Ready to have some fun with numbers? Yeah, we thought as much!

Japan’s News Post Seven recently ran an article claiming that, based on various sets of statistics, 100 million men in China will go through their entire lives without having sex. Let’s go through it and see if they deserve a Nobel Prize or a kick in the pants.

The theory is based on a report from Renmin University published in 2007 titled “Modern Chinese Youth Population Status Report”, which says 50 percent of Chinese men between the ages of 15 to 35 are unmarried. In addition, of approximately 360 million men under the age of 35 in China, half are determined to be “unable to marry.”

So this leaves 180 million Chinese men unable to get hitched, but of course that doesn’t remove their ability to get laid (although it probably does say something about their chances). For this, News Post Seven referred to Shutaro Nakata, author of Chugokujin No Toriatsukai Setsumeisho (The Chinese People Manual).

He states that these “unable to marry” men also don’t have lovers and that they rely on masturbation or the sex industry to satisfy their libidos. Although it’s illegal, Nakata says there is an underground sex industry to be found in China. For example, in Shanghai one could get a call girl for just 600 yuan (US$97) or visit a brothel that operates under the front of a sauna, paying 650 yuan to have a special, grown-up good time.

However, the article also claims that according to the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in 2009, 59 percent of Chinese workers had a disposable income of less than $5,000 a year. This would mean that for a man of such low income to make use of the aforementioned services even once, it would require about a quarter of their monthly spending money.

Based on the financial burden of using the sex industry in China, New Post Seven concludes that about half of these lusty, unmarried men would not make use of them. As a result the site claims that around 100 million men would go through life without having sex.

I’d give them an A for effort, but they lose marks for not showing their work. I was unable to find the original 2007 report from Renmin University — mostly through trouble finding the title in Chinese — and I couldn’t find the exact data mentioned by JETRO on their website , but they did mention several statistics similar to it. In addition the site seems to take some rather large leaps such as suggesting that over half of these terminally virgin men wouldn’t take the financial hit of visiting a hooker at least once. They seem to discount the concept of casual sex throughout the thought process as well.

Overall, I’d give them a D+ and ask that they get their parents to sign this article and return it to me.

Source: News Post Seven via Hachima Kiko (Japanese)
Image: Amazon

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It’s well-known that air pollution is a major problem in parts of China. The situation has gone far enough that more and more organizations are beginning to fight back, trying to tackle the problem.

One such company is Xiao Zhu, who, in addition to producing air purifiers, has also taken up awareness-raising efforts. In their video titled “Breathe Again,” the company artistically projects the faces of children in pain onto the billowing white canvas of factory exhaust.

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According to the video, 500,000 people die annually from diseases stemming from air pollution and many of those people are children. As most of these cases occur behind closed doors, Xiao Zhu has decided to put images of the suffering out in the open.

And for maximum exposure there is perhaps no bigger canvas to do so then the thick white smoke emerging from factories at a steady rate. After a series of babies and children crying, coughing, and gasping for breath, Xiao Zhu projects the Breathe Again catchphrase “Clean the air. Let the future breathe again.”

It’s very creative using the very pollution you want to destroy as a piece of art itself. It makes me imagine that Tinky Winky had sold off Teletubbyland to Dow Chemical to fund his insatiable video-clip addiction and that creepy baby-sun was left to “deal with it” after everyone else skipped town.

Here’s what others had to say about it.

“It’s a good idea: the only way to stop the images is to stop the smoke.”

“Well done!”

“How and where do the Chinese people see this advertisement?”

“F**king commercial.”

“Impressive!”

It also makes one wonder about the legality of doing such a thing. Since they are shining a light from afar it wouldn’t be trespassing, and since it’s only a projected image that can instantly be removed could it be considered vandalism? It could pave the way for other forms of protest like projecting images of sweatshop workers on clothing company headquarters or images of Mr. Sato’s waistline over McDonald’s outlets in Japan.

Source: YouTube – Liu Jiarui , Designboom (English), Xiao Zhu (Chinese)
Original article by Bambi Minamino
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I thought summers in America were hot, until I moved to Asia and learned firsthand what a hot summer is really like . In Japan, China and other parts of East Asia, the summer can be brutal to the point that people flock to public pools by the thousands, risking other people’s disgusting mud butt and possible drowning by crowd crush just to enjoy a few moments in the tepid water.

