All Posts Tagged With " controversy"

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Gang Rape Ruled ‘Temporary Crime on a Whim’ By Judge

From Youth Times: On October 29, the Nanxun Court in Huzhou City, Zhejiang province sentenced a rape case. Two defendants raped a girl who had just finished high school and were judged guilty, and each of the men received a three-year-prison term. The criminal charge was identified as a “temporary... 

Emperor Qianlong’s Jade Imperial Seal In London Auction

Earlier this year at a Christie’s auction regarding the sell of two bronze Zodiac Heads caused uproars of nationalistic sentiments online. Today, another auction at the Sotheby’s Auction House in London once again provoked in the minds of the Chinese netizens the past histories of humiliation... 

Kunming Protest After Chengguan Beats Man to Death

From Mop: Yesterday [Oct. 31st] around 8PM, more than 100 people carried a gurney with a corpse and surrounded Kunming Guandu District Guanshang Street Office Fude District Branch Chengguan’s entrance, and started to burn paper money [fake money for the dead to use in the underworld]. Including... 

Police Mistreat Prostitute During Raid, Netizen Reactions

From NetEase:Summary: From the night of October 28 to yesterday [October 29] morning, Zhengzhou public security bureau sent out 300 police officers, raiding prostitution and gambling houses. Nine people were arrested while two saunas/bath houses and an arcade were shut down. An undercover police officer... 

Waiting All Night Outside A Hospital Hoping To See A Doctor

On a very normal night, a reporter saw a lot of people waiting outside the Xiangya Hospital. They had been waiting all night long, just for a “passport” to the doctors. The following contains her observations and opinions, plus some of her photos. From NetEase: Everyday, there are always... 

China 11th National Games: Controversies, Scandals, Costs

From NetEase: The 11th National Games were held in Jinan, Shandong province, and the Games have been hit by scandals, such as pre-decided gold medals, doping, match-fixing, unfair officiating, and so on. The intention of the National Games is picking talented athletes for the Olympic Games, but the scale... 

Chinese University Schoolgirls Would Marry Evil Rich People

[From: ESWN] The White Haired Girl is a classic story of revolutionary China of a peasant girl who refuses to be a concubine of the evil rich landlord. Some modern Chinese university schoolgirls now say, “if he has money, why not marry him?” Chinese netizens discuss if the young generation has become too materialistic.

Discarded Food Waste Slop Recycled Into Cheap Cooking Oil

Slop oil is “refined” from slop or swill, which is the leftover “food” that people and restaurants throw away. Usually, slop or swill is fed to pigs but some unscrupulous people will gather the slop and “recycle” the oil in the slop to sell as cooking oil. Of course,... 

British Drug Smuggler’s Death Sentence, Netizen Reactions

Recently, a British drug smuggler’s death sentence was upheld by the Supreme People’s Court in China. News on Xinhuanet.com: Death penalty on British drug dealer in line with Chinese law: spokesman BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese court’s sentence of death penalty on a British... 

Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, Chinese Reactions

Yesterday, United States President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. This news surprised many people around the world. Here is President Obama’s speech responding to the news, on YouTube:Below are some Chinese netizen reactions to the news from NetEase: 网易广东广州天河网友:Sigh Obama... 

Nude Undeground Rafting By Chinese Girl & Black Man

Here is a set of pictures taken by one perspicacious tourist showing a Chinese woman and black man rafting in an underground cavern. This couple subsequently took the liberty of stripping down for all to see; at least until park attendants stepped in to prevent any further salacious acts. Predictably,... 

Rectification of Names: China or Zhongguo?

[tweetmeme] Oftentimes our use of language becomes so habitual that we do not question its innate meanings. The term “China” for most Chinese has little relations to the original Chinese name. For the most part, Chinese people refer to China as “Zhongguo” or the Middle Kingdom, and likewise... 

Should Giant Pandas Be Protected? Chinese Reactions

[tweetmeme] From Sina: Should Giant Pandas actually be protected?Giant Pandas have been unlucky this year. First an earthquake destroyed their safest home and now there is a British person who shows up and spills salt on the pandas’ wound. This British person’s name is Chris Packham, a... 

Japanese Atomic Bomb Victim Photos, Chinese Reactions

[tweetmeme] As October 1st, the Chinese national holiday, draws close, patriotic (and anti-Japanese) sentiments are high. A netizen recently posted pictures of Japanese victims of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the popular China Mop BBS under the title “Photos of Japanese Victims... 

Villagers Loot Diesel From Leaking Oil Pipeline In Shandong

[tweetmeme] A scene most commonly seen in Africa, and often with disastrous results, hundreds of opportunistic villagers in Shandong Province took to the chance of grabbing free oil resulted from a oil leak. The story drew both sympathies toward the poverty stricken villagers in contrast to rich oil... 

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