A group of cyclists have completed a journey across China from Sichuan province to Tibet – a distance of 1700km which included climbing 12 mountains. They were accompanied by a stray dog which followed them all the way. One of the cyclists has now decided to give the dog, nicknamed Xiaosa, a home
May 25, 2012
Hit and Run Victim Buried Alive
Question – what can be worse than being mown down by a car?
Answer – being mown down by a car in China
An elderly chinese lady was minding her own business when she was struck by a car carrying a couple back from an all night drinking session at a karaoke bar.
Panicking because they had been drinking, the couple buried her body and dumped the car
Only problem?
She wasn’t dead
Well not then – she was when her body was dug up later
Full story here – http://tinyurl.com/7sx32yd
May 25, 2012
Chinese Babysitting Fail
CCTV footage captures 3yr old boy in China dodging traffic on a busy road whilst riding his scooter
Fortunately, a policeman rescued the toddler before any harm befell him and returned him to his grandfather who had been babysitting the lad – though I suspect calls on the dozy old bugger’s babysitting service may be a lot less frequent after this incident
October 18, 2011
Toddler run over twice – left to die
Yeuyue, a 2yr old girl in China was run over by a white van driver who left the scene of the accident without stopping. A dozen or more passersby ignored the young girl – none going to her assistance. She was then run over by a second vehicle. She is in critical condition in hospital and not expected to survive
The incident was caught on CCTV (CLICK READ MORE TAB TO VIEW VID)
Such callous indifference to the suffering of a young girl is hard to understand !!!
September 15, 2011
Chinese Take-Away
Police in China pulled over a school bus licensed to carry 8 passengers and found 66 children and their teachers crammed inside (http://tinyurl.com/4xpvw4r)
[Psst, has anyone contacted the Guinness Book of Records ?]
A total of 12 police vans were required to take the children home
September 9, 2011
Motorist Feels a Right Tit
A chinese businessman fined after being caught on a police camera driving at 60mph in a 50mph area while feeling the breast of his female passenger is threatening to sue the local traffic police.
[see pic here - http://postimage.org/image/1t4jf7kbo/]
He claims that they have digitally altered the film and that he was alone in the car that day.
One woman who certainly was NOT in the car with Deng Jialin that day was . . .
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January 16, 2011
Fast Lane to Prison
Military vehicles are exempt from paying tolls on China’s roads.
From May 2008 to January 2009, Shi Jianfeng ran a business transporting gravel in two trucks.
Who’s ahead of me here?
Yup, you guessed it – Shi put fake military number plates on his trucks and had his drivers wear fake uniforms to avoid paying any tolls.
It is estimated he avoided paying tolls 2,300 times before being rumbled.
A judge has now sentenced him to life in prison (and a 1 million yuan fine)
Following public protestations about the severity of the sentence,, however, a retrial has been ordered
Source . . . http://tinyurl.com/6dywkss
June 18, 2010
There’s a Time and Place . . .
Morning rush hour traffic in Guangzhou city centre was brought to a standstill by a man practicing yoga.
The unnamed man laid his mat down in the middle of one of the busiest roads, forcing traffic to grind to a halt as it slowly edged round him.
“Luckily, he only practised for an hour, otherwise the whole city’s transportation system would have ground to a halt.” said a police spokesperson.
Hhmm, try that over here and he wouldn’t have lasted 5 minutes before local plod arrested him or some irate commuter gave him a toe up his arse !!!
February 5, 2010
Legless Li Lying
Li Yousheng was a familiar figure on the streets of Changsha in Hunan, China.
“Legless” Li, who appeared to be paralysed from the waist down, would propel himself from place to place lying face down on a skateboard. A framework he had constructed around the skateboard supported a stereo system above him through which he played music intended to make people sad and depressed (Barry Manilow, Cliff Richard ??? )
From the amount of cash visible in his begging bowl in the pic, he was making a fair living despite his disability.
And he won’t have to worry about having a roof over his head now either – the Chinese government is offering him accommodation.
Following a tipoff from an investigative journalist, “Legless” Li has been arrested and charged with fraud after police caught the crafty begger getting to his feet in the late afternoon to eat his lunch in a secluded corner.