But a number of enterprising Chinese college students have apparently figured out a genius workaround: Just put a pool in your own dorm room.

This way, you don’t have to fight the crowds of public pools – which are bad in most Asian countries but a special kind of hell in China – and you don’t even need to leave your house to enjoy the cooling effects of sitting in a poolfull of water, even if it happens to probably be lukewarm.

Some of the kids employing this method seem to be a little too comfortable with their invention, even going so far as using electronics in their tiny home pools, although compared to the bizarre dorm room inventions of American college students, we’d say this is probably on the safer side.

Source and photos: Kotaku

It’s said that playing online games together fosters teamwork and friendship. That’s often true, and playing games socially is infinitely more fun than playing alone, but one friendship turned sour in China recently when a game of League of Legends went severely awry, ending with one youth taking up a knife and slashing his friend for questioning his competency at the game. Click below for more details on this tragic urban tale.

The two players, let’s call them Yu and Ming, were acquaintances from the same village, and both big fans of the online game League of Legends. On August 16 at around 7:00pm local time, Yu was playing at a net cafe when he noticed that Ming had also joined the session from a similar location nearby, so the two friends decided to work together in the game.

Yu, however, apparently felt that Ming was not performing well enough at the game, and began chiding him for it. As you might expect when competitive egos are involved, the two quickly got into a heated argument and things got a bit too personal. Before long, Ming’s rage was so much that he procured a knife, went to the net cafe Yu was playing at and cut his friend’s head with the blade.

Fortunately, Yu was taken to hospital immediately and received treatment. He was not seriously injured in the incident and is currently recovering well. The gaming pair’s parents, who are also acquaintances, have reportedly resolved the situation and Yu and Ming have patched things up, though we have to wonder how easy it would be to trust a friend after they’ve tried to cleave your skull…

The summer heat might get us agitated really easily, but let’s remember to cool down before doing anything rash, folks!

Source: Sina Games
Top/feature image: Rubix Gaming

Last year, we introduced an illustration guide book that teaches you how to draw men’s butts . They’re like green peppers, remember? Well, scrap that. If you can’t draw butts, here’s a nifty trick that’ll give your manga darlings a sexy tush that looks so real, it’s literally 3D art. All you need is your fingers! Details after the cut!

So, how do we go about achieving realistic looking bottoms? The trolling geniuses behind the Chinese entertainment website Gaoxiaoo came up with this wonderful shortcut. Basically, the trick is to not draw the buttocks. If you’re not good at it, skip it totally. That sure sounds legit, doesn’t it? Not only should you avoid drawing the buttocks, you should carefully cut a hole in your drawing right where the bottom should be. Next, position your fingers behind the cutout, and voila! An instant 3D butt on your 2D illustration!

▼ Positioning of the “cleavage” is a crucial factor that affects how realistic it looks!

▼ Works great for creating bust cleavages too!

All right, to be honest, nobody would want to read a manga that is full of holes, so budding manga artists, we wouldn’t recommend this as an alternative. Practice makes perfect! But we’ll have to admit that this cutout butt trick does seem pretty fun! It’s interesting how the gaps between fingers can make these illustrations looks so wrong yet so right at the same time. Time to get creative!

Illustrations by Haruhiko
Source: Zhaizhai News
Images: Gaoxiaoo

History has a way of creating awkward situations for future generations. I can’t think of how many times I’ve attempted friendly conversation by asking a Japanese local where they’re from and been blindsided by the answer, “Hiroshima.” I, with my American perspective, will then fall into this comically long pause as I wonder how appropriate it would be to apologize on behalf of my country for turning their city to dust, but the fact of the matter is that most Japanese people bear absolutely no grudge towards America for the atomic bombings of World War II.

Apparently this is difficult for some Internet users in China to comprehend, as there was recently a thread on one of the country’s most popular bulletin board sites asking “Why doesn’t Japan hate the USA for bombing them with two atomic weapons?” Interestingly, the answers that the thread received probably say more about Chinese people’s lingering disdain for the Japanese than Japan’s view of America.

