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China
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Guess What The MH370 Airliner Search Has Cost So Far?
09 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Want to know how to blow hundreds of millions of dollars in a game of hide and seek? Take a commercial aeroplane loaded with civilians- and make it disappear. Without a trace. Permanently. In fact in the case of Malaysian Airlines missing Flight MH370 , it is becoming the most expensive search in the history of missing plane […]
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Radical Images Show Meat-Cleaver Hostage Situation In China [GALLERY]
09 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Hostage situations don’t occur everyday, but only in a low budget action film would you see a man wielding a meat-cleaver as his weapon of choice. Check out the radical images of a crazy man in China holding a woman hostage with a meat-cleaver.
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Shock Footage Shows Chinese Schoolboy Swiftly Jumping Out Classroom Window To His Death [VIDEO]
20 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
CCTV footage captured the horrific moment when a Chinese schoolboy jumped out of his classroom window, to his death.
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This Dog Cost R21 Million [PHOTO]
20 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last year a Chinese zoo was busted for trying to pass one of these dogs off as an actual lion. But don’t expect to be able to afford one of these puppies. A golden-haired one-year-old Tibetan mastiff puppy was sold in China at a luxury pet fair for R21 million.
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In China, You Can Drop-Off Your Unwanted Baby Down A Baby Hatch [PICS]
19 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The concept of a baby hatch is actually not a uniquely Chinese idea, some European countries literally have a baby hatch where unwanted babies can be dropped off. In America they are called ‘safe surrender sites.’ The Chinese variety is a mixture of the two, basically a tollbooth with a crib in it.
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Naspers’ Chinese Company, Tencent, Is Opening A Private Bank
12 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Internet firms Alibaba and Tencent are among 10 other companies shortlisted to set up private banks in China.
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Believe It – China Has Serious Rehab Centres To Deprogram Teens Living In Virtual Reality
21 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Daxing, China, is one of over 400 prison-like ‘rehabilitation centres’ that seek to ‘deprogram’ teens, and wean them off their crippling addiction to the world wide web.
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Man Leaps To His Death As Girlfriend Won’t Stop Shopping [VIDEO]
11 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Chinese man, like so many others before him, thought death to be more favourable than shopping. Difference is – he actually killed himself.
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Inside Tencent – The Chinese Company That Makes Naspers The Most Money
02 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Chinese Company Tencent is bigger than YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter combined, with a market capitalization of $57 billion. It is also the company that makes billions of rands each year for Naspers and Koos Bekker.
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Always Wanted To Visit The Far East? Try 10 Days In China For Under R5,000
22 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 10-day Wonder of China Tour introduces visitors to some of China’s star attractions like the Great Wall of China and Hangzhou West Lake, as well as some its lesser known historic monuments, for an enthralling glimpse of China’s ancient and modern cultures.
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Check Out The Stuff That Gets Censored On China’s Twitter
15 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We tend to forget the privilege that is Freedom of Speech. Countries like China, who are ruled by an oppressive one-party regime, face daily instances of censorship – especially on their social media sites.
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This Guy Wants To Use A Vaccuum Cleaner For China’s Smog [VIDEO]
31 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A while ago we posted a story about the state of pollution in China. In particular, we focused on Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang province where 11 million people attempted to evacuate, as pollution levels stretched beyond 30 times the healthy limit. Just last week, the government shut down schools, major roads and businesses, as the city ground to a halt. The streets were empty as the thick smog dominated the horizon. But now, an innovation from dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde might be able to help out.
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600 Dogs Have Died From This Pet Treat Made In China
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For some reason, we think it’s a good idea to give our pets ‘edible treats’ that they wouldn’t naturally find in the wild. That’s not to say that we should treat our pets like wild animals, but, you know, don’t give your dog a milkshake. In a new pet-treat controversy that has sparked outrage across the States, hundreds of pets have been dying after eating a ‘beef jerky treat’ that was made in china.
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Mindblowing: Chinese City Shuts Down Due To ‘Choking’ Smog [GALLERY]
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
When it comes to air pollution, China is pretty much the worst. Chinese citizens are used to grey skies in summer, acid rain in winter and choking smog all year round, but nothing quite like this has ever happened. Harbin, the rough-and-tough capital city of Heilongjiang province is home to some 11 million people – all of whom tried to evacuate at the same time, when pollution reached critical levels just yesterday.
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WATCH: Daredevil Wingsuit Pilot Jumps From Chopper, Flies Through Mountain [VIDEO]
30 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
American wingsuit pilot, Jeb Corliss, performed a death defying stunt this weekend in China’s Zhejiang Province. He jumped out a helicopter and flew through a narrow crevasse in the Langshan Mountain. The stunt was dubbed ‘The Flying Dagger.’
