19-Year-Old Suffers Paralysis Ater Keeping His Neck Bent Forward for Long Periods of Time
A Chinese teenager suffered the fright of his life when he woke up one day with no feeling in his body due to a habit that is becoming more and more common. Like many youths his age, Xiao Dong, a 19-year-old third-year student at a university in Quanzhou, China’s Fujian province, spent a lot of […]
Man Accuses Pharmacy of Invasion of Privacy After Wife Discovers His Affair
A married man is considering suing a pharmacy after it contacted his wife over a failed e-payment for contraceptive medicine and ended up revealing his extramarital affair. The scorned man, whose name has not been revealed by the media, visited the Pinggang branch of Dashenlin Pharmacy in Yangjiang, Guangdong province, where he attempted to pay […]
Teenage Girl Sells Boyfriend into Slavery to Scam Ring for $14,000
A 19-year-old Chinese man barely survived the worst four months of his life after being seduced and then sold into slavery by his 17-year-old girlfriend. Chinese media recently reported the shocking case of a young man from Zhanjiang, in China’s Guangdong province, who endured four months of captivity and torture at the hands of a […]
Hairless Dog with Full Back Tattoo Sparks Controversy at Pet Show
Visitors at the 27th Asian Pet Show in Shanghai were recently shocked by the full-back tattoo of a Mexican hairless dog whose owner claimed it didn’t feel any pain. Photos of a hairless dog with a Yakuza-style full-back tattoo recently went viral on Chinese social media, sparking outrage among animal lovers. The pics were taken […]
Woman Goes into Depression After Being Seen Sleeping Naked by Window Cleaners
A Chengdu man reported that his wife developed depression and anxiety after being seen naked by two window cleaners at their high-end apartment in the Chinese city. The bizarre incident occurred back in April, but the man, identified only as Mr. Cheng by the media, claims that his wife has been suffering from depression and […]
Esports Team Holds ‘Esports Dissuasion Course’ to Discourage Young Gamers
To discourage young gamers from becoming addicted to video games with the dream of becoming professional esports competitors, a Chinese esports team holds ‘esports dissuasion classes’. With esports becoming increasingly popular internationally and world-class competitors finally being able to support themselves with their earnings, more and more young gamers dream of one day becoming esports […]
World’s Most Inaccessible Library Is Carved into the Side of a Cliff
The Mianhua Library, located near the village of Mianhua, in China’s Guanxi Province, is a unique library housed in a large grotto, on the side of a rock cliff. Ever since it opened in May of this year, Mianhua Library has been going viral on Chinese social media. Libraries aren’t usually very popular online, but […]
Owner of Famous Chinese ‘Nail House’ Finally Moves Out Because of Traffic Noise
The Eye of Jinxi, the most famous nail house in China’s Jianxi Province, was recently abandoned by its owner, who couldn’t stand the noise of the cars passing by his home 24/7. The Eye of Jinxi made news headlines in China in April, when a highway built around it was inaugurated. Like other nail house […]
Real-Life One Punch Man Trains for 1,000 Days, Turns His Life Around
A failed fish farmer in China who found inspiration in the Japanese manga ‘One Punch Man’ managed to turn his life around after 1,000 days of grueling physical training. Born in a poor rural family in Shandong province, Li Shuangyong never had the easiest life, but he hit rock bottom in 2021 when his fish […]
75-Year-Old Pensioner Asks Wife for Divorce After Falling in Love with AI-Generated Girl Online
A Chinese old man recently fell victim to the deception of artificial intelligence by falling so in love with an AI-generated online model that he asked his wife for a divorce. According to the Beijing Daily, a 75-year-old man named Jiang came across an AI-generated female avatar while browsing social media. To those familiar with digital […]
World’s First Humanoid Pregnancy Robot Sparks Controversy in China
Reports about the world’s first-ever humanoid surrogate robot nearing completion at a robotics company in China have sparked controversy about the potential ethical implications of such a device. On August 8th, Chinese science and technology media outlet Kuai Ke Zhi published an interview with Zhang Qifeng, a PhD at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and […]
China Literally Shaves Down Mountains to Make Room for Expressway
Why bother drilling tunnels when you can simply shave down mountains? That was apparently the philosophy behind the new Lu’an Expressway in China’s mountainous Guizhou Province. We have already written about the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, the soon-to-be-inaugurated world’s highest bridge (625 meters or 2,051 feet above the Beipan River Valley), but the expressway running […]
Man Scammed into Buying 300 Years of Gym Membership
A Chinese man was recently scammed by a Hangzhou gym into spending more than 870,000 yuan ($121,000) on hundreds of years of gym memberships and private lessons. The average life expectancy in China is around 78 years, but one Hagzhou man will have to figure out a way to live a lot longer if he […]
Chinese Researchers Develop Innovative Self-Cleaning Glass
Scientists at China’s Zhejiang University have developed a new type of thin, transparent glass that can clean itself with the help of built-in electrodes that create an electric field. Surface particle pollution has long been a problem that science has struggled to solve. From dirty windows in inaccessible places to photovoltaic panels in the middle […]
Chinese Youths Fight Stress with Adult Pacifiers
There is a bizarre stress-relief trend sweeping through China these days – thousands of grownups are relying on adult pacifiers to mitigate stress symptoms like anxiety and insomnia. From work-related stress and financial burdens like mortgages and car payments, to complex interpersonal relationships, modern life is full of anxiety-inducing problems, but who would have thought […]