In August of 1945, America dropped two atomic bombs on Japan—one in the city of Hiroshima and the other in Nagasaki—resulting in the deaths of more than 200,000 Japanese citizens. However, in spite of receiving such a terrible blow at the hands of the Americans, Japan is now on friendly terms with the United States both politically and socially.

When compared to the Chinese and the great number of civilians who still detest Japan for the Nanking Massacre that took place in 1937, this happy alliance between relatively recent enemies might seem quite bewildering, and so the question was asked: why doesn’t Japan hate the USA? In response, many Chinese responded with doubt toward the entire situation. “Who says that the Japanese don’t detest Americans?” “Maybe they do hate Americans and just don’t have the balls to say anything?” Such answers would imply that Japan does harbor a grudge for what happened during the war but that the countrymen are either too passive or too weak to say such.

Many other responders made remarks belittling Japan for showing deference to the US with comments such as, “A dog does not hate its master,” and, “It is in Japan’s nature to admire those stronger than it.” Many other speculations were borderline nonsense.

In reality, it is not weak, nor is it rare to show forgiveness and kindness toward those who once wronged you, especially over the course of generations on a global scale. There were at least some Chinese responders who showed reason, reminding other users of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, the historical name given to the northeast region of China. “Where I live, we don’t resent people from the former Soviet Union for acting according to their reasons,” one such person pointed out.

But perhaps that previous example does not count now that the Soviet Union has dissolved. So, let’s not forget that China has begun playing nice with a number of other former foes, like Britain, following the Opium Wars. British exports of opium into China during the Qing Dynasty around 1840 led to large-scale addiction and enormous deterioration for the country, driving the Chinese to war with the Western world. And yet now, China is on good terms with Great Britain and holds little to no resentment.

The same is obviously not true for relations between China and Japan, where racial discrimination occurs on both sides. Back around the year 1972, diplomatic relations between the two countries normalized and for many years China acted favorably towards Japan, encouraging the importation of Japanese goods, TV, and music. However, things seemed to have turned sour once again following the rise of Jian Zemin as head of state. Jian grew up in a time of Japanese occupation and has imposed an anti-Japan sentiment upon the state, pushing for anti-Japanese education and otherwise.

Chinese bloggers wanted to know why it is that Japan does not hate America, but perhaps an even greater question might be why it is that Japan and China cannot seem to get along. How long will it take before these two Asian countries are once again on good terms?

Source: Searchina (Japanese)
Top image: HDW

How would you like to spend the golden years of your life? Join a volunteer group? Or perhaps travel the world?

This 84-year-old man in China has decided that he would do something that most of us would probably never find the courage to do in our life: he poses nude in front of strangers.

Working as a nude model for young students in the art school, this interesting job has brought Li Jun (not his real name) a new form of happiness in his life. It is a meaningful way to spend time, and he enjoys watching the active and energetic students.

Li became an internet sensation overnight after his interview with the local newspaper went viral. He is flooded by requests for interviews from the local TV and radio stations, as well as media from other provinces.

You would think having such a granddaddy at home would be the coolest thing. At least I would.

Unfortunately, Li’s son finds him an embarrassment. After the passing of his wife 15 years ago and his youngest son in 2007, Li lived with his other son until two years ago. Now he lives alone, and his son and two other daughters visit him only once a month.

When news of Li working as a nude model got out, he received a call from his son for the first time in a long while: “He said I was embarrassing to him, and told me not to visit his place anymore because he’s going to change the home’s lock.”

Last week, Li’s son was supposed to send some clothes over, so he cooked a few dishes and waited at home. But his son never came. When Li called to ask, his son told him that he did not want to meet him, and would bring the clothes over another day when no one is in.

Li admitted that he had neglected his children in the past due to work, resulting in fractured and distant relationships with them. There are also disagreements over the distribution of his will. “I’m used to being alone anyway,” sighed Li.

Although Li knew his children would disapprove, that did not stop him from pursuing his new found passion. “I’m not stealing or killing. Why should I be embarrassed? I live alone, but this job has given me so much happiness! I realized that I can still do many things, like help those students learn drawing. Running here and there every day, I feel alive.”

