Science Buzz Doctors saved the tip of a Chinese man's finger, severed with an electric saw, by cultivating it out of his stomach. Just thought you wanted to see the photo, that's all.
Culture Buzz Levitation, powered by Chinese propaganda. If you look closely at the pixels of this picture, posted on a Chinese county government news site, you can see that there may have been some shenanigans. Add yours! Use the image overlay tool to put these awesome officials on a different background. (via zonaeuropa.com)
Chinese people encounter fortune cookies for the first time. I've been living a lie all this time!!! I need some time to process this information.
TV Buzz The first season of China's Got Talent features auditions that have tugged the hearts of the whole nation. Get your tissues ready.
Culture Buzz The Chinese media are obsessed with some women-only Swedish town where the population of 25,000 sexually-frustrated females are free to carry out their carnal lesbian trysts. This sounds like the sort of town that should probably exist in China (and Epcot Center!).
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The New York Times reports that Chinese gymnasts may be under the legal age of 16. In the words of former champion Mary Lou Retton: “The girls are so little, so young…They said she was 16, but I don’t know.” And check out the photo selection from the perverts at the New York Times!
The Daily Mail reports on a very, very crowded swimming pool in China. Enjoy your summer, everyone!
Culture Buzz Chinese artist Li Wei has produced a baffling series of self-portraits that seem physically impossible. We all know that Asians are really good at computers, but these photographs were actually not created using Photoshop. Which makes it more like a non-annoying form of performance art.