Chinese Students Set New Ball Juggling Record
Over 1,000 students from Yanbian University, Northeastern China, have set a new world record for juggling a football, with their feet, of course. The record breaking event, called “Joy of football, top of the world”, took place on the football stadium of Yanbian University. A total of 1,209 people, all dressed in red t-shirts, managed […]
Chinese Artist Carves Football Players on Eggs
Wang Huaping, a Chinese artist and huge fan of football, has found a unique to celebrate the World Cup 2010. Using a fine chisel, he managed to carve the faces of famous football players on eggs. Wang Huaping has so far carved hundreds of eggs, and is an established artist in his home city of […]
Recycled Optimus Prime Shows Up in China
Part of the Green Dream Park, in Beijing, the 10-meter-tall statue of Optimus Prime managed to attract the gazes of many passers-by. With all the Transformers statues, made from recycled materials, showing up everywhere I’m thinking they’re a great way of raising awareness to the problems of the environment, especially as far as young people […]
Shaolin Soccer in Real Life
Remember the comedy “Shaolin Soccer” starring Stephen Chow? It was an over-the-top film that featured a mix of soccer and Shaolin kung-fu. Well, believe it or not, Shaolin soccer exists in real life! The younger students of the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng City, China have found an original way of practicing their kung-fu and enjoying […]
Shaolin Monk Performs Famous Kung-Fu Flight on Water
Shi Liliang, a monk from the Southern Shaolin Temple in Quanzhou, has performed the popular kung-fu walk on water. If you’re a fan of old Chinese kung-fu movies (I know I am), than you must have seen the kung-fu flight on water at least once. A kung-fu master would cross vast stretches of water by […]
Beauty Mud Cup 2010 Held in China
With the eyes of the entire world on the Football World Cup, in South Africa, local authorities from Changsha, China had to come up with something better, yet related to current events. And what’s better than football? Mud football, played by barely dressed gorgeous models, of course. So they set up a small football pitch, […]
China Hosts World’s First Robot Olympics
The World’s first International Humanoid Robots Olympic Games kicked off on June 21, in China’s Harbin’s Institute of Technology. Two years after hosting a memorable edition of the human Olympic Games, China becomes the first country to host an Olympics dedicated to humanoid robots. Nineteen teams, from China, United States, Japan, South Korea or Germany […]
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 […]