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Planet China

The strangest stories from the Middle Kingdom...

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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 ...

Getting high
Mar 13, 2009 (WiC 6)

All around the world, people do some pretty silly things when they get drunk. The consequences can be damaging, but normally only to those doing the imbibing. But in China’s Henan province, a drunken villager caused a power blackout for his ...

Stupid song
Mar 6, 2009 (WiC 5)

Ever since its invention in 1955, couch potatoes have not been able to live without the remote control. But a burglar in China probably rues the day it was invented. The 25 year-old thief, surnamed Song, broke into a house in Sichuan province and ...

Skin deep
Feb 27, 2009 (WiC 4)

In South Korea, where plastic surgery is almost as common as kimchi, girls routinely destroy photos from their youth. They don’t want fiancés and future mother-in-laws to see how they used to look. In Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei ...

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Planet China

The strangest stories from the Middle Kingdom...

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 ...

Getting high Mar 13, 2009 (WiC 6) All around the world, people do some pretty silly things when they get drunk. The consequences can be damaging, but normally only to those doing the imbibing. But in China’s Henan province, a drunken villager caused a power blackout for his ...

Stupid song Mar 6, 2009 (WiC 5) Ever since its invention in 1955, couch potatoes have not been able to live without the remote control. But a burglar in China probably rues the day it was invented. The 25 year-old thief, surnamed Song, broke into a house in Sichuan province and ...

Skin deep Feb 27, 2009 (WiC 4) In South Korea, where plastic surgery is almost as common as kimchi, girls routinely destroy photos from their youth. They don’t want fiancés and future mother-in-laws to see how they used to look. In Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei ...