Sorry, you have not enabled Javascript for your internet browser, so some of our website's pages may not render as fully as intended.
Please Click here for easy instructions on how to enable Javascript on your browser or consult your IT support staff for help.

Planet China

The strangest stories from the Middle Kingdom...

Older »

1... 41 42 43 4445 46 47

« Newer

Odd couple
Jul 10, 2009 (WiC 23)

They say opposites attract, but in the case of Wang Yang the choice was to go for someone very similar. So similar in fact that he opted for a wife who shared his name exactly. It must have made for an unusual wedding ceremony: “Do you, Wang ...

Man’s best-dressed friend
Jul 3, 2009 (WiC 22)

Beijing-based Hu Xi is making waves in China’s fashion industry. But she doesn’t dress women, or even men. She makes clothes for dogs. According to CCTV, Hu has just set up the country’s first fashion studio for canines. So far eager ...

Caught on camera
Jun 26, 2009 (WiC 21)

Caught on camera. Parents will often say “too much television isn’t good for you” in the futile attempt to regulate their children’s leisure hours. But the maxim has come true for a man in Fuzhou. According to the Chongqing Economic ...

Kit off
Jun 19, 2009 (WiC 20)

Li Jun, the general manager of the Yuping Mountain Scenic Spot, refers to it as “a form of art”. He’s talking about nude bathing. Li’s bathhouse has just reopened seven years after local authorities in Sichuan pulled the plug on his ...

Slap and tickle
Jun 12, 2009 (WiC 19)

It is now official: the world’s stupidest philanderer lives in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province. Affairs are commonplace in China today, and the newspapers often report on illicit relationships. Still, there is a certain decorum to ...

Heartless
Jun 5, 2009 (WiC 18)

In the pantheon of unintended consequences, it has to rank as one of the stranger examples. Hospital bills in China can be huge, so it was a major boon when a man named Zhu was told that community leaders had agreed to pay his hospital expenses. ...

Bad samaritan
May 29, 2009 (WiC 17)

If you are feeling suicidal, but unable to go through with it, Lai Jiansheng could be the man to contact. The 66-year old ex-soldier made headlines this week in Guangzhou, when he pushed a man off a bridge. Chen Fuchao was threatening to jump ...

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 ...

Older »

1... 41 42 43 4445 46 47

« Newer

Planet China

The strangest stories from the Middle Kingdom...

Odd couple Jul 10, 2009 (WiC 23) They say opposites attract, but in the case of Wang Yang the choice was to go for someone very similar. So similar in fact that he opted for a wife who shared his name exactly. It must have made for an unusual wedding ceremony: “Do you, Wang ...

Man’s best-dressed friend Jul 3, 2009 (WiC 22) Beijing-based Hu Xi is making waves in China’s fashion industry. But she doesn’t dress women, or even men. She makes clothes for dogs. According to CCTV, Hu has just set up the country’s first fashion studio for canines. So far eager ...

Caught on camera Jun 26, 2009 (WiC 21) Caught on camera. Parents will often say “too much television isn’t good for you” in the futile attempt to regulate their children’s leisure hours. But the maxim has come true for a man in Fuzhou. According to the Chongqing Economic ...

Kit off Jun 19, 2009 (WiC 20) Li Jun, the general manager of the Yuping Mountain Scenic Spot, refers to it as “a form of art”. He’s talking about nude bathing. Li’s bathhouse has just reopened seven years after local authorities in Sichuan pulled the plug on his ...

Slap and tickle Jun 12, 2009 (WiC 19) It is now official: the world’s stupidest philanderer lives in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province. Affairs are commonplace in China today, and the newspapers often report on illicit relationships. Still, there is a certain decorum to ...

Heartless Jun 5, 2009 (WiC 18) In the pantheon of unintended consequences, it has to rank as one of the stranger examples. Hospital bills in China can be huge, so it was a major boon when a man named Zhu was told that community leaders had agreed to pay his hospital expenses. ...

Bad samaritan May 29, 2009 (WiC 17) If you are feeling suicidal, but unable to go through with it, Lai Jiansheng could be the man to contact. The 66-year old ex-soldier made headlines this week in Guangzhou, when he pushed a man off a bridge. Chen Fuchao was threatening to jump ...

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 ...