Posts Tagged ‘China’
Chinese Woman Seeks Jessica Alba Via Surgery
Hey honey, its almost Valentine's Day. You know what would be a great present? If you would completely abandon your self-esteem and go under the knife for me. That's right, if you want to be with me... I think I'd enjoy this relationship much more if you looked like Jessica Alba. I couldn't make that up if I tried. A 21-year-old [...]
We Have No Women Today
If you're in your 20s, single and into Chinese guys, I've got great news for you. In the 1980s China began it's now infamous one child policy. To be fair, I can see their point. It is the most populous country in the world. There was a very real threat of overpopulation and a general inability to feed all those Chinese. China in it's [...]
Bride of Kung Fu Contractually Obligated to Attack Husband
I'm not sure if this is part of an ancient Chinese secret to a happy marriage but a 32-year-old Chinese man has signed a contract with his wife that entitles her to attack him once a week. Known only as Mr. Zhang, the happy husband took the unusual step after suffering intense abuse from his wife, who studies kung fu. "I don't want to beat [...]
Ground Control to Major Wong
If you're Chinese and you want to be an astronaut, be prepared to meet 100 newly released health requirements. This is a very big deal in China, they put their first person into space in 2003 and had their first spacewalk last year. Only the best will do and here's just a few items on the list: No scars No history of serious illness in [...]
Please Remove the Ashes from the Incision
Mark Twain once said, "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times." If that's true, then maybe there is hope for China. The world's most populous nation is also the world's largest cigarette producer. While they export some, most of that is for the homegrown market of 350 million [...]
Suicide Is Painless, Unless Someone Pushes You
After sitting in a traffic jam for five hours due to a suicide threat on the Haizhu bridge in Guangzhou China, retired soldier Lian Jiansheng, 66, broke through the police barricades and pushed the would-be jumper Chen Fuchao off the bridge. "I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public [...]
Wo ai zhongguo ren
Well now the Somalian pirates have done it. For the first time in more than 500 years, the Chinese Navy is headed to Africa, specifically the Gulf of Aden. For some perspective 500 years ago-- that's the Ming Dynasty, meanwhile in Europe Henry VIII is sitting on the English throne and is married to Catherine of Aragon. The New York Time [...]
