
South Korea is apparently now as enthusiastic about non-whaling as Japan – official statistics for 2012 reveal that an average of 6.4 whales a day “were caught by accident” in Korean coastal waters, with the official tally reaching 2350.
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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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China’s latest contribution to the year’s festivities comes in the form of a breezy upskirt Santa, and has been causing something of a stir – although those expecting anything so conventional as a sexy girl dressed as Santa may be sadly disappointed…
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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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- Author: Leon
- Categories: Galleries, International
- Date: Dec 8, 2012 10:34 JST
- Tags: Beijing, China, Cosplay, Image Gallery, Made in China, Maids, Moe, Nekomimi, Photoshop

Beijing cosplay model Dein (or 静电场朔 as she goes by in Chinese) has lately been receiving a great deal of appreciation for her moesome mastery of the duckface and cute cosplay ranging from maids to Little Red Riding Hood – comparisons to the lovely Akasan notwithstanding…
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Chinese subway goers have ranked the most unforgivable breaches of etiquette they are forced to endure on the nation’s trains, including such pearls of wisdom as “not defecating in the train” and “not allowing children to go to the toilet on the floor.”
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The Chinese government’s vindictive decision to turn a couple’s home into a roundabout after they refused to sell up to make way for a new road has been making headlines in China and beyond.
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China’s notorious motor shows continue to court controversy with their “artistic” displays – with non-existent outfits, nude bodypaint and bestial displays now joined by the kind of bikini-clad “babes” more normally associated with Japan’s junior idols or America’s creepy beauty pageants.
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As if it were not distressingly well established enough already, yet more evidence of the incredible transformative power of makeup has surfaced, and looks sure to distress anyone on the receiving end.
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China’s latest pork-barrel prestige project will reportedly take the form of a giant ring, but so pointless is the project that it soon found itself the butt of mass Photoshop mockery.
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