Woman Fakes Own Kidnapping and Murder to Break Up with “Poor” Boyfriend
No one ever said that ending a romantic relationship was easy, but planning your own kidnapping and subsequent murder just to avoid telling someone “it’s over” sounds ridiculous. And yet, one Chinese woman did just that rather than tell her boyfriend she didn’t want to be with him anymore. A 37-year-old woman from Wuhan, in […]
College Course on Tobacco Allows Students to Smoke in Class to Better Understand the Subject
A series of photos showing students casually lighting up cigarettes in what looks like a college classroom have been doing the rounds online for several months, leaving everyone puzzled as to what is going on. As it turns out, it’s just a display of hands-on learning in a course on tobacco. The controversial photos originally […]
Mother Abandons 12-Year-Old Child in the Street for Not Performing According to Expectations on Exam
A strict mother in China reportedly abandoned her 12-year-old son in the middle of a busy street in Luoyang City after he only managed to score 81 percent on an exam, which apparently wasn’t good enough. Police officers in Luoyang’s Gucheng district found the boy wandering the streets close to where his mother dropped him off […]
China’s Amazing “Human Money Counting Machines”
Money counting machines have been a staple of banks all around the world for decades now, and China is no exception, but here bank tellers still practice their banknote counting skills every day, and some of them can really give those automated counters a run for their money. Videos of Chinese bank tellers showing off […]
Forget Face Recognition, Chinese Authorities Now Use “Gait Recognition” Technology That Identifies People By How They Walk
They say you can tell a lot about a person by the way they walk, but one Chinese startup has apparently developed technology that allows it to identify individuals by their gait, even if their face is covered or they have their back to the camera. Known as “gait recognition”, the technology invented by artificial […]
Man Cuts His Daily Commute from One Hour to 6 Minutes by Paddle-Boarding Across River
A 29-year-old insurance agent from Chongqing, China, has come up with an ingenious way to beat rush hour traffic. By paddle-boarding across the Yangtze River every morning he has cut his daily commute time from one hour to just six minutes. Liu Fucao sells insurance in Chongqing’s Wanzhou District, but lives on the other side […]
China Unveils World’s First AI Female News Anchor, And She Looks Eerily Realistic
China’s state-run news agency, Xinhua, yesterday unveiled its newest news anchor, Xin Xiaomeng. Why is this newsworthy? Well, because Xin isn’t a real person, but an ultra-realistic computer generated model powered by advanced AI technology. The perfectly coiffed Xin Xiaomeng introduced herself to Xinhua’s viewers in a short clip, announcing that she will make her professional […]
Girl Uses “Handwriting Robot” to Complete Homework Faster
The story of a young student who used a so-called “handwriting robot” to complete her Lunar New Year holiday homework in record time made news headlines in China last week, sparking a heated debate. The Qianjiang Evening News reported the case of a junior high-school student from Harbin who spent 800 yuan ($118) on a copying robot […]
Excited Dog Jumps from Second Floor to Greet Owner, Lands on Him and Breaks His Neck
A dog owner in China ended up in the hospital after his excited husky jumped all the way from the 2nd floor of his house to greet him, landing on his head and breaking his neck. The 67-year-old man, surnamed Liu, was returning to his house in Yongzhou City, China’s Hunan province, on Monday, after […]
Man Has Toothpick Removed From Inside His Heart After Swallowing It While Drinking
A 29-year-old Chinese man can consider himself lucky to be alive after doctors removed a wooden toothpick stuck in the right atrium of his heart. The man, known only by his surname, Zhou, underwent an open-heart operation on January 9, at a hospital in Nanning, southern China’s Guangxi Province, to have an excessive growth removed from […]
Teenage Boy Learns Makeup, Goes from “Ugly Duckling” to “Swan”
An 18-year-old boy recently shared the story of his impressive physical transformation to inspire other teenagers who consider themselves unattractive to start taking care of themselves and not to be ashamed to use makeup to improve their looks. They say a person’s personality is more important than their physical looks, but try telling that to […]
China Develops App That Lets You Know When a Person in Debt is Nearby so You Can Report Them
Authorities in the Chinese province of Hebei have created a smartphone app that allows users to see if they are within 500 meters of a person in debt so they can report or publicly shame them. Failing to pay off your debts is generally frowned upon all over the world, but one country has been […]
The Bizarre Reason Why Chinese Television Started Blurring Men’s Ears
TV viewers in China recently noticed something strange whenever certain male celebrities showed up on screen – their ears were digitally blurred as if to hide something. While Chinese television has yet to make an official statement on this issue, the measure seems meant to hide men’s earrings. Last year, China’s media regulator banned TV […]
Company Makes Employees Crawl Through the Streets for Not Meeting Sales Targets
A company in Shandong province, China, has come under fire for forcing six of its employees to crawl through the streets on their hands and feet as punishment for not meeting sales targets. The humiliating procession reportedly took place in the city of Zaozhuang on January 14 and was recorded by shocked passers-by. Six people […]
Man Secretly Marries Three Women, Gets Them Apartments in the Same Neighborhood “for Convenience”
A Chinese polygamist who was secretly married to three women managed to keep them from finding out about each other despite arranging for them to live within a one kilometer radius, for his own convenience. The 36-year-old man, surnamed Zhang, is facing up to two years in prison for polygamy, after he exploited a loophole […]