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Entries for November, 2008

Human Flesh Search Engine — An Online Community in China

Who is the guy in the picture? He’s one of the most famous Yantaier…well…in a disgrace way.  He sexual harassed on a 12 years old girl. You might think its pretty normal in the modern society but this guy was caught on camera and it provoked the public. He then quickly became “famous” on the [...]

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2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb

Ottawa, Canada – Researchers say they have located the world’s oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China.
The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly cultivated for psychoactive purposes,” rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of [...]

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“Lost” You Found Me – The Fray (season5 episode1 sneak peak updated)

Lost Season5 Episode1 sneak peak
You Found Me – The Fray
As a big fan of Lost, this video really gets me excited. One of the best feature of Lost is that it keeps giving you clues and makes you wonder. What does 4 8 15 16 23 42 mean? What is the black smoke? Where did [...]

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How to get a Chinese drive lisense.

First of all, you need to get a temporary resident card. How to get a temporary resident card? Just go to your local police department and register there. This is probably the first thing you will do when you land in China.

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Origus Yantai, a great restaurant for party

Origus, the famous pizza centric franchise restaurant, now debuts in Yantai. It’s all you can eat style restaurant including alcohol. It’s 37 kuai per person for a limited time; 49 kuai after Nov 18th. The restaurant is located at east of Changyu Museum, building #47. To make a reservation please call 6611900 or 6613900.

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The Classical Chinese TV Shows of All Time

You might get to know about China since 2008 Olympics or earlier. It might aslo make you wonder, as the centre of Asia, why Chinese culture is so different compare to western culture. How to get to know the essence of Chinese culture? The media might manipulate the true but they do tell you something. [...]

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Fake Franchise Stores Grouped Up in China

You are not going to believe this but it is really happening somewhere in China. Furthermore, those “franchise stores” are on the same street!!

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Dating Chinese Girl for Dummies

To be honest, It’s easy to hook up with Chinese girls for those foreigners, especially for those people who have big nose and blue eyes. Why? Because Chinese just don’t see enough foreigners. They might easy to hook up with but they are hard to maintain(or maybe you don’t want to last long). Anyway, here [...]

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