Li might have lost his son and daughters, but surely he has gained many artsy grand kids!

Source: xinmin.cn

As a spectator, fights are either hilarious in their absurdity or scary in a “omg, imma die!” sort of way. But we can’t really tell which realm this fight inside a plane belongs to. There are so many moving parts: an angry woman who’s not afraid to hit a man twice her size, her attack dog boyfriend whose choice of weapon seems to be a clip board, and several other passengers who step in because they just want to get on with the flight. To make matters even more confusing, someone has added ridiculous subtitles to the mix, making for one crazy video. Enjoy!

The video was uploaded with the following explanation:

“So I was flying home to Beijing from Bangkok with Thai Airways when these guys started fighting on the plane. I quickly whipped out my iPhone and started shooting. Having lived in Beijing for a whole six months, I used my Chinese skills to add accurate subtitles, unlike the Google translated crap that usually gets posted with these videos.”

What do you think of the video? Is it more funny than scary or just plain ridiculous?

Source: Toychan
Image: Live Leak

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus went on sale last Friday, and we were pretty psyched. In fact, our very own Mr. Sato was so excited about the launch that he was, once again, first in line to get his hands on the latest version of Apple’s smartphone, and we’re sure others in the U.S. and Hong Kong felt just as happy with their new purchases.

Not everyone in the world got to be in on the fun, though. Apple is staggering the launch of the iPhone 6, and while Japan was lucky enough to be in the first batch of territories where it has become available, mainland China wasn’t. This has led to some extra cash for iPhone resellers, as well as customs officials who spent the weekend steadily confiscating smuggled iPhones.

Not only is China not included in the first wave of the iPhone 6 launch, it’s going to miss out on the second, as well. Media reports are saying that it won’t be until sometime after the start of 2015 that you can walk into a store in China and purchase an iPhone 6, and that’s much longer than some wealthy Chinese technocrats want to wait.

▼ Thus creating the opportunity to turn those gold iPhones into actual currency.

Basic economics tells us that high demand and low supply leads to big profits for sellers, and some entrepreneurs apparently started buying up new iPhones for resale as soon as stores in Japan and Hong Kong opened on September 19. According to Guangdong News, officials at the customs house with jurisdiction over Zhuhai City and Macao caught a women trying to smuggle 20 iPhone 6 units in a cookie container through the no-declaration line, making their discovery at around 12:30 p.m. on the very day the phone launched in Japan and Hong Kong.

By 4 p.m. of the same day, customs agents at the facility connecting Hong Kong and Shenzhen City in Guangdong Province had also intercepted six iPhone smugglers, confiscating a total of 12 iPhone 6 and 6 Plus units. One suspect admitted that he was being paid 200 yuan (US$33) to act as a smartphone mule, which is probably a drop in the ocean compared to what the phones would have actually sold for.

In the most dramatic incident, on September 20 Hong Kong police caught wind of a boat at Saikun Wharf loaded with smuggled electronics. When they showed up to search the vessel, its three-man crew escaped, but onboard police found a stock of 138 iPhone 6 and Plus models. Investigators suspect the ship’s intended destination was coastal Huizhou City, from where the goods could have been distributed to locations anywhere in mainland China.

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Authorities are being particularly diligent due to the iPhone’s special customs status. The smartphone is one of 20 items designated by the Chinese government that must be declared, and a duty paid on, when brought into the country, even if it’s for personal use. Of course, since that cuts into the bottom line of resellers, many are keen to sidestep this extra expense, resulting in the sort of situations described above.

With wealthy buyers willing to pay large premiums to have an iPhone 6 in their hand right now, though, the tide isn’t likely to be stemmed anytime soon. Once the new models officially go on sale in China, that’ll be the end of the premium resellers can command. With the clock ticking on their seemingly easy way for to turn a tidy profit, Chinese customs agents should expect to be busy until then.

Sources: Sina Weibo , Hong Kong BMW , Sina , YouTube
Images: YouTube
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A lot of times, buying furniture is sort of a leap of faith. Sure, that sofa might seem alright when you sit down on it in the showroom for a couple of minutes, but is it really comfy enough for a full afternoon of watching football and drinking beer, plus the two-hour alcohol-induced nap that’ll follow?

