


The smog cloud choking China is blotting out so much of the sun that plants will have difficulty growing and the country’s agriculture could be crippled, warn Chinese scientists – comparing the effects of the pollution to a “nuclear winter.”
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The Chinese Weibo-sphere has been alight with news of a woman whose stomach exploded and caught fire after some intense China-quality partying.
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Chinese authorities have apparently resorted to broadcasting the sunrise on giant TVs in public places as it is now invisible to the naked eye thanks to some of the densest smog ever.
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The latest marvel of Chinese engineering to be doing the rounds online are some of the ultra-slim buildings of Shanghai, earning such high praise as “looking just like a movie set” and “being even thinner than Japan’s.”
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American and Chinese warships have “nearly collided” after an aggressive manoeuvre by a Chinese captain in the South China Sea.
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South Korea has again joined the nations challenging China’s new air defence zone, this time by enlarging its own zone to cover China’s after it emerged it had forgotten to include some of its claims in its old zone and claimed by China.
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The Korean answer to “the girl of your dreams” has been causing the usual stir online, whether by dint of surgical skill or makeup trickery…
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The annual Miss Universe pageant commences yet again, once again putting on quite the spectacle, with the universal hopefuls donning a variety of extravagantly made costumes portraying the distinct flamboyance and pride of their country – although it has also been condemned as being “more ridiculous than ever” and “a parade of monsters.”
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The latest miracle of China quality construction to have amazed those in China and beyond is the advent of “fake” windows – in fact just black squares painted on the side of a building…
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Chinese made irons and kettles have reportedly been caught hacking into wireless networks to disseminate spam and viruses.
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The Russian federal government has announced it is banning Sankaku Complex over some raunchy Touhou pictures, with the snappily named ROSKOMNADZOR awarding the site the same official honour it bestowed on the likes of Wikipedia and Facebook.
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The latest less than reassuring scenes to emerge from China’s burgeoning rail network show sections of newly completed high-speed track already crumbling, and understandably once again have many worried about its safety – not least because it is apparently not regarded as a serious problem.
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