‘Vertical Forest’ in Chinese Residential Complex Becomes Mosquito-Infested Jungle
The Qiyi City Forest Garden residential complex in Chengdu, China, was supposed to be a green paradise for its residents, but two years on, the vertical forest concept has turned into a nightmare. Back in 2018, the idea of living among dozens of exotic plants proved very exciting for the people of Chengdu, one of […]
Court Decides 22-Year-Old Woman Must Bring Up 2-Year-Old Brother, Because Their Parents Can’t Afford to
Chinese social media has been abuzz about the controversial story of a couple who took their own daughter to court in order to make her raise her toddler brother, because they couldn’t afford to. According to several news reports in China, a couple who for several years had survived on their child’s monthly allowance alone […]
15-Year-Old Girl Claims People Always Mistake Her Youthful-Looking Father for Her Boyfriend
A 15-year-old Chinese girl and her youthful-looking father have been getting a lot of attention on Asian social media recently because they look more like a romantic couple than father and daughter. Qi Bao and her 35-year-old father have always been very close, but their relationship has become a bit more complicated recently, because as […]
Parents Allegedly Stream Overweight Daughter’s Eating Sessions for Views
A Chinese couple has come under fire from both the media and the general public after allegedly filming their young, overweight daughter devouring whole plates of food and streaming the footage online. Pictures and videos of a three-year-old girl nicknamed Pei Qi stuffing her face from multiple plates full of food have been doing the […]
Dog Miraculously Survives 37 Days Trapped Under Landslide Rubble
A dog in China recently made national headlines for being found alive and well after spending over a month trapped under the ruin of his master’s following a landslide. On July 8, the people of Cangbaotian village, in China’s Guizhou Province had to be hastily evacuated before most of their homes succumbed to a terrible […]
Massive Road Bridge Built Around Tiny House of Very Stubborn Owner
A newly opened highway in China’s Guangdong province has been making news headlines for a very peculiar reason: it’s built around the tiny home who refused to move. China is well-known for its “nail houses”, properties of homeowners who reject compensation from a developer for their demolition, but while most such examples are encountered within […]
Kids Playing at Museum Break World’s Largest Glass-Blown Sculpture
Spanish glassblower Miguel Arribas spent around 500 hours making the world’s largest glass-blown sculpture, a whimsical castle fashioned after Cinderella’s castle, but it took a couple of children just a fraction of a second to ruin it. Last weekend, the Shanghai Museum of Glass announced that Arribas’ Fantasy Castle exhibit had been broken into pieces […]
Loyal Camel Walks 100 Km Through Desert to Return to Previous Owners After Being Sold
A homesick camel recently managed to melt the hearts of millions of Chinese people after it was reported that it traveled 100 kilometres through the desert to return to its former owners, eight months after being sold. Chinese media recently featured the heartwarming story of a loyal camel who allegedly spent days crossing the barren […]
Chinese Tourist Attraction Lets You Experience Kung Fu Movie Flying First Hand
A unique tourist attraction in southeastern China’s Fujian province lets wuxia fans fulfill their dream of experiencing the flying techniques of the kung-fu masters they used to watch on TV growing up. If you’re a fan of popular wuxia films like “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” or “House of Flying Daggers”, you’ve probably fantasized or even […]
15-Year-Old Allegedly Suffers Stroke After Playing Video Games Almost Non-Stop for a Month
A 15-year-old Chinese boy was rushed to a hospital back in March after passing out in his home in the city of Nannning. He reportedly suffered a stroke that left his left arm paralyzed, after spending the past month gaming and sleeping just two hours a night. Like many other Year 9 students, the boy, […]
The World’s Cheapest Electric Car Costs $930, Can Be Mailed to Your Door
If you’ve been dreaming of going electric, but can’t yet afford to buy a Tesla, you can start low, really low. Changli, the world’s cheapest electric car, will set you back just $930 ($1,200 with larger batteries), and can be ordered online and delivered to your door. Designed and produced by Chinese manufacturer Changzhou Xili […]
Man Credits Exercising Like a Monkey for 30 Years For Keeping Him in Perfect Health
A 50-year-old man from China has been exercising by moving around on all fours and climbing trees like a monkey every day for the past three decades. Chen Haigang, a fitness enthusiast from China’s Shanxi province, attracts attention whenever he exercises in public, due to the bizarre routine he has been practicing for about 30 […]
Board Shoe Racing – China’s Bizarre Traditional Sport
Board shoe racing is the traditional sport of the Zhuang people of China’s Gunaxi province, a unique discipline that has three people sharing the same “shoes”, which requires perfect coordination and concentration. Board shoe racing can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, when legend has it that a famous heroine of the Xhuang people […]
Man Ruptures Bladder After Holding Pee in for 18 Hours
A 40-year-old man in China reportedly suffered three bladder tears after drinking ten beers and then holding pee in for a shocking 18 hours. Earlier this month, the man, referred to only as Mr. Hu, had reportedly consumed 10 beers during a night on the town, before coming home and crashing into an inebriated sleep. […]
Chinese Couple Still ‘Going Dutch’ After 30 Years of Marriage
An elderly Chinese couple sparked a heated online debate last week after it was revealed that despite being married for 30 years, they still split all their finances, house chores, even the food in their refrigerator. In many parts of the world, going Dutch is considered perfectly normal on dates, but for a couple going […]