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 …

Chinese Scientists Clone Pig Survivor of Earthquake

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes in the animal world as well as in the human realm. Perhaps those with four feet (or hooves in this case) don’t get all the attention they rightfully deserve, but …

Chinese Man Buys Most Expensive Whiskey Ever Made

There's good whiskey and there's GOOD whiskey. One Chinese man must have found the Holy Grail of the stuff, because he dropped $79.400 as a deposit on a bottle that sells for $200,000. Only twe…

Some Weird Chinese Jobs

Every nation in the world offers work opportunities that are both the same in scope as everywhere else and others that are unique to the particular national culture. For example, a cook or farmer or e…

Oil in China Being Dredged from Gutters for Reuse

Reusing byproducts of cooking, such as bacon grease, isn't considered taboo here in the States. But how would you feel if the grease and oil being used to cook your food was dredged from a gutter? …

Chinese Man Has Eel Surgically Removed from Urethra

A poor, poor....VERY poor man in China has to deal with an uninvited guest after taking a dip in a pool filled with eels. By uninvited guest I mean eel, and by deal with, I mean have extracted …

Angry Birds Mobile App Featured At Theme Park in China

Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, Angry Birds is a very popular puzzle video game. It is best played on a mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android, etc.) and is among the m…

Parents Allow Four-year-old Child to Drive Car

In Jinan, Shandong Province, China, the drivers are getting younger and younger, much to the chagrin of the police. Authorities are unable to act legally against the parents of a four-year-old girl…

Love Blooms in Shanghai’s IKEA

For the last decade in Shanghai, the Swedish furniture maker, IKEA, has established a tremendous following and in many ways has become much more than a place to shop for locals in the congested Xuhui …

China Law: Tying And Untying That Expensive Knot

China’s Supreme Court has recently issued an official proclamation amending the nation’s divorce laws, much to the chagrin of many former spouses. The new interpretation clearly states that…

Chinese Scientists Want to Push an Asteroid into Earth’s Orbit

Scientists at Tsinghua University in Beijing have a "stellar" idea to better study asteroids: knock one into the orbit of the Earth. A terrifying prospect when you consider the many films that …

Chinese Money Worship: Is Romance Dead?

Although there are many statistics that reinforce the belief that money does not indeed buy lasting happiness, the pursuit of wealth not only in China but elsewhere in the world can be and often is ob…

Chinese Man Paying for Car with Coins Hits Unexpected Snag

Most people tend to think that since coins are legal tender, they should be allowed to pay for whatever they want with them, regardless of the price. For one man in China, he learned that this is only…