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Meals on wheels
May 22, 2009 (WiC 16)

There’s no such thing as a free meal, or so goes the saying. He Guohua would beg to differ. In fact, when it comes to sheer gall, the Beijing man takes some beating. In his quest for free food he decided to scam the police. So he called a ...

Filling their day
May 20, 2009 (WiC 15)

A case, perhaps, of two men with too much time on their hands. The first, a Beijing man called Chen, sued the Commercial Press, claiming to have spotted 22,638 errors in the Xinhua Dictionary it publishes. The Commercial Press rejected Chen’s ...

Crippling blow
May 8, 2009 (WiC 14)

It’s a scene that recalls Kathy Bates ‘hobbling’ of James Caan in the movie Misery. A 30 year-old woman in Dunhuang, Gansu decided her husband required similar treatment – not out of infatuation, this time, but more out of concern that ...

Company drinks
Apr 30, 2009 (WiC 13)

At job fairs in China you often see advertisements for positions that specify a height or age (for secretaries or security guards, for instance). But a public relations recruiter at a job fair in Hubei province had more specific demands: a woman ...

Online affair
Apr 24, 2009 (WiC 12)

Blogging and adultery seem to have become two of China’s fastest growing trends. So it should come as no surprise that they should combine in the story of a man from Jiangsu province, who wrote a blog about his wife’s affair. Around 60,000 ...

Absolutely bananas
Apr 17, 2009 (WiC 11)

Many visitors to China have stories of meals featuring creatures rarely represented on Western menus. But snake and shark’s fin pale in comparison to what five diners ordered in a restaurant in the Jinyun Mountain district. The Chongqing Times ...

You only love twice
Apr 9, 2009 (WiC 10)

The anonymity of online dating is one of its blessings. But as a man from Chongqing discovered, it can have bizarre consequences. The 30 year-old divorced lawyer soon found a woman online who seemed his perfect match. Chen Yong became ...

Drastic plastic
Apr 3, 2009 (WiC 9)

Not too many people are proud of their passport photo, but for one Chinese woman it became a serious issue. Xinmin Evening News reports the case of a Chinese lady (not named) who had gone to South Korea for cosmetic surgery. This in itself is not ...

Love doctors
Mar 27, 2009 (WiC 8)

Many hospitals perform heart surgery, but a new Chinese hospital focuses more on affairs of the heart. The hospital in Changsha provides consulting services to couples who are having marital problems. The facility is staffed with psychotherapists ...

Bad sports
Mar 20, 2009 (WiC 7)

There are a lot of people who lie about their age; particularly as the years creep by. Mostly it is harmless vanity. But the Guangzhou Daily reports on a more serious situation in China. The Guangdong provincial sports ministry subjected 15,000 ...

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The strangest stories from the Middle Kingdom...

Meals on wheels May 22, 2009 (WiC 16) There’s no such thing as a free meal, or so goes the saying. He Guohua would beg to differ. In fact, when it comes to sheer gall, the Beijing man takes some beating. In his quest for free food he decided to scam the police. So he called a ...

Filling their day May 20, 2009 (WiC 15) A case, perhaps, of two men with too much time on their hands. The first, a Beijing man called Chen, sued the Commercial Press, claiming to have spotted 22,638 errors in the Xinhua Dictionary it publishes. The Commercial Press rejected Chen’s ...

Crippling blow May 8, 2009 (WiC 14) It’s a scene that recalls Kathy Bates ‘hobbling’ of James Caan in the movie Misery. A 30 year-old woman in Dunhuang, Gansu decided her husband required similar treatment – not out of infatuation, this time, but more out of concern that ...

Company drinks Apr 30, 2009 (WiC 13) At job fairs in China you often see advertisements for positions that specify a height or age (for secretaries or security guards, for instance). But a public relations recruiter at a job fair in Hubei province had more specific demands: a woman ...

Online affair Apr 24, 2009 (WiC 12) Blogging and adultery seem to have become two of China’s fastest growing trends. So it should come as no surprise that they should combine in the story of a man from Jiangsu province, who wrote a blog about his wife’s affair. Around 60,000 ...

Absolutely bananas Apr 17, 2009 (WiC 11) Many visitors to China have stories of meals featuring creatures rarely represented on Western menus. But snake and shark’s fin pale in comparison to what five diners ordered in a restaurant in the Jinyun Mountain district. The Chongqing Times ...

You only love twice Apr 9, 2009 (WiC 10) The anonymity of online dating is one of its blessings. But as a man from Chongqing discovered, it can have bizarre consequences. The 30 year-old divorced lawyer soon found a woman online who seemed his perfect match. Chen Yong became ...

Drastic plastic Apr 3, 2009 (WiC 9) Not too many people are proud of their passport photo, but for one Chinese woman it became a serious issue. Xinmin Evening News reports the case of a Chinese lady (not named) who had gone to South Korea for cosmetic surgery. This in itself is not ...

Love doctors Mar 27, 2009 (WiC 8) Many hospitals perform heart surgery, but a new Chinese hospital focuses more on affairs of the heart. The hospital in Changsha provides consulting services to couples who are having marital problems. The facility is staffed with psychotherapists ...

Bad sports Mar 20, 2009 (WiC 7) There are a lot of people who lie about their age; particularly as the years creep by. Mostly it is harmless vanity. But the Guangzhou Daily reports on a more serious situation in China. The Guangdong provincial sports ministry subjected 15,000 ...