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“Fat Brother” by Johan Pitkanen
A song dedicated to “Fat Brother/Smiling Face Brother/Laughing Brother”, the portly man that has appeared in CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala audience every year. More
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Goose Taped to Car Trunk on Road Home for Chinese New Year
A photo of a poor live goose, being transported home in a box, taped to the top of a car’s trunk, likely to be part of a family’s Chinese New Year feast. More
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Lion and Lioness During Hunt, Chinese Netizen Reactions
Humorous Chinese netizen reactions to a series of photos showing a lioness hunting a wild ox when suddenly a lion mounts her, with jokes lamenting being single. More
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Chinese Girl Offers to Marry Whoever Can Save Her Brother
A 24-year-old Kunming girl in a wedding gown offers herself for immediate marriage to a husband willing to pay for her younger brother’s medical expenses. More
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Angry Plane Passengers Open Emergency Exits Aborting Flight
Disgruntled Chinese plane passengers open emergency exits causing aborted takeoff, after delays and claims of the captain being insensitive to their complaints. More
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230k Disappear from Man’s Account, Bank Has No Explanation
Chinese netizens jeer when a bank is unable to explain how 230,000 RMB in savings mysteriously disappeared from a man’s account, leaving him with just 0.21 RMB. More
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Giant Mushroom Over 100cm Wide Found in China, Reactions
Chinese netizens cynically joke about the government claiming and taking its citizens’ rare and valuable discoveries and only giving a token reward in return. More
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2014’s Top 20 Quirky News Stories in China
From Sina Weibo: @李铁根: 2014’s top 20 unethical news stories. [Note: 没品 is difficult to translate here. Generally, it means unethical, lacking in moral character, and even “lacking in taste” […] More
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Little Blue and Little Yellow Picture Book in Chinese
A Chinese netizen who makes fun of “Little Blue and Little Yellow” is criticized for not appreciating and misrepresenting Leo Lionni’s classic picture book. More
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Chinese Media Compiles Top 10 Internet Memes for 2014
From Phoenix Online: A look back at the top 10 online buzzwords of 2014 According to a Xian Evening News report at the end of 2014, during this year there […] More
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Desperate Father Teaches Himself TCM to Treat Dying Daughter
Unable to afford the 300k necessary for a bone marrow transplant, a poor father resorts to burning herbs in hopes of treating his daughter’s deadly disease. More
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Modern China Reimagined in Famous 12th Century Chinese Painting
Chinese artist and photographer Dai Xiang recently exhibited at the 2014 Lianzhoufoto Festival, his reinterpretations of the famous Song Dynasty painting “Along the River During the Qingming Festival”(清明上河图). By inserting […] More