Since home furnishings are designed to last for at least a couple of years, you want to spend as much time with them as you can before deciding which model to buy. That’s why Ikea stores encourage customers to sit and lie on the display models for as long as they like, with some shoppers in China taking the offer to make themselves at home as far as they can.

In recent summers, many clever Chinese shoppers have been beating the heat by making day-long visits to their local air-conditioned Ikea branches, and now some are carrying the practice over into the fall. The company itself doesn’t seem to mind, since spending a good chunk of time in the store is really the only way to be 100-percent sure if its products fit your lifestyle or not. As a matter of fact, on a recent day at the Ikea in Wuhan, you could find just about every facet of life going on, including socializing and leisure.

▼ We’re not saying this would be better if she had her shoes on, but a pair of socks would be considerate.

But such an extended visit means that at some point you’re going to get hungry, which is why this couple brought their own snacks.

▼ The guy is also simulating the experience of not being able to understand Ikea’s direction sheets or assemble anything by just putting his drink on the stack of boxes.

The body needs more than just food, though. It needs sleep, too, and since a lot of people read or check the Internet on their smartphones before turning out the lights, these two decided to perform a field test. (But, hey, at least they kept their shoes on and their feet off the bed!)

You could make the case that their method isn’t the most accurate, though. I mean, who sleeps on top of the covers like that? Not this woman, that’s for sure.

▼ Her husband is also making sure the mattress provides a solid enough foundation for a proper pillow fort.

Some net users have argued that these shoppers are going too far, but hey, these are all things that happen in the home, so why not do them when trying out furniture? People sit on chairs and eat, relax on sofas, and sleep in beds. Those actions are exactly what those pieces of furniture are designed for.

You can’t say the same about the unorthodox use this man and his son discovered for a trash bin, though…

▼ “Dad, are you sure no one’s looking?” “Yes, I’m sure, now just go already.”

We’re not sure of the exact layout of the Wuhan Ikea, but if it’s like any of the other branches of the chain we’ve been to around the world, they usually have restrooms inside, so we’re not sure why there was a need to test out the container’s multi-functionality. Maybe in the father’s mind, relaxing, eating, sleeping, and peeing are all equally natural parts of human life, which is just what Ikea is inviting its customers to experience in their stores.

Source, images: Toychan

Social network service Twitter provides users with a legitimate platform to casually write whatever thoughts may come to their head. Unsurprisingly, there have been many instances of people posting thoughts they probably should have kept to themselves. The fallout from these cyber-gaffes is usually limited to people having a few laughs at the poster’s expense, or some loss in credibility for those with more celebrity.

However, several ‘tweets’ on Chinese Twitter clone Zuosa have recently caused an uproar among the Internet masses for their cold-heartedness, and the utter lack of common sense requisite to post them.

The person responsible for the commotion is a doctor working at a hospital in the Guangdong province. In a series of three tweets, she details, in a completely unconcerned manner, how she kept a terminal patient on life-support against the family’s wishes so she could time the patient’s death to coincide with her being off duty.

A rough English translation of the tweets is as follows:

“I’m such a great person! Last night the family told me to stop life-support, but I kept them alive until today! They started vomiting blood when it was time for me to go home, so it’s probably about their time. But I’m going home so, whatever! Yaaay!”

“Looks like it’s time to see if my work has paid off. The patient’s blood oxygen levels are dropping; at this rate it looks like I’ll get stuck with charge of the dead body. But it’s super cold today—like it doesn’t even matter that I’m wearing a jacket! If you’re going to die, please do it after I get home, mm’kay?”

“Good news! The patient died before my shift this afternoon! Looks like I can get some sleep tonight! Gonna need it, because tomorrow I’m going out!”

The posts caught the attention of other Zousa users, who were quick to re-post them across the net. Her blog was flooded with indignant comments and criticism, demanding that action be taken toward her irresponsibility.

When word of the incident reached the hospital, they opened their own investigation of the accused doctor by examining her working hours and the patients under her care. Though the doctor herself denied any involvement, the hospital determined that there was a high probability she was the same person responsible for the tweets. As a result, she was suspended of her doctoral duties and demoted to working in the laundry room.

