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Showing posts with label Only In China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Only In China. Show all posts
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Gong Li Posed for Paris' Male Magazine
Gong Li
, 42-year-old international superstar, one of the best actresses in China, incarnated of "Eros" this time for a male magazine in Paris. Gong Li was the former lovebird of Chinese famous director Zhang Yimou for several years, but split at last when she decided to be with Singapore tobacco tycoon Ooi Wei Ming. Anyway, I think she is still so charming! 
Source: 为杂志性感出击 巩俐露腿秀乳低胸诱惑 @ Chinanews
Hu Jintao Warns Against Taiwan Secession on APEC
As the situation across the Taiwan Straits has entered a "highly dangerous period", Chinese President Hu Jingtao has sent tougher warnings to the Taiwan authorities when meeting up United States' President George W. Bush at the sidelines of APEC Held in Australia's Sydney.
"This year and next year are going to be a highly dangerous period for the situation in the Taiwan Straits,"
"We must issue harsher warnings to the Taiwan authorities that any secessionist attempt aimed at 'Taiwan independence' in any form will be doomed."
Actually the warning is nothing new, these rhetorics have been know since we were still attending in the middle school.
Of course, you know, when responding to Hu's warnings, Bush has to state again:
Washington firmly adheres to the one-China policy, observes the three US-China joint communiques and opposes any unilateral act to change the status quo across the Taiwan Straits.
Finally, as the 26th Summer Olympics will be held in Beijing next year, for sure Bush has been invited to visit Beijing at Hu's invitation lo.
Source: It's time to 'get tough on Taiwan' @ Chinadaily
The Largest Steamer in China
A gigantic bamboo steamer with a diameter of three meters was spotted at Gongshi Township in Zunyi of Southwest China's Guizhou Province. It is with a capacity of steaming over 70 dishes and can serve up to 30 people at the same time. According to its owner Li Yi-bang, the streamer is the largest in China and spends several craftsmen three months in making it. Mr. Li, the boss of a local restaurant now wants to apply Shanghai Guinness World Record (China version of Guiness World Record) for it.
Source: “中国第一笼”遵义开笼 可同时蒸70道菜 @ QQ
Male Chinese Student Survived After Jumping From High Building, But Innocent Girl Crushed To Death
"Dragon Drinks Water"
From the website: A tornado sweeps across Nebulae Lake in Jiangchuan County in southwestern Yunnan Province on Monday [Sept. 3]. The waterspout rotated columns of air and moved over the lake surface, a peculiar phenomenon called "Dragon drinks water" in China.
The similar phenomenon previously was also seen in Singapore in May.
Source: Tornado spotted in Yunnan @ Shanghai DailyChangbai Mountain Ginger King Auctioned for RMB10,000,000
On the ongoing 3rd China Jilin - Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo, Ginger King of Changbai Mountain, a 300-year-old ginger unearthed in Wusong County of Jilin Province earlier this year, was auctioned at a baseline price of RMB10,000,000, or around US$1,300,000, but nobody bid it. For sure, those rich men would like to buy a diamond studded human skull with $100 million rather than to buy a meaningless plant rhizome.
Source: “长白山人参王”开出千万元天价 @ Xinhua
Three-Legged Duckling
It still lacks one leg compared to the four-legged chicken found in new Zealand.
A yellow three-legged duckling
appears at a duck farm in Tancheng County, East China's Shandong Province on September 4, 2007. Although it is reportedly eating well and quacking all day long, a rare mutation has left the male duckling with an extra leg dragging behind him.
Source: Tiny duckling has three legs @ Chinadaily
Largest Yellow Colored Diamond in China
A rarely seen huge yellow diamond was put on display in Guangzhou city, capital of southern China's Guangdong Province on Monday September 3. It's so far the largest yellow coloured diamond that can be seen in China . The 20.58-carat diamond, named "The Heart of Fire Phoenix" (火凤之心), is priced at about 10 million yuan, or 1.3 million US dollars.
Source: Enormous Yellow Diamond on Display @ CRI
Whole Giant Shark Sold in China's Supermarket
According to the Chinese regulations,the blue sharks can be sold on the markets after related permission.
