China
“Avoid the locals, stay in your hotel room!”
That's the message Hong Kong residents got when they saw this advertising campaign for Langham Hotels. Read more and see the, frankly excruciating, adverts.
Cheers to construction shortcuts in China!
Nine people were crushed to death and 16 seriously injured when 200 metres of motorway collapsed in the Hunan province of China on May 17. The local media says that the company charged with demolishing the construction is who's at fault for the catastrophe. Read more...
Arrested for a subversive T-shirt
You often see Western teenagers wearing Che Guevara T-shirts as a sign of rebellion. Guangzhou resident Liu Shihui decided to don a T-shirt with the motif "The Chinese Communist Party opposes one-party rule". But despite explaining that the phrase came from the government itself, Liu was detained by the police. Read his account...
No erotic Disneyland for the Chinese
China's first ever sex theme park was demolished on Monday, before it had even been opened. Deemed "evil" by officials, the giant genital sculptures that were hoped to bring sexual enlightenment to the Chinese public, are now lying in ruins. Censored blogger Muzi Mei explains why they didn't need it anyway. Read more...
Government officials say “Smoke more or face a fine”
Authorities in China's Gongan county in the central Hubei province have found a simple method of giving a boost to local cigarette producers — ordering all civil servants to meet "smoking targets" or face a fine. Read more...
China’s latest debate: the story of the Nanking massacre told by "Japanese Schindler"
Despite its popularity in Chinese cinemas, the director of a film which attempts to deal with "The Rape of Nanking" - the 1937 Japanese massacre in China's former capital - has come under fire on the Chinese web, for his apparent compassion with the Japanese soldiers. Read more and see the trailer...
The guide to beating up street traders for Chinese policemen
How tos are one of the web's favourite subjects. But a web user has shocked the Chinese web by posting a rather unusual manual... "How to...beat up illegal street traders". Read more...
Standing unemployed under the Liu Li bridge
Is China racist?
China’s execution bus
As Amnesty International publishes a report on the global state of capital punishment, the media reminds us of China's unusual "mobile" method. Convicts are given a lethal injection — on a bus. Read more...
