


Even as she chokes herself to death under the biggest and most toxic shroud of smog in history, China has won some admirers for the ethereal quality of scenery she now offers those brave enough to chance their lungs to see.
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Even creepy AKB48 fans have recoiled at Minami Minegishi’s shocking act of atonement for being caught “spending the night” with a male friend: the distraught idol was made to shave her head and apologise to fans on YouTube – although her unflattering new hairstyle and public humiliation may be the least of her worries, as she was also punished by being demoted from active AKB48 membership.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Jan 22, 2013 19:00 JST
- Tags: Adultery, Bizarre, Crime, Law, Marriage, North Carolina, Rape, Shotacon, Teachers, USA

In a brilliant legal shenanigan, a teacher who faced rape charges for having sex with one of her pupils has escaped a possible 15 year prison sentence by divorcing her husband and marrying her victim.
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Winter has been taking its toll on animals unfortunate enough to find themselves in Chinese zoos, though not just because of the weather – reports have emerged of sluggish crocodiles being stoned to death “because they looked fake,” whilst elsewhere delighted visitors have been spotted enjoying the opportunity to pelt the lions with snowballs.
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The ethics of the Chinese food industry are again in the spotlight with news that most of the shark fins used in one of the nation’s most famous dishes are in fact fake, and poisonous as well.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: H, Manga, News
- Date: Jan 2, 2013 16:56 JST
- Tags: Anime Goods, Bizarre, Eroge, Fetish, Guro, Marketing, Otaku, Shopping

Novelty shopping bags continue their innovative race to the lowest depths of perversion – this time with an even more explicit design, although fortunately it looks as though only in the event of an accidental prolapse will it result in the arrest of the bearer.
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This time, and sadly not for the first time, it is China’s toilets which have been exploding, threatening users with an unpleasant variety of horrible injuries and an ungodly mess.
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Police are coming under fire for killing an anteater they captured by caging it outdoors in freezing temperatures, the intellectual strain of phoning the zoo which reported it missing apparently having proven too much for them.
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Shoppers in a Chinese department store have been injured by an exploding shark tank, which spewed water, glass and sharks onto hapless shoppers, injuring over a dozen onlookers and staff.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Dec 17, 2012 08:40 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Buses, Cars, China, Crime, Exhibitionism, Fujian, Toilets, Trains

A man brazenly urinating from the window of a bus into passing traffic is the latest example of China’s public toileting habits to outrage the nation.
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The operators of a highway tunnel which collapsed catastrophically causing the deaths of 9 people have caused outrage with their excuse that the reason safety inspections were not carried out there was “because the inspectors couldn’t reach that high.”
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The latest of Japan’s notorious public safety advisories is a disturbing report of a man asking a schoolgirl for directions to the nearest station.
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