Chinese Army Showcases Eerily Realistic Fish-Like Underwater Drone
An ultra-realistic underwater drone modelled after the arowana fish has been getting a lot of attention online, after making its debut at a military expo earlier this month. This year’s Beijing Military Expo opened on June 5th, but it wasn’t the tanks, missiles, and other potentially lethal military equipment that drew reporters’ attention, it was […]
Woman Recruits Someone to Lie to Her Grandmother for 13 Years, Out of Kindness
A Chinese woman was forced to lie to her grandmother, and even recruit someone to do the same, for 13 years, just to avoid breaking the old woman’s heart. Chinese media recently featured the heartbreaking story of a young woman who decided to deceive her own grandmother for over a decade, knowing that the truth […]
Buddhist Monk Has Saved Tens of Thousands of Stray Dogs in the Last 27 Years
A Buddhist monk in Shanghai, China, has dedicated more than half of his life to caring for stray dogs, rescuing and taking care of tens of thousands of them since 1994. 53-year-old Zhixiang is the head monk of the Bao’en Temple in Shanghai, but nowadays his disciples take care of most of the day-to-day business, […]
LEGO Madman Spends a Year Building Replica of Beijing’s Forbidden City Out of 700,000 Tiny Bricks
A Chinese LEGO enthusiast recently unveiled his most impressive project yet – a scale model of the Forbidden City in Beijing made out of 700,000 LEGO bricks. The 4-meter-long by 2.4-meter-wide model of the Forbidden City was created by a Guangzhou-based LEGO fan named Li Zhining, over an entire year. It features all the elements […]
Gallery Removes Controversial Exhibit That Ranked 5,000 Women by Ugliness
‘Uglier and Uglier’, a controversial artwork that ranked photos and videos of 5,000 different real-life women from ugly to ugliest, was removed by a Shanghai-based gallery following public outcry. Created by male Chinese artist Song Ta, ‘Uglier and Uglier’ featured photos and clips of thousands of women on a university campus ranked by how unattractive […]
Chinese Company Erects 10-Storey Apartment Building in Less Than 29 Hours
China’s Broad Group recently showcased its innovative Living Building, a new type of modular building system, by erecting a 10-storey apartment building in Changsha City in only 28 hours and 45 minutes. The Living Building concept developed by Broad Group sounds like it could truly revolutionize the construction industry, and the Chinese company’s recent feat […]
Engineer Falls Off Bicycle, Creates Self-Balancing Bike That Anyone Can Ride
After losing his balance and falling off his bicycle, a bright Chinese engineer dedicated his spare time to designing and building a bike that not only self-balances, but also detects and avoids obstacles. I never learned how to ride a bicycle, and I always wondered how people managed to keep their balance on those two […]
Meet China’s First AI-Powered Virtual University Student
Hua Zhibing officially registered and became a student of Beijing’s Tsinghua University on Tuesday. But she’s not just another student, but China’s first AI-powered, virtual student. Hua Zhibing’s appearance, voice and even the music playing in the background of the vlog she introduced herself to the world in were all created using on a record-breaking […]
Mirrored Ceiling Makes Bookstore Look Like an Infinite Library
Dujiangyan Zhongshuge, a bookstore in Dujiangyan, China, relies on strategically placed mirrors and gleaming black tile floor to create a stunning illusion that makes the place look like an infinite bookworm’s paradise. The roughly 10,500-square-foot bookshop was designed by Li Xiang, founder of Shanghai-based architecture studio X+Living, and inaugurated in the Fall of 2020. Using […]
Chinese Superstar Sues Doppelganger for Using Her Looks for Financial Gains
Fan Bingbing, a popular actress, model, singer, and China’s highest-paid celebrity for the last four years, is suing one of her doppelgangers for relying on her looks to sell products during online streams. In many cases, looking like a popular celebrity can be considered a blessing, but in the case of one doppelganger of Chinese […]
Bizarre Exercises See Pensioners Hanging by the Neck to Treat Back Pain
Hanging by the neck is considered dangerous, some would even call it deadly, but pensioners in China are increasingly turning to it as a form of exercise to treat back pain. A bizarre exercising trend has become very popular among elderly fitness enthusiasts in China’s Liaoning Province over the last couple of years. Photos and […]
Man Shocked to Find Video of His Wife Marrying Another Man on Social Media
A Chinese man was browsing his favorite video app when he stumbled upon a recent video of his wife marrying another man in a neighboring town. At age 35, Yin Cheng (pseudonym) is already considered an “elderly youth” in his in his home city of Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, so it’s no surprise that his family […]
Man Uses Lamborghini Exhaust to Cook World’s Most Expensive Skewered Meat
A young Lamborghini owner in China recently got his five minutes of online fame by trying to barbecue some skewered pork with the car’s fiery exhaust and incurring about $80,000 in repair costs. A few days ago a group of men gathered around an orange Lamborghini sports car in an underground garage in Changsha, Hunan […]
Male Scammers Use Silicone Breast Prosthesis to Pose as Attractive Women Online
Police in China have recently been issuing warnings about “fake women” using realistic-looking silicone breasts prosthesis to trick men into removing their clothes during online chats and then blackmailing them with the footage. If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it’s that you should definitely not trust anything you see online. From […]
Disturbing Beauty Trend Sees Girls Having Leg Nerves Severed for Slimmer Calves
Chinese media recently covered a shocking beauty trend that allegedly has young girls getting nerves in their legs severed so that their calves appear slimmer. It’s crazy the extreme lengths some people will go in the name of beauty, or at least their idea of beauty. Take for example this new and disturbing trend reportedly […]