A small child has reportedly fallen victim to China-quality coinage, with the currency exploding in his hands for reasons unknown.
The exploding money was encountered by a 3-year-old boy in China’s Fujian province, when it blew up in his hands.
According to his mother, he had just learned how to pay for the small rides at local shops, and she had given him a 1 yuan coin for this purpose.
No sooner had she taken her eyes off him as he went to play on the rides than she heard a loud bang and a scream, and came running over to find the boy surrounded by smoke and the remains of the coin on the floor.
The boy escaped with minor burns to his hand.
Similar incidents involving small children, exploding currency and electric vehicles were reported in 2007 and 2008, leading some to speculate that some combination of electrical mishap and dubious coinage may have been at fault.
Online there is some glee at this latest entry to China’s explosive hall of fame:
“Explosive inflation!”
“The bubble is finally bursting!”
“What sort of monetary policy do you call this?”
“What the hell is going on in China…”
“Who could have imagined this?”
“Next up, exploding notes. China, you can do it!”
“How can a lump of iron or nickel explode like this?”
“Fake coins and explosive ingredients… what a country.”
“This is China’s version of a financial big bang.”
“You can only look forward to hearing what will explode next, can’t you?”
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“You can only look forward to hearing what will explode next, can’t you?”
Pretty much.
Since that's the only attraction of China
China's booming economy has hidden meanings XD
i wanna see some exploding chickens
They are explosively popular, too!
"i wanna see some exploding chickens"
Real life Angry Birds? Amusing!
And their exploding popuration
Was hoping for "booming economy" joke; was not disappointed.
"And their exploding popuration"
Didn't you mean
"And their population exploding"?
China is getting more and more moe by the seconds
Yeah, the moe level is booming!
When is there a Sankaku post about China that doesn't involve an explosion?
lol what next? exploding chinese eroge? how about exploding chinese dildos? wwwwwwwwwww
China is getting more and more Popura!
Their economy sure starts with a BANG! this year, eh?
@Anon 16:00 : lol it's a "Booming" business for them xD
I somehow can now imagine a tourist guide lady with a group of foreigners in this situation;
Guide: And next to your left is an electric appliance factory.
*The factory exploded
Tourists: Oooooohhh...
Guide: And here's a toy manufact..
*The toy factory exploded
Tourists: Whoaaaahh..
Guide: And here we are in China's biggest watermelon plantation farm.
*The melons detonated and burnt the whole farm
Tourists: Holy shit!!
Guide: And finally we're in China's military training ground where soldiers will perform throwing grenades and and activating explosives trainings.
*A soldier threw a grenade.... Nothing happened.
Tourists: .......... Where's the Kaboom?
Guide: Okay, move on to the next destination!
HAHAHAHAHA you sir just made my day! XD
LMFAO can't stop laughing.
They won't need to buy weapons when the time comes for them to revolt against their government, they can just use the money!
The news this badly explained who blew was a toy in which the boy was going to play .... ... When you put the coin ...puff ...
I am glad that exploded just putting coins and not the entire toy!
Incredible how china is experienced in blow up almost anything rsrsrsr
People will explode there anytime soon.
hmmz I'm kinda gettin used 2hear that :s
They should turn this into an anime.
Ore no Bakuhatsuchink ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai?
Btw it sad Deaidara-san cant see this :/
Sankaku always has me waiting for;
China > Something exploding or something built that fails
Japan > Teacher rapes hundred schoolgirls or random men being arrested for interacting with a schoolgirl
There aren't much stuff that's ever reported about the West as of late, though there's plenty of sites that entertains me enough about our plenty fails anyway.
That boy's gonna grow up to fear & hate money, much to the delight of factory owners everywhere who will be able to pay him in anything BUT money 'cause he won't want it.
Or, his mom is subtly training him to only allow women to touch his money: "See my son, when mommy holds the money, it doesn't hurt you, but when you hold it, it explodes. Always let a girl hold your money son, never do it yourself."
Probably these new Japanese feminists if one day have children will do the same!!
China: using alchemy to create a coin
noe they're just recycling their solid rocket propellants.
instead of wasting semi-precious metals on coins, they recycle obsolete SAMs & AntiTank Rockets, grind them up in winter, and mold the grinings in spring.
Unfortunately its the year of the dragon, so everyone is going to get a bang sooner or later.
So Legit its Scary... Do you really think they do that!!? o_O it actually seems possible, And Being the Year of the Dragon, Fire and Explosions are A Definite!
@02:46
That's true for most explosives from developed nations, but we're talking about China here...
Contrary to what you may expect, explosives don't actually explode without a very good reason. You can burn many military grade explosives in a fireplace without a care in the world. The whole point is that the explosive is set off when needed, not randomly when the soldier carrying it trips.
In addition, explosives aren't exactly durable materials. You can't make proper coinage with those.
@anon 21:08 - Knowing China, even their water dragons will explode.
and that's why they use liquid exlosives in the making.
It's the year of the WATER Dragon.
I think they're reusing metals contaminated with sodium or lithium.
Or maybe cesium?
obviously Edward and Alphonse never approved them
Nah, graviton acceleration.
Alright, so, what doesn't explode in china?
Their explosives.
You must have missed the story about the explosives trucks.
What about exploding condoms for birth control
@Arrow
Well, at least they serve their intended purpose that way!
I thinks China's aiming for a certain special place in a certain special book
Most unexpected explosions even(then again, for most of us. Since when do people really expect them)
the baby was trying to do the Railgun but failed
That because he is chinese!!!
i think the baby DID a powerful railgun, thats why his hand is burn by electricity and the coin shattered by the force
Don't you remember their exploding explosives truck?
The people, for now.
If someone would invade China and succeed then China's troops wouldn't even need to rig the place to explode :D Buildings falling on their own and stuff exploding.