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Wednesday Morning Spice
25 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
‘White Widow’ might be behind Kenyan attack. China buys 5% of Ukraine. Peru drug pair plead guilty. Blackberry’s $4.7 billion buyout. Jon Hamm throat surgery. Khloe drops ‘Odom’ from her name. Twitter’s bold video-content move..
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Not Quite Mars: China Is Sending A Rover To The Moon [PIC]
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Arriving a little late for the space-race aren’t we China? While NASA is looking at photos of Mars taken by their Curiosity rover, the China National Space Administration has been sending lunar probes into orbit around the moon… And they’ve announced they’re ready to land an unmanned probe on the surface
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China Is Super Embarrassed By Citizens Travelling Abroad – Passes Law Forcing Them To Be Polite
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
China wants their nationals to be more polite when travelling abroad. They are so concerned about their reputation that the Xinhua News Agency ran reports five days in a row, airing videos designed to coach Chinese tourists on how to be more polite abroad. The government is so serious about this that on 1 October a […]
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The Chinese Zoo With The Fake Lion Has Closed Its Doors For “Rectification”
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Surprise, surprise, the Beijing zoo that brought us the Tibetan Mastiff disguised as an African lion has closed its doors. Unsuspecting zoo goers, realized that the “African lion” was really a dog when it started barking. Since this incident has made world-wide news more impostors at the zoo have been revealed!
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Chinese Zoo In Trouble For Pretending This Dog Is A Lion [PICS]
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A zoo in China thought they could get away with labelling a Tibetan mastiff as an “African Lion”. To be fair, the Tibetan mastiff is a rather large dog, with long hair and a lion-like mane. It kind-of looks like a lion. Too bad it barks though, which is what gave it away in the end.
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Friday Morning Spice
16 Aug 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
China buying up SA newspapers. NUM won’t be at the Marikana commemoration. Obama condemns Egypt violence. Teachers ‘duck and dive’ bullets in Cape Town. Agliotti to take on SARS. Google/Microsoft war. Weekend sports multiple for you to cash in.
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Of Course People Are Walking Around With 3D-Printed Ears In China
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Missing an ear? Not a problem. Not in China, anyway. Researchers in China are using 3D-printers to print ear cartilage samples made from real tissue. And they’re not stopping at the ears – why would they?
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Obviously A Guy Built A Mountain Lair On Top Of An Apartment Building In Beijing [VIDEO + PICS]
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The rooftop of a 26-story apartment building in Beijing, China has been a construction site for six years while a respected doctor built a mountain side villa. Complete with real grass and trees and fake rocks.
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China’s Replica Of Paris Complete With Eiffel Tower Is A Ghost Town [GALLERY]
05 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Tianducheng, China is a scale version of Paris, complete with a 107 metre replica of the Eiffel tower. Construction and development of little Paris began in 2007. Originally built to house some 10,000 residents only 2,000 call little Paris home. It is, for all intents and purposes, a ghost town.
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China Is Thinking Of Ditching Its One-Child Policy
05 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Family Planning Commission of China is studying proposals to lift the ban on families having a second child, if either of the parents is an only child. The one-child policy dates back to 1971 and was put in place as a measure to control China’s soaring population rate. The policy restricts urban couples from having […]
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Rich Chinese Women Are Paying Over R150,000 For Finishing Classes
23 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
OK, so the concept of finishing school isn’t the worst thing in the world… if you’re focused on having the next royal baby or something like that. But women in China seem to disagree. So much so, that they are willing to pay around R157,000 for just 10 days of etiquette training. According to Agence […]
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Deadly Floods Have Cut Off An Area The Size Of France From The Rest Of China [GALLERY]
12 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
China’s Sichuan province has been hit with days of torrential rainfall causing deadly floods and landslides in the province. Some 220,000 people have been relocated, with 31 dead and 166 missing thus far.
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China Have Just Opened This – The Biggest Building In The World [VIDEO + PICS]
10 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Introducing the world’s largest building. The Century Global Center is situated in the heart of the Tianfu district in Chengdu, China. The building can fit 20 Sydney Opera Houses inside and it has its very own seaside resort.
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Whoopsie: Porn Played On Massive Chinese Railway Station Screen
03 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
While carrying out maintenance on an LED screen last week, Yuan Mou, a technician, accidentally played his porn movie through the screen where hundreds of onlookers were able to view it.
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Of Course China Is Building A 5 Star Hotel In A Cave With A Private Waterfall [GALLERY]
27 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This soon-to-be five-star hotel looks like it could be the perfect headquarters for a super villain. With two submerged floors, a sunken lake and an eco-friendly design, this hotel will be amazing.
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