are more than happy to spend in the name of socialized buffoonery and fun. Some of... Read more »
When it rains, it pours. Following revelations of child abuse by this terrible kindergarten teacher, who took hundreds of pictures of herself tormenting her students, and this kindergarten teacher, who was caught on tape slapping kids, and this kindergarten teacher, who nearly killed a child by flinging her to the ground, we have two more cases of abuse to report.
This ad by Karl Rove and American Crossroads is yet another reminder that American politics, at its worst, is no better than Chinese politics. Watch as a narrator, most certainly white, says, "The more Obama borrows from China, the more we'll have to bow to China." Implication: bowing is a gesture of servility, American decline, and Communism, not -- as it is in the real world -- a gesture of respect and willingness to cooperate on difficult, complicated matters such as, oh I dunno, international fucking politics.
Students in the throes of Gangnam Style on Sunday morning had their dance abruptly halted when the one-meter platform underneath them collapsed. The mostly international students were performing in front of a sizable audience as part of the Peking University International Cultural Festival. The festivities had just started when the accident happened, according to Beijing News,... Read more »
NBA star Kevin Garnett was in China last month to promote his new Anta shoe, the KG III, and it appears that his itinerary included a trip to the set of The Generation Show《年代秀》. He was joined in the studio that day by another major star athlete in China, ping-pong world champion Wang Hao. Naturally, the two played a rally. Naturally, Wang Hao used his off-hand, and still had to take it extra easy on the Boston power forward. And naturally, Wang Hao won the point. (This episode just aired on Friday.)
