China State Broadcaster Believes There Will Be a Glass-Floored Air Plane Coming Soon

Star Chang, Apr 5, 2013 1:41 AM, 398 views, Got something to say ?,

Chinese Central Television’s news channel reported during its news that airline Virgin Atlantic was launching the world’s first ever glass-floored air plane. Embarrassingly, the story was an April Fools’ joke. Virgin linked to a report by the British tabloid The Daily Mirror, which identified the story as a spoof. Photos of the news report have gone viral on Chinese social media with thousands of retweets and comments. Most of the Chinese netizen are teasing their state broadcaster on their unprofessional journalism. One of the comment on Sina Weibo is truly the best: “They find time to attack Apple, but they don’t have time to fact-check, that’s true professionalism …” alluding to the public attacks against the Cupertino company for its warranty policy in China. It seems that the researchers, copyeditors and producers from CCTV don’t have the ability to determine the authenticity of any news.

Transformers 4 To Film In China, Will Michael Bay Bombs Beijing ?

Randy Cheung, Apr 4, 2013 10:22 AM, 278 views, Got something to say ?,

Paramount and Michael Bay are teaming up for a co-production with the Chinese film industry to make ‘Transformers 4′. They will partner with China Movie Channel and Jiaflix Enterprises to make the robot sequel, with a chunk of the action being filmed in the communist land. The two companies will assist the director in ’selection of filming sites within China, theatrical promotion and possible post-production activities in China as well as casting of Chinese actors and actresses in the film’. The third installment, ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’, had smashed Chinese box office records when it was released in 2011. The latest ‘Transformers 4′ will due out on June 27, 2014. The movie will be the latest Hollywood production to make special arrangements to secure a release in China, the world’s second largest film market …

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You Can Now Stick a QR Codes on Chinese Tombstones

Randy Cheung, Mar 30, 2013 3:17 AM, 393 views, 1 Comment »,

Chinese mourners now have a new way to remember their loved ones who have passed on by scanning QR codes that are displayed on tombstones. Through the use of QR codes that are displayed on a tombstone, Chinese smartphone users can scan and learn more about the individual’s past and what they did while they were alive. This high tech feature is now available on tombstones located at the Shengjiang cemetery in Shenyang, capital of north-east Liaoning province in China. According to the cemetery manager, there are already over 10 people who have signed up for the brand new service to have the barcodes added to the tombstones …

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Unknown Skeleton of Sea Creature Found in China Sea Water (Video)

Randy Cheung, Mar 29, 2013 2:02 AM, 2,531 views, 4 Comments »,

A skeleton of an unknown marine mammal was pulled from sea waters by a Chinese fisherman in Qingdao, Shandong Province gets publicize. The skeleton, with 153 joints, is 3.5 meters long. The head of the beast resembles a Chinese dragon, while the main body appears to be more snake-like. No one has yet identified the skeleton’s species. Judging from the pictures and video footage, all the bones and joints look like men-made sculpture, the whole story might be a hoax …

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You Need to Have This Air Filtration Bike to Live in Beijing (Video)

Star Chang, Mar 26, 2013 5:49 AM, 896 views, Got something to say ?,

A western artist who lived in Beijing pushes his air filtration bike out of his studio on a hazy day. Using an IKEA perforated garbage can, moped helmet, fighter-pilot breathing mask, wheel-powered generator and home air filtration system, he built a “breathing bicycle” as a way of protecting himself from the terrible air pollution that was happening in the capital of China. While pedalling, electricity is generated for the power to activate the system to filter out haze and provide the rider with clean air. This is really a smart creation, the DIY filtration kit could become a great merchandise and every cyclists living in Beijing should get one.

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A Building in Shanghai Has Emergency Slide Installed in Stairwell (Video)

Randy Cheung, Mar 25, 2013 10:44 AM, 1,429 views, 1 Comment »,

A slide has been installed in a residential block in Shanghai for fire escaping. The stainless steel chute has been attached to the banister of the existing stairs and can be deployed at the press of a button. The idea is that in an emergency the slide would be deployed and people would use it to exit the building quickly rather than walking down the stairs. According to the inventor Mr.Zhou, people using the slide could escape from a 5-floor building in just 14 seconds, pretty fast. Escaping a burning building in China just became more fun ! We hope the slide won’t be jammed if too many people are using it …

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It’s a Dream to Live in Taiwan Most Eco-friendly ‘Sky Houses’

Randy Cheung, Mar 23, 2013 10:12 AM, 695 views, 1 Comment »,

Agora Garden, an inhabited and cultivated vertical garden located at Taipei city, is currently under construction and it will be completed in 2016. The design of the building was inspired by two encircling hands clasped together and the helical structure of DNA. Once completed the 42,335 sq m luxury residential building will incorporate nanotechnologies and vertical gardening into the residents’ everyday life to make this one of the most eco-friendly structures in Taiwan. It’ll play host to around 40 apartments, the residents of the luxury ’sky houses’ will have an exquisite views of the 101 Taipei tower (Taiwan’s landmark skyscraper) and the city’s Central Business District …

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Infographic: LeBron James is the Most Popular Western Celebrity on Chinese Social Media

Randy Cheung, Mar 19, 2013 2:43 PM, 462 views, Got something to say ?,

Synthesio, a global social-media monitoring company, has created an infographic to tell us who are the top 25 most popular western celebrities on Chinese social media. It listened to the top 50 celebrities from Forbes’ “The World’s Most Powerful Celebrities” list, and monitored China’s top social-media sites, including Sina Weibo (China’s Twitter), Renren (China’s Facebook) and Tencent Weibo. As the infographic reveals, Chinese social-media users love NBA, basketball player LeBron James takes the top spot, followed by Rihanna and Justin Bieber, respectively. Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift round out the top five. Singers are the most buzzed-about celebrities in China, comprising 34 percent of the list’s top 50 celebs. Brad Pitt is the favorite actor among users (he has a weibo account in China), while David Letterman is the preferred TV host …

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Crash of Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce Might be the Most Expensive Car Accident In China

Randy Cheung, Mar 19, 2013 12:43 PM, 1,801 views, 2 Comments »,

Nowadays, rich Chinese are driving expensive luxury car on the road to show off their wealth. A Lamborghini was spotted with its nose buried in the back bumper of a Rolls Royc in Chongqing city. The hit doesn’t look bad, but we all known it will cost an expensive paint replacement job for the car owner. The total value of the two cars apparently exceeds 8 million yuan ($1.28 million USD). We believe only the two parties can settle the accident themselves, the insurance company would not dare to show themselves up. Local journalist has check out the repair service for the two automobiles, experts said it’s troublesome to fix Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce in China, in some case, they have to send oversea for repairing.

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So Much News in China… #075

Star Chang, Mar 18, 2013 1:11 PM, 505 views, Got something to say ?,

There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news that have left behind because we are just too busy or too lazy to post. There are stories on Chinese hacker, HTC one, WeChat on trouble, surveillance on China’s Skype and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: a short film about a window cleaners who keep the Shanghai World Financial Centre sparkling … Hope everyone have a fresh start to your week.

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