Signs of a possible internet addiction…
The opening paragraph of this article is great, so I’ll just paste it here:
DAXING, China – Sun Jiting spends his days locked behind metal bars in this military-run installation, put there by his parents. The 17-year-old high school student is not allowed to communicate with friends back home, and his [...]
I got this picture from…I forget where.
It’s an old Chinese New Year tradition: setting off fireworks to “scare off evil spirits and drive away bad luck”. It’s apparently also a really good way to destroy the stuff you own and drive away your ability to see ever again. China’s official Xinhua News [...]
It must be tough being famous in Asia. You may have heard stories about mobsters in Asia really messing with actors and actresses specifically. One we’ve heard had to do something with Chow Yun Fat being forced by the mob to drink his own or somebody else’s urine for some reason. Today’s [...]
Not Queuing Day
Not long ago, we (yes, I have taken to referring to myself as the royal ‘we’) “reported” on China’s blitz on manners ahead of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Here’s an update on the progress.
People caught spitting on the streets of Beijing will be fined [...]
A lady in Thailand has just found her way home after 25 years lost because she got on the wrong bus not once but twice. According to the article, she originally intended to take a shopping trip to Malaysia, but instead she boarded a bus for Bangkok. And then she got on a second wrong [...]
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