Chinese Farmer Digs Up Tortoise-shaped Potato

It is said that many of the world’s secrets lay buried beneath the surface of the ground. Every now and then, one artifact or another is uncovered, exposing a tidbit of information from times past o…

Famous Paintings Recreated with Just One Spiral Line

Chan Hwee Chong is an artist from Singapore living in Hamburg, Germany who has an unusual and highly precise artistic talent. Inspired by line-art drawings, he has recreated classical works of art …

Eggs, Babies and Names: A Chinese Trilogy

The Chinese believe that one's name has a powerful influence over everything that happens in life. Centuries ago, eggs were considered a delicacy in China, and their presence at any ritual immediately…

Large Chinese Cities Sinking into Ground

Growth and environment can be two competing forces, especially when the very stability of the ground is in question. China’s rapid development has emphasized both the need for and problems as…

Chinese Couples Get Free Bus Ride to Church

A bus company in Zhengzhou, Henan province has provided an unexpected fringe benefit to some two dozen of its workers who planned to exchange wedding vows on the same special day and at the same churc…

2-year-old Girl Brutally Run Over Twice; 18 People Pass Without Helping

In running this site, I have had the pleasure of writing a lot of funny articles, but I have also had the horrific burden of reporting some of the saddest stories I have ever seen from Asia. A rece…

Chinese Rush Hour: Chaos, Traffic and…Yoga

Commuting passersby on a busy road in the middle of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, were astonished by the sight of a man practicing yoga in the middle of the morning rush hour. His actio…

China Introduces “Obama Fried Chicken”

Featuring a grinning picture of Obama with his eyes closed in place of the famous Colonel, a KFC in Beijing, China is paying homage to our country’s president with “Obama Fried Chicken.” …

World’s Hairiest Man Promotes Dating Agency

According to the Guinness Book of Records, Yu Zhenhuan is the hairiest man on planet earth. Diagnosed with a rare medical condition that causes hair to grow in abnormal places, body hair covers 96 per…

Women Shower in China Window Display

A shopping mall stunned passers-by in downtown Lanzhou, western China's Gansu Province, were shocked by a recent window display which appears to feature three young women taking a shower. Many …

Girl Swallows Gold Necklace Hidden in Muffin

Xaio Li, aged 22 meant well when he purchased an $800 gold necklace for his girlfriend’s birthday. As a special surprise, he hid it in a muffin he baked himself and presented it lovingly to Wang …

Chinese Guru Creates World’s Largest Naan

A bread fit for consumption by the likes of that famous Philistine, Goliath, or maybe even vegetable icon, the Green Giant, a local guru in China is claiming the record for creating the world’s larg…

Chinese Farmer Builds and Flies Identified Flying Object

UFOs are one thing, but identified flying objects, (IFOS) while not as mysterious and spine-tingling, are something else entirely. In this case, effects are just as amazing, considering that th…

It’s a Small World: Life in a Basket

They say that home is “where the heart is,” but for one 27-year-old woman from Changzhi in northern China's Shanxi Province named Mo Hongping, home for the last sixteen years has been a four-foot …