This Is What a Chinese Transformer Looks Like
The western world has the Transformers, Japan has Voltron, but what about China? Having decided they want their own transforming robot, a group of students went on to build an original Chinese Transformer. This one is for real, and it’s not even copied (I know, right?). If you’ve studied Chinese history, the Three Kingdoms period, […]
Chinese Farmer Uses Makeshift Canon to Fend Off Eviction
Yang Youd, a Chinese farmer living on the outskirts of Wuhan City, has created his very own canon, and it using it against eviction teams who seek to drive him off of his land. Using an old wheelbarrow and some pipes, Yang made himself a canon, in a desperate attempt to prevent getting evicted. As […]
Chinese Taxi Drivers Invited to Destroy Unlicensed Cabs
With so many people to drive around, it’s no wonder the Chinese taxi business is so competitive, but authorities are finally doing something about those unlicensed cabs that are ruining perfectly legitimate companies. To show the world they are committed to riding China of illegal taxi cabs, authorities in Chengdu have invited 50 taxi drivers […]
Public Toilets Never Looked This Good
Looking at the photo, below, you’re probably thinking something like “that’s a nice looking villa”, only it’s really just a Chinese public toilet. This luxurious public facility was built on Nanshan Road, Xiamen, near the city’s residential area. It covers 100 square meters, offering clean, spacious toilets, for both men and women. Realizing people would […]
Woman Wins Bra Untying Contest
Now what can be more embarrassing, for a bunch of dudes, than to lose a bra untying contest to a member of the weaker sex? I’m sure she did have more practice than most of the male contestants, but still, humiliating. During a promotional event, organized by a Chinese department store, in Gungzhou city, China, […]
Armless Embroider Heads to Shanghai Expo
Looking at her embroidered art, you’d probably think this woman has golden hands, when in fact, she has no hands at all. Gao Baoying has learned to use her feet to do everything we usually do with our hands. I don’t know if she was born without hands, or if she lost them in some […]
China’s Kung-Fu Barber Cuts Upside Down
In order to attract more customers, a Chinese hair-stylist, trained in the art of kung-fu, cuts hair, while standing upside down, on his head. 36-year-old Wang Xiaoyu first attracted media attention,in May of last year, when local papers reported a man cutting his customers’ hair, while doing a headstand. The wacky barber has been cutting […]
Spain’s Electronically Animated Giant Baby
Miguelin, is a 6.5 meters tall animated baby that Spain has created for its pavilion, at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. And if you thing this toddler’s just a big old doll, you’re sadly mistaken. Miguelin breaths, blinks and dreams of the cities we leave to our future generations, while smiling to visitors that walk […]
Chinese Dude Builds Himself a Lamborghini.
Just because someone can’t afford a Lamborghini, doesn’t mean they can’t have one. Young Chen Jinmiao built the coveted sports car, himself. Chen had dreamed of driving his very own Lamborghini, ever since he was a child. And when he became a skilled mechanic, this ambitious man decided it was time for his dream to […]
Osama Bin Laden Sneakers Are the Bomb, in India
If you’ve ever dreamed of having the world’s most wanted terrorist at your feet, now’s your chance of making that dream a reality, with the Osama Bin Laden sneakers. These wacky shoes, featuring a caricature of the famous Osama Bin Laden, and a line that ( I think) says ” I look at you killed”. […]
Red Dragon – King of China’s Fish Tanks
The Red Dragon fish, also known as Arowana, is considered a good luck charm, in Chinese culture, and sells for unbelievably high prices. The Arowana is an amazing fish that grows up to a meter in length, and can live up to 25 years. But it’s not these traits that make it so popular among […]
Man Pulls Car Using His Eyelids
Li Dasheng, one of China’s greatest performers, attempted to pull a 1.5 ton car,using only his lower eyelids. Known as the “Prince of Stunts” , 22-year-old Li Dasheng is famous for being able to perform over 30 kinds of Qigong, an ancient Chinese meditation art, as well as several other stunts. On April 16, he […]
Home Design Doesn’t Get Much Greener than Living Plant Curtains
Greenpeace activists are going to fall in love with the genius invention of Li Fan : curtains made of living plants. Chinese inventor, Li Fan, has come up with a brilliant way to support the environment, and help people say “adios” to cleaning and washing curtains. Her living curtains are actually self-sufficient plants, on a […]
The Cat Who Liked to Read
That there must be a really interesting book, to attract the attention of a cat. These purring fur ball has become an internet sensation, in China, after its owner took some pictures of her, reading a book. The cat seemed to be drawn to that pile of books, always trying to get a sneak peak, […]
Chinese Farmer Creates Army of Home-Made Robots
Wu Yulu, a Chinese farmer, from a small village, outside Beijing, has created a series of 47 robots, out of scrap metal. They can accomplish various functions, from drinking, to walking and even pulling a rickshaw. Ever since he can remember, Wu Yulu has been fascinated with the mechanics of movement. He always dreamed of […]