Whoa now, give the poor girl a little mercy…

It turns out that, in China, this kind of punishment is only given for serious medical accidents. For it to be applied to a doctor for things said, not done, is unprecedented.

That’s right, she was actually punished more severely than normal.

Furthermore, a hospital authority commented in regards to her returning to the workplace, “It depends on the person herself; we’ll make a decision after we wait and see how she behaves. First we want to urge her to reflect on her actions.”

Translation: Steven

Even putting current tensions between the country and Japan aside for the moment, China has seen a great deal of civil unrest in recent months. With citizens losing faith in their government, and the gap between the poor and the wealthy seemingly growing ever larger, it is little wonder that protests and riots are occurring more and more frequently.

At the end of June, pictures emerged of clashes between residents and armed police in the Canton region. It later become clear that the riot occurred following little more than a scuffle between two boys from neighbouring towns that got out of hand. Angry that men from the first boy’s town had entered into the argument, adults from the second boy’s town also became involved, and the spat quickly grew out of hand with thousands of locals eventually becoming involved in the fray.

During last week’s incredibly heated anti-Japanese demonstrations in China, images came forth of Chinese attacking and looting stores that bore no relation to Japan whatsoever . Of course, there’s a lot that can be said about the effects of mob mentality, and it’s easy for people, especially those who feel that they have been dealt an injustice by those in power and the wealthy, to become swept up in the mayhem.

As some of you may recall, in perhaps one of the country’s lowest moments, England saw three days of riots and mob violence in several major cities during the summer of 2011. What initially began as a protest in response to the shooting by police of a young man in London soon became violent, and within a matter of hours the streets were lost to thugs and petty criminals who mugged, robbed and smashed whatever and whomever they met.

When asked what their motivation was for such acts of senseless violence, many, particularly from poorer areas of the country, attempted to justify their behaviour by arguing that they received little-to-no support from the authorities, and that the areas in which they lived were run-down and often entirely forgotten by the government. Few would agree that reasons such as these justify their behaviour, but civil unrest, it would seem, is not an issue that China alone is facing.

China, however, is notoriously protective of its information, making it difficult for those of us outside the country to grasp the state or scale of the situation behind the great firewall beyond drip-fed images of protests and clashes.

So on September 19, when a Chinese internet user posted a message revealing the severity of the situation and posting some shocking figures relating to the Chinese government’s recent expenditure, it understandably made headlines.

“At this moment in time, the Chinese government is thought to be spending approximately eighty billion US dollars per year on issues of civil unrest and calming outbursts of this kind.”

The figure, although obviously huge, is difficult to visualise until the unnamed internet user presents us with an utterly mind-boggling comparison:

“If this level of spending continues, in five years China will have spent as much on dealing with its own civil unrest and local security as the US on its recent war budget.”

Shocking isn’t the word…

Source: Record China

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Peng Liyuan, the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, seemed to have a nice time at the official leaders’ dinner at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Beijing.

The two seemed to chat politely before something interesting happened.

“Then Mr. Putin, a former Soviet spymaster who rides horses bare-chested , made his move,” as described by The New York Times. “He whipped a tan coat from beneath the table and slipped it over Ms. Peng’s shoulders as she stood up.”

And here’s how Didi Tang of Associated Press described the scene : “It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with Barack Obama. The only problem: Putin came off looking gallant, the Chinese summit host gauche and inattentive.”

Times Editor Rick Gladstone said that the moment looked “more like Putin chivalrous charm, not an inappropriate pass at Chinese host’s wife, but still pretty wild.”

You can see the scene play out at around 0:32 on CCTV footage that Chinese censors did their best to scrub from the web:

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An interesting note is that this is not the first time Putin has charmed a powerful woman in this way:

Putin, the blanket man: sino-us.com/43/Putin-puts-… Remeber St Petersburg and Merkel? http://t.co/LFdUnh1PwU

—
Nikolaus von Twickel (@niktwick) November 11, 2014

Featured image: REUTERS/Stringer

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Usually, it seems, the standard procedure for reuniting a lost pet with its owner is to put up posters on every streetlamp you can find, begging people to let you know if they’ve seen your wayward canine/feline family member.

