2011 chinaSMACK Year in Review
chinaSMACK published over 450 posts in 2011. Here's a look back at some of the most notable news, events, trends, phenomenon and coverage over the past year.
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Parents: Pay For Your Brother’s Wedding Or Be Disowned
Parents of a young woman demand that she pay 200,000 to cover all of the expenses of her younger brother's wedding or they will disown her. Netizen reactions.
Hong Kong Girl Cyberbullying Victim Contemplates Suicide
HK netizens are annoyed by "Kong Girl" Chiu Yin-pin claiming to the media she contemplated suicide after they turned on her for a video she uploaded to YouTube.
American Woman Petitions For Justice, Chinese Pessimistic
Chinese netizens say an American woman, Julie Harms, trying to use China's petitioning system to get justice for her fiance fails to understand the culture gap.
Chinese University Schoolgirls Would Marry Evil Rich People
Chinese netizens discuss modern Chinese university schoolgirls' eagerness to marry rich men. One internet poll shows 40% say when marrying, marry a rich person.
Foreign Nationality Actors In ‘The Founding Of A Republic’
Famous Chinese blogger Han Han & Chinese netizens debate many of the famous actors' foreign nationalities in the upcoming "The Founding Of A Republic" movie.
Guangzhou Wife Cuts Off Cheating Husband’s Penis
A court in China sentenced a wife to 10 years in prison after she cut off her cheating husband's penis. He brought his mistress home & had sex in front of her.
Blockberry Shanzhai Phone Ad With Obama Divide Chinese
A factory in Shenzhen, China advertised their fake shanzhai Blackberry 9500 mobile phone called "Blockberry 9500" using American president Barack Obama's image.
Daughter Gives Father Box Of Condoms For Father’s Day
In China, a 13-year-old daughter gives her divorced dad a box of Jissbon condoms for Father's Day for his "health and happiness" and to find a nice girlfriend.
CCTV Attacks Google Porn Links, Fake Interview Exposed
Chinese netizens show CCTV hypocrisy, showing that Baidu has many links to pornography just like Google, & that CCTV uses its own employees for fake interviews.
Green Dam Girl: Chinese Netizens Use Art To Ridicule
A collection of silly Chinese drawings of "Green Dam Girl/Bitch" used to ridicule the "Green Dam Youth Escort" internet filtering/censorship software news.
GM Hummer Brand Purchased By Chinese Company
Chinese netizen reactions to the news of American GM Hummer brand being bought by China Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company.
Suicide Jumper Pushed Off Bridge By Old Man Passing By
In Southern China, a man threatened to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. An old man passing by tired of him holding up traffic goes over & pushes him off.