Welcome to the third edition of “Weird Wednesdays in China“, a wacky bi-weekly roundup of strange news in China.
Wait, “Weird Wednesdays in China” on a Thursday? I know, how weird is that!? My bad for not getting this out yesterday, the launch of the China Blog Network and the lead up to the holidays has left me scrambling to get things organized.
This week we’ve got robot waiters, really old soup, damn expensive baijiu, and apartments made from shipping containers.
I was randomly browsing the Apple App Store and came across “China Trip Planner“. The app is put out by the state-run China Radio International (CRI), one of China’s oldest media institutions.
By its own words, “It is widely acknowledged that the CRI English Service provides the world with one of the most efficient and convenient ways of learning about China.”
That they have taken their deep and intimate knowledge of China and are sharing it with would-be travellers is commendable. But, can anyone else see the problem with this picture?
Two car accidents at the same intersection show two amazing examples of what it’s like to live with a horseshoe up your ass.
This video was found at a relatively new blog, SinoBeat, penned by Hao Hao Report member Dentrite (Mo Yu). It offers up a good collection of topical Chinese stories by and is definitely worth a look.
ChinaSMACK translates a posting over at Chinese BBS Mop entitled “Birth of 2010’s most awesome environmental protector — Brother Power! His resplendent debut shocks the whole world” — awesome about covers it (and there’s a lot needing covering in this story).
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