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Chinese Billionaire Spends $130 Million To Make A “Hollywood-Style” 3D Movie (Video)

Kevin Chen, Nov 19, 2012 8:13 AM, 2,749 views, Got something to say ?,

Jon Jiang, a Chinese film-obsessed real estate tycoon, has produced a 3D film titled “Empires of the Deep” after costing $130 million and three years of effort. At $130 million, “Empires” is the most expensive Chinese movie ever produced and represents an investment of more than 20% of Jiang’s personal net worth. However, as it turns out, massive funding doesn’t help making a masterpiece. Watch the official trailer of “Empires of the Deep” after the break.

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This Is How You Make Yourself an iPhone 5 By Using a Piece of Steel

Kevin Chen, Nov 15, 2012 2:20 PM, 7,103 views, 3 Comments »,

When you cannot afford a real iPhone 5, you don’t have to trade in your kidney. Recently, a Chinese dude crafted an iPhone 5 out of a piece of steel. He published a set of photos on Sina Weibo showing how he made it. Check it out after the break.

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Chinese Parent Just Can’t Control Their Kids to Poop Around in Subway Train

Kevin Chen, Nov 14, 2012 12:56 PM, 1,123 views, 1 Comment »,

A photo of a boy around the age of eight defecating inside a subway train carriage in Guangzhou has gone viral since it was posted on Chinese internet. And the news was also broadcasted on Chinese TV. Majority of the Chinese netizens were criticized the boy and his parent. According to witness, a commuter felt annoyed and questioned the mother how she could made his son do that in public. The mother felt embarrassed and murmured sorry. However, the father seemed very calm and even kept asking his wife if she got any extra toilet papers. The family then got off the train, leaving a pool of shit behind. Nowadays, Chinese parent has some serious problem on teaching their kids about personal hygiene, they seem doesn’t know there is something called diaper. We have gathered some more irritating photo on Chinese kids poop around in China subway …

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900 Tents Form The Largest Dragon In The World (Video)

Kevin Chen, Nov 12, 2012 9:47 AM, 461 views, Got something to say ?,

900 tents placed in a shape of dragon on a beach in east China’s Shandong Province has set a new Guinness World Record as “the world’s largest and longest tent mosaic dragon”. The dragon occupies an area of 3,421.19 square meters at Qingdao International Golden Beach Camping Festival. All tents will be rented to the tourists during the festival.

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China’s Nano Egg Could Be The World’s Smallest Chicken Egg

Kevin Chen, Nov 11, 2012 2:33 AM, 1,317 views, 1 Comment »,

From left to right, normal egg, micro egg, nano egg

The Guinness World Record for the world’s smallest chicken egg may soon shatter by this nano chicken egg in China. It’s 2cm long and weighs 2.60 gram, barely bigger than a China’s ten-cent coin, which is just slightly smaller and lighter than the world’s smallest egg (owned by an American) by 0.1cm long and 0.86 gram. The nano egg was born by a Malaysian bantam in Chongqing in Southwest China, it’s owned by a 55-year-old hairdresser. More photos after the break.

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Vocational School Teaches Chinese Students to Become Online Retailers

Kevin Chen, Oct 24, 2012 9:10 AM, 753 views, Got something to say ?,

A vocational school in China offers speical course which trains students to become online business owners by setting shop on the consumer e-commerce site, Taobao Marketplace. It says one of the graduates currently has an annual turnover of 10 million yuan (US$1.6 million). The first batch of students graduated in June from the Yiwu Industrial and Commercial College, located in the Zhejiang province, eastern China. Yiwu is the place well-known as the ‘China Commodity City’, where it is the largest small commodity wholesale market in the world. With huge geographic advantage, the school has been the focus since it launched its entrepreneurial classes three years ago …

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China Biggest Online Retailer Launches 3D Virtual Supermarkets (Video)

Kevin Chen, Oct 24, 2012 8:07 AM, 553 views, Got something to say ?,

Just imagine how it will look like if several people walk around blank city spaces with their eyes focusing on their cellphone screens, looking for something ? This is an new online shopping idea proposed by the biggest supermarket e-commerce site in China. Yihaodian is the first Chinese company introducing virtual shopping to China mobile users, now there is another new creation thought to be an upgraded version of QR code shopping. With the help of Augmented Reality (AR) technology and smartphone camera function, customers can locate the 3D virtual store as marked on the phone screen. To QR code shopping experience, AR means it will be even more virtualize …

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76-year-old Chinese Granny Loves to Play Basketball Like Young Adult (Video)

Kevin Chen, Oct 22, 2012 5:27 PM, 988 views, Got something to say ?,

Zhu Shumei, 76, has captured Chinese net users’ hearts lately. Standing only 5 feet tall, the hunchbacked granny plays basketball every day on a university campus in Jinhua, Zhejiang province in East China. She has been playing basketball since 20 years ago. It is said that she almost never misses a shot. In addition to basketball, her daily exercise routines also include running, parallel bars and pole-climbing. She has a lovely nickname: “Basketball Grandma.” Photos and video clip of her playing basketball got viral on Chinese social media. Click in for more energetic pictures of the old granny.

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Seven-year-old Kids Gets Cervical Pain After Long-playing of iPad

Kevin Chen, Oct 22, 2012 3:24 PM, 1,192 views, 2 Comments »,

Light, portable and convenient, Apple’s iPad is tipped to replace textbooks in classrooms and may eventually take over the domain of the laptop computer. But the posture adopted by users could put them at risk of chronic neck and shoulder pain. When using tablets, user’s neck was bent more compared to when using a desktop or laptop computer, especially when the tablet was placed on the lap. Understandably, such a position is going to cause extra strain on neck and shoulder muscles. The damage caused could take a long time to heal, with the risk to young children particularly disturbing. In China, more young kids are getting neck issues for using the iPad. A seven-year-old boy got cervical pain and serious headache after spending too much time for playing his iPad …

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How Dogfighting is being Used for Gambling in Beijing (Video)

Kevin Chen, Oct 19, 2012 8:19 AM, 1,699 views, 12 Comments »,

Dogfights for gambling is on the rise in Beijing. Two dogs, usually American Pit Bull Terriers are unleashed upon one another resulting in critical, often fatal wounds while spectators root for the dog they have gamble on. Beijing’s dogfight market has just developed. The amount of the bets are still small and the dogs are not particularly strong. The total bets for a fight can reach 200,000 yuan (US$32,000). Meanwhile, Beijing’s market are less competitive than those from other provinces …

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