All Posts Tagged With " Wuhan"

‘Child Prodigy’ Is Expert Mechanic & Driver In Wuhan

From NetEase: “Child prodigy”? Wuhan 12-year-old auto repair master becomes driving “expert” October 14th, someone unexpectedly found a 12-year-old automobile mechanic in Wuhan. Don’t be fooled by his young age, this is already his second year in the business. He’s... 

Concrete Aircraft Carrier Building Discovered In Wuhan

China’s national ambition to build a blue water navy inevitably led to the need for naval air power. For years there have been rumors of a Chinese aircraft carrier. Several purchases involving foreign ships only resulted in the creation of military theme parks (or scrapped altogether). When it... 

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,... 

University Freshman Girl With Limo & 19 Pieces of Luggage

From Tianya:Really overdone: Most niu university new student enrolls, arrives in stretched Lincoln [limousine] carrying 19 boxes of luggageCnHubei.com reports on September 4: Accompanied by parents, delivered in a stretched Lincoln limousine, carrying 19 boxes of luggage, and provided with 2 full-time... 

One-Legged Beggar Artist Draws Mona Lisa On Sidewalk

This is an update to the Guiyang Handicapped Beggar’s Street Sidewalk Art story posted on chinaSMACK 7 months ago.From Youku:Under the hot sun, the artist with an amputated left leg sits cross-legged on the ground, his fingers covered with callouses; He bends his waist, and with deep feeling... 

Cherry Blossoms, Wuhan, & Chinese Women In Kimonos

Three days ago, two Chinese women (a mother and daughter) in Wuhan went to see the “sakura” cherry blossom at Wuhan University and take pictures. However, they were different from the other people who went to admire the flowers because they were wearing kimonos, a traditional Japanese outfit... 

Mummies Dancing In Wuhan For Employment

From NetEase:Summary: Around noon on November 23rd, mummies suddenly appeared on the Jianghan pedestrian street in Wuhan city, and what more, they were mummies who knew how to “space dance.” Lei! After finishing their “space dance,” the two mummies handed out a stack of white... 

Wuhan Builds 2 Million RMB Luxury Public Toilet

On the south side of Hankou Liberation Park in Wuhan, China, one can find a beautiful pavilion of glass and steel amid the trees and bamboo. There is an elevator leading down underground. Where does it go? To a public toilet. “Roughly 2 million yuan has been invested in the project, it is the... 

Child Labor In Wuhan, Chinese Argue Good or Bad

In Wuhan, some black-hearted factory bosses use children as labor to squeeze extreme profits; some of these children toiling day and night for them, shedding countless tears of suffering and hardship. Carrying the concerns of city residents, “Wang Haofeng Focus” [an independent reporter/photographer]... 

264 Hubei Students Denied Bachelor Degrees

From Mop, “The College Forces 264 Bachelor’s Degree Pursuing Students to Graduate with Associate Degrees” (no longer accessible):On September 1st, 2008, the College of Arts and Science of Yangtze [Changjiang] University in Jingzhou city of Hubei province suddenly announced that we... 

Witnesses Say Wuhan 519 Woman Bus Driver Insulted Girls

UPDATE 08/09/23: Another video shows that part of the video where the Wuhan bus driver hit one of the Northeastern men at the beginning of the fight was edited out. More details below. Last week, video footage from Wuhan bus line 519 showed two Northeastern men from Heilongjiang Province ruthlessly... 

Post-90s Kids Do Not Take Military Training Seriously

Playing with a cell phone. From Tianya: “Post-90’s New Student Military Training” September 12th at Hubei University of Economics in Wuhan 4000 new students participated in the induction ceremony involving military training. These post-90’s generation kids displayed their fastidious... 

Wuhan Female Bus Driver Violently Beaten By Passengers

This happened a week ago, 2008 September 12, on the #519 bus in Wuhan. However, this news report video (6:01) was only uploaded onto the internet yesterday:Video on Youku. 1:04 – The on-bus recording begins in the video. Two Northeastern girls and two northeastern guys get on the Wuhan bus.... 

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