A “Mr. Wu” of Lishui in Zhenjiang province hit the brakes when the light turned red at the intersection he was approaching. Next thing he knew, he says, some shadowy form fell onto the windshield of his car. Then he noticed that it was a person. A traffic camera captured what happened. Don’t worry, nothing [...]
As you can see from the video above, Liu Xiang ran an unbelievably close race at the Shanghai Golden Phoenix Grand Prix. 13 months after his heartbreaking withdrawal from competition at the Olympics in Beijing for an injured Achilles tendon, China’s star hurdler is back in fine, fine form. With a time of 13.15 seconds [...]
Some very impressive military discipline on display here in a BTV report from Tian’anmen Square, where the three branches of the PLA are parading in rehearsal for the big day, now only 10 days away.
I’ve heard that they actually had sharp tacks in the collars of their uniforms to make sure that they kept their [...]
If you didn’t happen to be in downtown Beijing around 11am yesterday, you missed a preview of the mini air show planned for the Party’s party, the October 1 60th b-day celebration. Never fear, you can see the highlight reel above.
I grew up in Tucson, Arizona, near a huge U.S. Air Force base called Davis-Monthan, [...]
Hong Kong hearthrob Andy Lau (Liu Dehua) admitted yesterday to having lied about his marital status. He is, as it turns out, married to his Malaysian girlfriend Carol Chu, and has been for a year. The information came to light when reporters, who are always trying to dig up shit about those poor Hong Kong [...]
This clever little ad is making the rounds and garnering lots of praise: over 17,000 thumbs-up votes to only 200-odd thumbs down in the week or so since it was first posted — and this despite the fact that it never pretends to be anything but an advertisement. We’re entirely unclear as to where this [...]
Probably no figure to have emerged recently in Chinese pop culture has been more widely reviled than Zeng Yike, the singer dubbed “Brother Zeng” by detractors for her supposedly androgynous appearance (I don’t really see it). Her somewhat anemic voice and tendency to wander off key stirred up indignation from many watching Hunan Satellite Television’s [...]
