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Hu Jie (胡杰), a 25-year-old, lost one kidney in a registered hospital. He was wheedled, menaced and detained by underground kidney dealers, before at the last minute hospital staff in cahoots with dealers seized him, forcibly anesthetized him, slit his abdomen open and took away his kidney. Actually, Hu Jie did think about selling one kidney for 40,000 [...]
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Kids stand together and have soybeans mixed with rice for lunch In several rural villages of Du’an Yao Ethnic Autonomous County, Guangxi province, most boarding schools do not have a standard dining hall. School children have to bring raw rice, soybeans, Chinese cabbage and salt to school and steam them for meals. Only a handful [...]
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Since the beginning of Operation Odyssey Dawn, Chinese official media and authorities have been denouncing the U.S.-led multinational coalition forces for their intervention into Libya’s internal affairs for the sake of their hidden agenda. In China’s micro-blogosphere, liberal-leaning netizens have pointed out that China Central Television has been skewing the public opinion with their slanted [...]
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What does the China Central Television anchorwoman and iPod nano have in common? They both come in one model and yet various colors.
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This is actually blue backdrop WITH STAND! Ideal for a typical photo ID. Caption: “How tiring it is for a MOPPER to DIY an ID photo!!!Yes or No!!! You can’t afford to mess with any fatty in blue T-shirts!!! You can’t!!!” (Jing: Written in Rant Genre; MOPPER, a MOP.com user) (Picture picked from Mop.com) [...]
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On March 21, an outdoor performance showcasing intangible cultural heritage was staged in Huaiyang County in central Henan Province. After the master of ceremony announced the beginning of the show, a woman broke through the security cordon and ran to Ren Lianjun, the Communist Party boss of Huaiyang County, knelt down, and cried out her [...]
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A migrant worker from China’s hinterland stands on a scaffold of a high rise without any protection. Behind him is Shanghai’s important financial district Lujiazui. The photo was taken by a Sina microblog user who goes by the name 熊貓元気. Most employers, who are city slickers that take advantage of rural migrants’ lack of information or [...]
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Three 180s: He must be as tall as 180 cm (nearly 6 feet), own a home as large as 180 square meters (roughly 1,940 square feet), and…um…180mm (7.08 inches), you know. Size matters.
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The post-2000 generation teaches you the core value of the society: You gotta have power, strength, women and money!
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With a slight change of tone, “Miss, how much is a BOWL of DUMPLINGS?” becomes “Miss, how much is a NIGHT of SLEEP (in the context, with you)?”
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Hebei University of Technology, a mediocre university in Tianjing, has a logo so similar to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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The Givenchy gown Cate Blanchett wore to this year’s Academy Awards. Chinese rabbit character Tuzki
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This is a statue of Guan Yu, an ancient general during China’s Three Kingdoms era (died A.D. 220). He was later deified and worshiped by many Chinese people today, especially in southern China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and their descendants overseas. The statue was made from a Chinese-made Jiefang military truck motor by students at China Central Academy of Fine Arts.
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