In the years between the end of World War II and Mao's declaration of the People's Republic of China in 1949, it is said that China's money was so worthless a single egg cost ¥10,000.
Perhaps on…
A rain experiment conducted by Chinese officials unexpectedly cooked up a snowstorm this month whereby the resulting snowfall prompted flight delays and traffic problems all over Beijing.
The e…
Zheng Dexun, a Chinese farmer from Langzhong, had the shock of his life recently when he pulled out a man-shaped knotweed plant from amongst his crops. Stretching out to 62 centimeters, this particula…
No longer content with being trampled underfoot, a group of 120 dwarves in the southern Chinese community of Kunming have established their own town, complete with a police force.
But this has …
In the wide, wacky world of the People's Republic of China, it would appear, the idea that anything is for sale is getting more and more widespread. Just last month, an impoverished uncle offered his …
Beijing's burgeoning art district has a new symbol for its growing influence in the global art world -a giant farting bull.
Created by sculptor Chen Wenling, the 20-foot statue depicts, well, a big…
Fancy paying $10,000 for a few odd grams of tea? That's how much enterprising Chinese folks are willing to dish out for Puer (or Pu-Erh) tea, a coveted tea type that is renowned for its exotic taste a…
This video has been spreading like wildfire around the Chinese social network Kaixin001 in the past week.
Some Chinese netizens think its hilarious, others think its fake and others still think it'…
Although many personal aptitudes often reveal themselves at an early age, the ability to cook and write before the age of ten does seem an unlikely revelation; that is, until now.
Not only is Shang…
If we’re honest, this was bound to happen eventually. Last year, an Australian man put his entire life up on sale on eBay, and even found a buyer willing to pay $7,500 for the guy’s house, car, fr…
Sometimes what doesn’t happen is more newsworthy than what does. In an astonishing turn of events in the chain-smoking People’s Republic of China, a ruptured pipeline leaked a large quantity of di…
Technology is quickly surpassing the long and very cold arm of the law. This is no more evident than in southern China where drivers are actually escaping fines for speeding thanks to a device that w…
A young woman in Zhongshan City, China, recently developed her own unique way of dealing with her parents’ impending divorce; she killed them and cut the bodies up into pieces!
Police receive…
A Chinese man's foolhardy attempt to grab a lucky car accessory car has landed him and his minions in jail. The five-men gang had surrounded a license plate vending machine in July last year and fough…