Deep in the heart of the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, a 1.5-hour flight from Beijing is the city of Ordos. Located where the Mongolian grasslands steppe hits the Gobi Desert in northwest China, the area was where Genghis Khan spent his retirement surrounded by nature, or so the story goes. In the 1990s Ordos…
A Chinese food street in which its vendors sell centipedes. scorpions and other fried insects have reopened after closing for 70 days due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Shops at the daily night market in Nanning, the capital of Jiangsu province, offer numerous classic Chinese snacks and dishes, such as grilled octopus, spicy crayfish, steamed dumplings…
Dictator Swagger:On This Day May 5, 2020 – Pyongyang, DPR Korea: The Russian Federation awarded North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un a medal commemorating the 75th anniversary of Russia’s Victory Day, May 9, 1945, and the end of WWII in Europe. Accepting the medal on behalf of Chairman Kim was North Korean Foreign Minister…
Three men are facing the prospect of 15 years in jail after allegedly buying sex dolls depicting children. The men were arrested over two days in Grafton, NSW, and Turramurra in Sydney after Australian Border Force allegedly intercepted sex dolls being imported into the country in March and April. A 62-year-old was arrested in the…
A six-year-old Chinese girl had no choice but to visit a hospital in the city of Xi’an after she started to sound like a dolphin. The doctors discovered a toy whistle that she had accidentally swallowed whilst playing. It turns out when the girl breathed out she now made a squeaking sound, similar to that…
Canadian sportswear brand Lululemon have responded quickly to distance itself from a “Bat Fried Rice” t-shirt design that had sparked online anger after being posted onto Instagram. The t-shirt features a Chinese styled take-out box with bat wings and a pair of chopsticks with bat wings along with the words “No Thank You.” The design…
Virgin Boy Eggs, AKA Eggs Cured in piss are a delicacy from Donggang Zhejiang Province in China. If you are new to English, “delicacy” is a word used to justify weird food. Imagine a place if you will were where older men stand outside urinals waiting to offer money to pre-pubescent boys, and I’m sure…
What are the best selling beers in the world? Well, we not only have the answers, but we are fairly sure you’ve never heard of most of them unless, of course, you live in China. Keep in mind this is NOT the list of the 10 best beers in the world; this list is measured…