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 […]
Rare Condition Leaves Woman Unable to Hear Men’s Voices
A Chinese woman recently made the news after being diagnosed with a very rare form of hearing loss which leaves sufferers unable to hear low frequency sounds, like men’s voices. The woman from Xiamen, on China’s east coast, knew something was wrong when she woke up one morning and realized that she couldn’t hear anything […]
Chinese Schools Track Students with GPS-Enabled “Smart Uniforms”
Eleven schools in the Chinese province of Guizhou have introduced micro-chipped uniforms that track and monitor the students even beyond school grounds. Developed by local company Guizhou Guanyu Technology, the smart school uniforms feature two microchips embedded into the shoulder pads which allow both the school and the children’s parents to monitor their activity at all […]
Chinese Man Disabled for Life After Selling Kidney to Buy iPhone
Xiao Wang was only 17 years old when he decided to sell one of his kidneys in order to buy the iPhone 4 he couldn’t otherwise afford. After the operation Wang was told he was going to have a normal life with just one kidney, but almost eight years on, the 24-year-old is permanently disabled […]
Man Gets Shaven “Play” Symbols in New Hairdo After Asking Hairstylist to Use Paused Video as Inspiration
A Chinese man wound up with two large “play” triangles shaved into his new hairdo after asking his hairstylist to use a paused video on his phone as inspiration for the haircut. It’s not uncommon for people to show their barber photos of haircuts they’d like to try, but one man in China made the […]
Man Pretends to Be a Police Officer for 12 Years
A Chinese man was recently arrested and charged with fraud for impersonating a police officer. He’s definitely not the first person to do that, but what makes his case special is that he managed to convince everyone around him that he was a real police officer for 12 years. 41-year-old Wang Feng had always wanted […]
Black Diamond Apples – The Rare, Dark Fruits You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Apples are generally red, green, yellow or a combination of the three, but if the right geographical conditions are met, they can apparently grow dark purple, almost black, as well. These rare apples are called Black Diamond and they are currently only grown in the mountains of Tibet. Black Diamond apples are a breed of […]
The Viral Prank Driving Chinese Shop Assistants Crazy
Imagine working as a shop assistant at a jewelry store and having to jump over the glass counter to stop a potential client who’s sprinting towards the door with an expensive necklace around their neck. You’re about to lay your hands on them when they abruptly stop in front of the mirror to admire the […]
Chinese Hairdresser Uses Clients’ Hair Trimmings to Create Amazing Hair Paintings
Looking at the artworks bellow, you could swear they the charcoal drawings of a talented artist, but they’re actually not drawings at all, but hair paintings, and they’re hand-made not by an artist, but a skilled hairdresser. Allen Chen, who works as a hairdresser at the XB Hair Professional salon in Changhua, China, recently became […]
Man Allegedly Develops Lung Infection by Constantly Sniffing His Dirty Socks
It turns out that smelling your own socks is not only gross but potentially deadly. A Chinese man was recently hospitalized with a severe pulmonary fungal infection, which he allegedly developed by constantly sniffing his used socks. When he was brought in to the No 909 Hospital in Zhangzhou, China’s Fujian Province, the 37-year-old man, surnamed […]
Sporty Grandpa Practices “Leopard Fitness” in Leopard Suit Every Day
Mi Youren, a 68-year-old pensioner from Jinan, China, loves nothing more than to put on a tight leopard costume complete with tail and pointy ears, and practice a fitness routine based on he created himself based on the movements of the athletic feline.