Gym Offers a Porsche Panamera to the First Person to Lose 100 Pounds in 3 Months
A Chinese gym has been getting a lot of attention for its controversial offer for gym goers – a used Porsche Panamera sports car to the first person to lose 100 pounds (50 kg) in three months. If you’re the kind of person who needs extra motivation to hit the gym, maybe the chance to […]
Woman Swindled Out of $350,000 Thought She Was Dating “Squid Game” Star
A South Korean woman in her fifties thought she was in a romantic relationship with Squid Game star Lee Jung-Jae and sent an online scammer over 500 million won ($350,000). With AI technology readily available, scammers are taking their operations to a whole new level, taking advantage of the gullibility of people who believe the […]
China’s Most Hated Statues Get Slapped Hundreds of Times a Day
For over five centuries, the statues of Qin Hui, a former chancellor of the Song Dynasty, and his wife have been slapped, kicked, and spit on by millions of people. In the heart of Hangzhou, forever facing the impressive mausoleum of a brave general they once framed and got executed, are the statues of Qin […]
Schoolgirl Suffers Mental Illness After Watching Horror Movie at School
A Chinese family sued their daughter’s school after the child was diagnosed with acute and transient psychotic disorder, allegedly caused by a horror movie she had watched in class. The unusual case began two years ago, but only recently concluded in Court. In October of 2023, because their teacher was on temporary leave, a class […]
Unemployed Man Exploits Food Delivery Platform to Eat 1,000 Free Meals Over Two Years
A 38-year-old Japanese man was arrested on suspicion of fraud after exploiting a food delivery app’s loophole to unlawfully receive over 1,000 deliveries without paying for them. For more than two years, Takuya Higashimoto, an unemployed man from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, took advantage of the order cancellation policy of a major Japanese food delivery platform […]
Husband and Wife Look so Similar They Often Get Mistaken for Identical Twins
A young couple from China’s Guangdong province has become famous for their uncanny resemblance, leading many people to speculate that they might be long-lost siblings. Liang Caiyu and He Xiansheng, both in their twenties, run a herbal medicine shop in Dongguan, Guangdong province. Although they both come from families with decades of experience in traditional […]
Woman Swallows Eight Live Frogs to Cure Her Back Pain
An old Chinese woman was recently hospitalized after swallowing eight live frogs to treat the back pain caused by a herniated spine disc. When suffering from back pain, most people will take some painkillers, maybe use some ointments, or see a doctor about it, but an old woman from Hangzhou, in China’s Zhejiang province, decided […]
Adidas China Launches Clothing Collection for Small Pets
If you’ve ever dreamed of matching sporty outfits with your pet cat or dog, you’re in luck, because Adidas recently launched an entire fall/winter collection for small animals. On October 1st, Adidas China officially launched its Originals clothing collection for small pets at its flagship stores in Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu, but also via its […]
People in China Are Selling Their Fingernail Clippings Online
If you’ve been saving your fingernail clippings and need some quick money, you should consider selling them as traditional medicine ingredients in China. Fingernail clippings are usually discarded as disgusting pieces of trash, but according to Chinese traditional medicine, they are valuable ingredients in concoctions used to treat conditions like abdominal distension in children and […]
Teen “Grows” 1.4 Cm in Six Months of Growth Therapy, Shrinks to Original Size in Two Weeks
A 16-year-old teenager spent $2,350 on growth therapy sessions over six months, but lost the 1.4 centimeters he had gained in just two weeks after quitting the therapy. Limb lengthening surgery is a painful and extreme way oaf adding an inch or two to one’s height, but those unwilling to go under the knife and […]
Man Gets Head Stuck in Traffic Light After Crashing into It
A Chinese man went viral after spending almost an hour with his head stuck in a traffic light after crashing into it with an electric scooter. A shockingly bizarre traffic accident got a lot of attention on Chinese social media last month, when a young man driving an electric scooter crashed into a temporary traffic […]
Bored with Skin Tattoos, Chinese Youths Are Increasingly Turning to Tooth Tattoos Instead
According to a report by Chinese media outlet Guangming, tooth tattoos are emerging as a new trend among China’s younger generations. Engraving symbols and images on your teeth sounds like a bad idea if you value oral health, but tooth tattoos are not quite as stupid as they sound. They are not tattooed directly on […]
11-Year-Old Child Hospitalized After Doing Homework for 14 Hours Straight
An 11-year-old boy in Changsha, China, required medical attention after doing homework and studying for 14 hours straight under the supervision of his parents. China’s obsession with curricular excellence is no secret, but in some extreme cases, it can literally put kids’ lives in danger. Case in point, an 11-year-old boy was recently hospitalized after […]
Homeowner Refuses to Relocate, Delays $5.3 Billion Infrastructure Project for 2 Years
A greedy Chinese homeowner in Jiangsu Province delayed a 38billion yuan railway project for two years by demanding to be paid millions of dollars for a modest house. In 2020, China officially started the development of an ambitious high-speed railway project connecting Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai. Contractors moved at blinding speed, and in just a […]
In China, You Need to Watch Ads to Get Toilet Paper at Public Toilets
Videos featuring smart toilet paper dispensers that require people to watch short ads to receive toilet paper strips in public toilets have gone viral in China. Ever since it started its new era of booming national tourism, China has experimented with ingenious ways of preventing toilet paper waste. Back in 2017, international news outlets reported […]