Restaurant Owner Busted for Lacing Food with Drugs to Keep Customers Coming Back
Rather than improve his noodle recipe, a restaurant owner in China’s Guangxi Province would lace his noodles with opium to get patrons addicted and increase the chances of them coming back for more. The restaurateur’s dirty trick was uncovered by mistake, after someone who ate at his local in Sanjiang Dong Automonous County tested positive […]
Man Who Spent Decades with Face Stuck to His Thighs Can Finally Stand Up Straight
A 46-year-old man who reportedly spent the last three decades of his life with his face pressed against his thighs, after being diagnosed with a rare condition called ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Luckily he is now able to stand straight again after undergoing life-changing surgery to fix his hunched back. Li Hua was diagnosed with ankylosing […]
Father Makes 10-Year-Old Son Beg at Train Station to Teach Him a Life Lesson
A Chinese father sparked outrage on social media after it was reported that he made his son beg at a Shanghai train station as punishment for not doing his homework. Lat Thursday morning, Shanghai police responded to an emergency call about a young boy with a schoolbag on his knees begging for food in a […]
Woman Accidentally Swallows 30-Cm-Long “Vomiting Tube” Used to Lose Weight
Inserting long, plastic tubes through their oesophagus to induce vomiting has been an unhealthy trend among Chinese girls for a while now, but a 22-year-old woman recently became the first to accidentally swallow her vomiting tube. Xiao Lu, a 22-year-old girl from Guangzhou, reportedly went to a local hospital on December 3 and told doctors […]
Dad Sued by Car Dealership After 3-Year-Old Daughter Casually Scratches 10 Luxury Cars
A Chinese man was recently sued by an Audi dealership in Guilin,in China’s southern Guangxi region, and had to pay a settlement of more than $10,000 after his young daughter casually scratched 10 luxury cars. The young girl’s father, identified only as Mr. Zhao, reportedly accompanied a friend to the dealership, bringing his wife and […]
Man Allegedly Scratches Car at Dealership So His Father Would Buy It for Him
A 22-year-old man was recently accused of scratching a BMW sedan at a dealership in Jiangxi City for a very bizarre reason – so his father would be forced to buy it for him according to the “you break it you buy it” principle. The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Ji Moubing, reportedly visited the BMW […]
Man Coughing Non-Stop for Two Months Had Leech Stuck to His Throat
Doctors at a hospital in south-eastern China’s Fujian Province recently reported the unusual case of a man whose non-stop coughing had apparently been caused by a leech attached to his throat. Last Friday, the unnamed man arrived at the Wuping County Hospital in the city of Longyan complaining of almost non-stop coughing over the past […]
China’s Real-Life Ace Venture Relies on Technology to Find People’s Lost Pets
He may not have Ace Ventura’s charm or his iconic hairdo, but Sun Jinren is a real-life pet detective in all the ways that matter. When he takes on a lost pet case, he pours all his effort as well as thousands of dollars in expensive equipment in order to find them. Dubbed China’s first […]
Property Developer Promises Homebuyers “Park Views”, Delivers “Plastic Lake” Instead
A property developer in the Chinese city of Changsha has been slammed by homebuyers for deceiving them by promising “high vegetation cover” and “park views”, and delivering a public area covered in a blue plastic material to look like a lake. To say that homeowners in a new residential complex in central China were less […]
Woman Allegedly Suffers Multiple Bone Fractures Due to Excessive Sunscreen Use
A Chinese woman whose violent coughs reportedly resulted in 10 fractured ribs was shocked to hear that her bones had become fragile due to her excessive sunblock use, which caused a severe vitamin D deficiency. The 20-year-old woman from Zhejiang province, in eastern China, first started experiencing coughing episodes after pulling out a straw mat […]
Man Complaining of Earache Had Whole Family of Cockroaches Living in Ear Canal
A 24-year-old Chinese man who visited a hospital to complain about sharp pain in his right ear was shocked to learn that he had an entire family of cockroaches living in his ear canal. Identified only as “Mr. Lv”, the young man arrived at Sanhe Hospital, in Guangdong Province, southeast China, last month, complaining of […]
Chinese Men Obsessed with Martial Arts Novels Go Into the Mountains to Live Out Their Fantasies
Wuxia (martial arts and chivalry) novels and films are very popular in China, but while most people are content just reading or watching the exploits of fictional heroes, some go to extremes in order to experience these adventures themselves. Jin Yong is considered one of the greatest and most popular wuxia writers in history, and […]
Chinese Researchers Create Stretchable Display Thin Enough to Be Worn as Temporary Tattoo
A team of researchers from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Nanjing University recently unveiled an innovative display that is thin and flexible enough to be worn on skin, like a type of temporary tattoo. Having to check a stopwatch to see your time while running, or looking at your smartphone screen to […]
Woman Suffers Heart Attack Trying to Explain Math Problem to Son
A 36-year-old mother got so worked up because her son couldn’t understand how to solve a math problem while doing homework that she suffered a heart attack. Parenting in general can get pretty tough, and I can attest that trying to explain math to a child can be frustrating, but according to a recent news […]
Chinese Bosses Wash Employees’ Feet to Thank Them for Working Hard
Two executives of a cosmetic company in China recently drew praise for an unusual way of thanking their staff for their loyalty and hard work – getting on their feet and washing the feet of their most hard-working employees. Chinese bosses are notorious for subjecting their employees to arduous and horrific punishments for not reaching […]