It’s nice, then, that the owner of a large Alaskan malamute in Suzhou, China had an animal that was smart and proactive enough to basically do all the legwork for him, by essentially turning itself in to the police.

The forlorn pooch, apparently having become separated from its owner somehow, spent a few days hanging around in front of the police station, pacing back and forth until one curious officer eventually let the animal in.

Concerned, curious and having taken a liking to the dog, officers at the station started putting up notices on Chinese social media alerting the public that they were looking for its owner.

A few days and, we presume, a whole lot of Kibbles ‘n’ Bits later, a man reached out to the station claiming to be the owner of the dog. Understandably reluctant to give up their new canine friend, the officers had the guy come to the station to prove it – at which time the dog, apparently overwhelmed with joy, pounced on the owner, putting an end to any doubt the officers had previous had.

The whole Homeward Bound-esque story is enough to move our inner children to tears, and we hope the owner and his hound are never separated again.

Source: that’s

Meg Sawai , an editor for our Japanese sister site and all-around Chinese news liaison, was browsing the net last week when she stumbled upon the recently released Top 30 Face Ranking of all Miss Campuses across China. Intrigued, she opened the list to see who would take the top spot. Get ready to meet some of the lovely–and intellectual–ladies from universities across China!

The definitive Top 30 Miss Campus Ranking was revealed on a special university page at Chinese web portal Weavi. Below, we’ve listed the university names and locations of the Top 10 Miss Campuses in English:

1. Chongqing University (重慶大学), Chongqing

2. Fudan University (復旦大学), Shanghai

3. Renmin University of China (中国人民大学), Beijing

4. Sichuan University (四川大学), Chengdu

5. Peking University (北京大学), Beijing

6. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), Shanghai

7. Xiamen University (厦门大学), Xiamen/Amoy

8. Nanjing University (南京大学), Nanjing

9. Zhejiang University (浙江大学), Hangzhou

10. Tsinghua University (清華大学), Beijing

▼Here’s the complete Top 30 Ranking for our Chinese-reading visitors:

And there you have it. According to Meg, Chinese people have traditionally said that women from Chongqing and the Sichuan region of China are famous for being especially pretty, so let’s keep our eyes peeled on Miss Campuses Numbers 1 and 4. Supposedly, the high humidity and spicy foods consumed in these regions lead to high metabolisms and smooth-looking skin (whether these general beliefs are scientifically accurate or not remains to be seen).

Based on the chart, the No. 1 Miss Campus in all of China is Miss Li Yun Xi (李韻熙). The 23-year-old is actually from Gansu Province in the northwestern area of the country, but she is more than happy to be called “a girl of Chingqing.” She is also said to be an unassuming, intellectual woman who is currently enrolled in graduate school. When she was judged the Most Beautiful Miss Campus in all of China, her humble response was: “My tests are coming up so I would be really happy if everyone cheered for me!”

▼ The No. 1 Miss Campus in all of China, Miss Li Yun Xi

▼ Would you mind sitting next to her in class every day?

Let’s take a look at the other top five winners as well!

▼Here are the second place winners (presumably tied), Miss Sun Yu Meng (孫雨朦) and her twin sister, Miss Sun Yu Tong(孫雨彤), from Fudan University in Shanghai.

▼In third place is Miss Kang Yi Kun (康逸琨) from Renmin University of China in Beijing.

▼Fourth place goes to Miss Fu Meng Ni (付夢妮), a student at Sichuan University in Chengdu.

▼And in fifth place, we have Peking University’s Miss Yuan Jia Yi (袁佳怡).

▼By the way, Miss Zhang Ze Tian (章澤天) aka “Milk Tea Girl” of Beijing’s Tsinghua University is in tenth place. She became a hot topic a few years back for showing her armpit hair during a cheerleading routine.

Let’s hear it for all the ladies with beauty and brains! Good luck with your future studies.

Original article by Meg Sawai
Sources/Images: CQNews ( 1 , 2 ), MSN Photo Eastday , Sina Weibo (all Chinese)