As any dog owner will know, most people treat their pets as family members and often will give them a name that means something to the family or to them personally. A recent event in China shocked the world when it was reported by Zhejiang News, quoting Zhangzhou Evening News on the microblog, that in ...
Chinese social media is hooked on a new craze — payment for praise. Basically, users pay strangers a fixed fee for complimenting them or their loved ones. Many believe that the trend is a way for Chinese citizens to cope with the harshness of their lives. Payment for praise Payment models for the “payment for ...
In North Korea, it is illegal to consume South Korean media content. Recently, Pyongyang upped its “fight” against South Korean TV shows by threatening execution to any North Koreans caught watching them. The new threats have largely been directed to border regions like the South Hwanghae Province. North Koreans can face death for watching TV ...
Nowadays, adopting a child is commonplace, but here is a very moving story of one adoption of a little blue-eyed girl from China. Chris and Eryn, who live in the southern state of Georgia in the United States, take their two children to the park every day to play. During the holidays, they occasionally travel ...
North Koreans have to fulfill a crazy communist government quota that no other person in any other country has to — they have to provide 220 pounds of feces every day. The state mandate comes on the back of leader Kim Jong-un’s New Year declaration that he would revive the country’s economy by first focusing ...
Ross Edgley from Grantham, Lincolnshire, has become the first man in history to swim around Britain. The 33-year-old adventurer, who started the journey from Margate on June 1, 2018, returned back to the starting point on November 4, after spending 157 days swimming the 1,780 miles of British coastline. Ross swims around Britain When Ross ...
An artwork created by Artificial Intelligence (AI art) was auctioned off at Christie’s recently for a staggering price of US$432,500. While some have hailed it as the dawn of a market for AI-driven art, others warn that giving any value to a painting created by computer programs devalues the sanctity of art itself. A record ...
When news broke out about Chinese spy chips on motherboards used in American businesses, the world was shocked that such a massive infiltration could happen on U.S. soil. A few weeks down the line and the companies said to have been affected by the Chinese spy chips are claiming the story was fake. The Chinese ...
Artists are known to pull off some crazy stunts during the auction of their paintings. But one artist may have taken things too far by having his painting self-destruct immediately after the auction. As the stunned bidders watched on, the painting shreds itself by a shredder hidden inside the frame. Painting shreds itself after auction ...
Imagine drinking a glass of wine and then being jailed for it. Now, imagine going through that together with your 4-year-old daughter. Unfortunately, this is what a Swedish citizen from Britain had to endure when she innocently sipped a glass of wine during her flight to Dubai and they ended up in a Dubai jail. ...
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