Source: Blue Sharks Put on the Market @ CRI
Panda-Dog
The dog was dyed black and white by its owner to look like a panda. The man was reported to be arrested 36 times for keeping it, as the cute canine was so easily thought as a true panda.
| Sources: | It's A Panda? No, It's A Dog? @ SeaAngels |
| Panda-like dog in Chengdu @ Chinadaily |
Gold Bra
This gold bra which is currently displayed on a Beijing exhibition , is made of 630 grams of gold, 7.5 carats of South Africa diamonds, and numerous precious golden gem stones. It took craftsmen over 2,000 hours to make it. Sure, it is much cheaper when compared to this world's most expensive bra. Link
Latest Popular Hairstyles For Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Liu Xiang Won 110 Hurdles Title in Osaka
Being Shanghainese ourselves, Liu Xiang, we are proud of YOU!
Liu Xiang became the first Chinese to take a gold medal at the world athletics championships after winning the 110m hurdles in Osaka on Friday August 31.
Liu, also the Olympic champion who holds the world record of 12.88 seconds, clocked 12.95 seconds for the historical win. Americans Terrence Trammell and David Payne took the silver and bronze with 12.99 and 13.02 seconds, respectively.
"I am very, very excited," Liu said after running a victory lap. "I am the world champion now."
The 24-year-old Liu failed to reach the final in Edmonton 2001,took the bronze in Paris 2003 and won the silver in Helsinki 2005.
Source; Xinhua
Zheng Mengzhu, China's First Test-tube Baby Enters College
Zheng Mengzhu (郑萌珠)，the first test-tube baby born on the Chinese mainland, has been admitted to the Xijing Vocational Institute in Xi'an, capital of the northwestern Shaanxi Province.
Zheng Mengzhu was born in the No. 3 Hospital affiliated to the Beijing University of Medical Sciences in March 1988. It was said her parents from Gansu Province had been trying for nearly 20 years to have a child.
Mengzhu's birth, was 10 years later than the world's first test-tube baby Louise Joy Brown who born in July 1978 in Britain and has her own son already!
Source: Xinhua Picture: SSreader.com
Waste-plastic-bottle Paddling Boat
Due to problems in the drainage system, a road in the Xiangcheng District of Suzhou City in China was flooded during a rainstorn day on August 29. The picture shows a creative boy was paddling a "boat" made of empty plastic bottles along the street by making fun of floods. Source: Chinadaily
Jin Renqing, China's Finance Minister, Resigned Over Sex Scandal
Jin Ren-qing (金人庆), China's Finance Minister, has resigned after 4 year's on the post and been transferred to a think tank seemingly because of his role in a sex scandal.
Jin Renqing was sacked after the news surfaced that he introduced a woman to Chen Tonghai, the chairman of oil giant China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec).
Still, the 63-year-old Jin who has been replaced by Xie Xuren (谢旭人), 59, will be in the new post as the vice-director of the State Council's Development Research Center, which is equivalent to the rank of vice minister in China.
About the case, Shanghaiists have put their own thoughts in:
Behind the scenes, officials are currently jockeying for top positions in the Chinese Communist Party, which is preparing for the upcoming 17th Congress on Oct. 15 -- the biggest political meeting in five years.
So maybe it's not surprising in the following months, more Chinese ministers may be sacked or transferred to other positions.
Source: Press.TV
China Issues Golden Bar for Grandparent's Birthday
I am considering to buy one for my grandma's 80 years old birthday when I am back to China later this year.
China's first golden bars that are designed as birthday presents for the elderly were put on the market on Wednesday August 29.
China issued a limited edition of 999 sets of such golden bars priced at 199 yuan, or 26 U.S. dollars per gram. Every set of the bars, made from pure gold, includes four pieces of bars weighting at 30, 50, 100 and 200 grams. Each set also has its corresponding limited number and license.
The front of the bar has sixty different Chinese characters of "Shou", which means longevity in Chinese. The back has the work from the most noted contemporary Chinese painter, Qi Baishi's "Peach", which is also offered as a birthday present in China.
Source: CRI
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