China wants their nationals to be more polite when travelling abroad. They are so concerned about their reputation that the Xinhua News Agency ran reports five days in a row, airing videos designed to coach Chinese tourists on how to be more polite abroad. The government is so serious about this that on 1 October a […]
Surprise, surprise, the Beijing zoo that brought us the Tibetan Mastiff disguised as an African lion has closed its doors. Unsuspecting zoo goers, realized that the “African lion” was really a dog when it started barking. Since this incident has made world-wide news more impostors at the zoo have been revealed!
A zoo in China thought they could get away with labelling a Tibetan mastiff as an “African Lion”. To be fair, the Tibetan mastiff is a rather large dog, with long hair and a lion-like mane. It kind-of looks like a lion. Too bad it barks though, which is what gave it away in the end.
China buying up SA newspapers. NUM won’t be at the Marikana commemoration. Obama condemns Egypt violence. Teachers ‘duck and dive’ bullets in Cape Town. Agliotti to take on SARS. Google/Microsoft war. Weekend sports multiple for you to cash in.
Missing an ear? Not a problem. Not in China, anyway. Researchers in China are using 3D-printers to print ear cartilage samples made from real tissue. And they’re not stopping at the ears – why would they?
The rooftop of a 26-story apartment building in Beijing, China has been a construction site for six years while a respected doctor built a mountain side villa. Complete with real grass and trees and fake rocks.
Tianducheng, China is a scale version of Paris, complete with a 107 metre replica of the Eiffel tower. Construction and development of little Paris began in 2007. Originally built to house some 10,000 residents only 2,000 call little Paris home. It is, for all intents and purposes, a ghost town.
The Family Planning Commission of China is studying proposals to lift the ban on families having a second child, if either of the parents is an only child. The one-child policy dates back to 1971 and was put in place as a measure to control China’s soaring population rate. The policy restricts urban couples from having […]
OK, so the concept of finishing school isn’t the worst thing in the world… if you’re focused on having the next royal baby or something like that. But women in China seem to disagree. So much so, that they are willing to pay around R157,000 for just 10 days of etiquette training. According to Agence […]
China’s Sichuan province has been hit with days of torrential rainfall causing deadly floods and landslides in the province. Some 220,000 people have been relocated, with 31 dead and 166 missing thus far.
Introducing the world’s largest building. The Century Global Center is situated in the heart of the Tianfu district in Chengdu, China. The building can fit 20 Sydney Opera Houses inside and it has its very own seaside resort.
While carrying out maintenance on an LED screen last week, Yuan Mou, a technician, accidentally played his porn movie through the screen where hundreds of onlookers were able to view it.
This soon-to-be five-star hotel looks like it could be the perfect headquarters for a super villain. With two submerged floors, a sunken lake and an eco-friendly design, this hotel will be amazing.
David Beckham has a strong fan following in Shanghai, China. His fans were so excited to see the retired football star that a stampede ensued injuring seven people and resulting in the cancellation of the event.
This is a first: Chinese astronauts delivering a live lecture from the Tiangong 1 space module. The lesson included demonstrations of weightlessness and “the properties of surface tension while in microgravity.” Students were also able to interact with the astronauts and ask questions.
A 13-year-old Chinese girl was handcuffed and humiliated because she accidentaly spilled water on a government car. Roa Yao was handcuffed and forced to parade up and down the street for at least 20 minutes.
Accused of hacking on “a global scale,” China is set to embark on its first ever digital war games. Washington and the Pentagon have been accusing the country of engaging in cyber hacking attacks on the United States Military.
42-year-old Wu Yuanhong has been locked in a cage for almost a decade. Find out the shocking reason why after the jump.
The Yueyaquan Crescent Lake is situated in the middle of China’s Gobi Desert. The lake is 218 meters long and contains pure spring water. The 2000-year-old city dating back to the Han Dynasty is now a popular tourist attraction, but used to be a stop on the silk trade route
A dance instructor in Beijing, China can be seen verbally and physically abusing her students in class. The instructor kicks her students, hits them with a cane and slaps them on the head when they are not dancing correctly, bringing them to tears and shouting at them for that too.
Last month Chinese solar panel making company, Suntech Power filed for bankruptcy. And it seems it’s not the only solar panel manufacturer heading into trouble, with bankruptcy fears looming for a multitude of solar panel makers across the globe. Innovation in the industry has also taken a decisive dip as a compound effect of the […]
In China bamboo is used to cover entire buildings while they are being renovated. Obviously, this requires the transportation of significant quantities of bamboo. Those same significant quantities would also require labour to unload said bamboo, right? Not in China, my friend. Ingenuity, nous, and a deep knowledge of what his tools can and can’t do drives […]
Hana Lee is an 18 year old girl who fled her native North Korea on foot in 2000. Fleeing to China, Lee was on the run from North Korean authorities and unsympathetic Chinese officials for five years. Lee is currently living in Japan and attending a university there. Known as a “dappokusha,” meaning “person who has fled […]
A man made island of sail-shaped skyscrapers surrounded by tropical seas was billed to be China’s Dubai. But unlike Dubai, Phoenix Island has not been able to rise from the ashes. Property on Phoenix Island is considered a bad investment in light of the recent economic downturn. With China’s unstable economy proving to be crippling for the […]
Whoopsie. Here we have the classic boarding gate near miss scenario, combined with your standard government official self-entitlement complex, whipped into a beautiful medley of foot-stomping. After Yan Linkun (a mining company executive and CPPCC member) and his family arrived late for their flight back to Guangzhou from Kunming Changshui airport, it wasn’t the end of the world […]
Report links Chinese military’s hacks against the US. Massive airport diamond heist. Zuma’s home compared to Hitler’s. Prince sells A380 ‘flying palace.’ iPhone update fixes email and battery life. BBC apologises for Pistorius-related Hendrix song. Pippa’s new guy.
On Saturday, the Chinese military conducted its first successful test flight of their first domestically made jumbo airfreighter.
Beijing smog reaches hazardous levels for 3rd day. Ecclestone says bribery trial will be amusing. Costa Concordia 1 year anniversary. Massive anti-gay marriage march in Paris. Cops shoot man in US cinema. Affleck wins two Golden Globes.
A 33-ton shark aquarium burst open in a Shanghai shopping centre earlier this month. The incident caused injuries to eight shoppers and seven security staff due to the falling glass and debris as the tank shattered. Three sharks and several turtles also died.
One of 2oceansvibe’s favourite South Africans and former guest, Koos Bekker, conducted an interview with Summit TV and featured on BDlive. Click through to see what Koos has to say about newspapers, digital media, Naspers, their operations in China, and acquisitions.