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To Fund Gaming Habit, Two Teens Steal Electrical Cables
There’s no doubt that China is currently going through an industrial revolution of sorts. Pretty much every city in the country is undergoing a construction boom. Taking advantage of this “boom”, two teenagers in east China’s Jiangsu province stole over 300 meters of construction grade electrical cable to fund their gaming habit. JsChina.com first reported…
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Rural Chinese Libraries Have Become Unofficial Internet Cafes
Over the weekend, the National Library of China released a report on the state of the country’s libraries. According to the report, the state of China’s libraries is pretty bad with many rural libraries being turned into make shift net cafes. The report, republished by various media groups, doesn’t really get into much detail about…
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Update: Dating Show Staple Wants to “Evaluate” DOTA Player
Update: During this week’s episode, Zhang Ning was able to walk away with Zhao. There are loads of female contestants on Chinese dating shows. Contestant Zhao Jie, however, is different. Over the course of the last two years, Zhao has turned down every man. That is, until recently when the head of a Chinese pro…
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Woman Almost Dies After 40 Hour Gaming Session
Traveler’s Thrombosis, or deep vein thrombosis is an affliction that is often associated with flying. However in China, it appears that it is more commonly associated with video gaming than it is with air travel, especially now that after a young woman developed the condition after a 4o hour gaming session. The People’s Daily reports…
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Kotaku EastChina’s Microfilms Are Worth Checking Out
“Microfilms” are all the rage in China’s film-scape right now. These short films are called “Wei Dian Ying” (微电影), which mostly refers to low budget amateur digital videos hosted on streaming websites such as Youtube and Youku. Regardless of the term “micro”, these films are anything but small. Short maybe, but not small! “Microfilms” didn’t…
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Boring Tower Defense Game Spices Things Up With Poop
I don’t care for carrots. I don’t enjoy eating carrots. Throughout my lifetime, the few times I would knowingly eat carrots is when I’m consuming bahn mi, curry, or pot pies. Luckily, my disdain for carrots is only in the real world because saving carrots is literally the point of this tower defense game —…
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Hong Kong Residents Supposedly Can’t Live Without Their Phones
Many people have called the dawn of the smartphone the death of manners and conversation. Some people are often too busy checking their phones to mind their manners. While it’s not really a huge deal, Hong Kong’s Ta Kung Newspaper says otherwise. Ta Kung Pao, a Beijing backed Hong Kong based newspaper, put out a…
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Chinese Cosplayer’s Image Stolen To Sell Companion Services
Last week we reported that Chinese gamers could pay female companions to play online games with them. This type of behavior has created an online industry dedicated to selling companion gaming services. However, it seems this industry is a bit shadier than originally reported. Over the weekend, Chinese cosplayer Zhao Mengyue (赵梦玥) came out against…
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Take A Look At What Chinese Bureaucrats Play While At Work
Bureaucracy is a funny thing. It’s supposed to make our lives easier by compartmentalizing things and preventing redundancies, but in China (and most places in the world) it just gives bureaucrats more free time at work. Looking to see where Chinese tax payer money is going the city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, did a study…
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Chinese Gamer Sells Drugs To Buy Virtual Gear
A 19 year-old man in China’s Zhejiang province was arrested earlier this month after being caught dealing drugs. The reason he told police was to purchase better in-game gear to compete in player versus player matches. First reported by China Ningbo Online, the 19 year-old suspect surnamed Wang, was an Internet café attendant. Wang dropped…
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In China, You Can Pay Women To Play Video Games With You
In many parts of Asia, there is a job called “beer companion”. It’s exactly as its name implies. Young women working for a bar or a beer company dress in relatively skimpy outfits to drink with and to entertain bar guests. It’s already hit the West, but this seems this type of service is now…
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Chinese University Students Turn Swear Term Into Game of “Where’s Waldo?”
Chinese is an interesting language. It has close to 5000 years of history, but modern Chinese has loads of really quirky terms that don’t really mean much taken at face value. However sometimes these strange terms can be taken literally and have fun effects. The Chinese phrase “Search? Search, your sister!” (找你妹！) normally translates to…
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Laughably Bad Errors In Chinese TV Spotted By Netizens
Chinese television for the most part is pretty bad. Chock full ‘o’ rules and regulations by ridiculous State Organs, Chinese TV producers are still able to produce TV shows. However despite the producers’ best efforts, Chinese ‘netizens’ are still able to pick up inconsistencies and errors in production. First spotted on Chinese Twitter-like Sina Weibo,…
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Man Claims Internet Addiction, Calls Cops On Himself After Net Cafe Binge
Internet addiction is a controversial subject. Some experts say it’s a real thing, others say it’s not. Regardless of the science behind it, one Chinese man took it very seriously. So much so, that he called the cops on himself. Last Thursday, 22 year-old Mao (a pseudonym) called the police on himself after a two-day…
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Xbox Live, Live In China…Sort Of
Last Friday, reports showed up that Xbox Live in China was giving out digital copies of Assassins Creed III. A few hours after that, images of other games had begun showing up on the website, games with domestic pricing. It seems that Xbox Live is now live in China. Late last year in August, it…
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Rumor: Reports In China Say Two More Foxconn Workers Jumped
Foxconn, the manufacturing arm of the Taiwanese Hon Hai Precision Industrial Co is once again caught in the center of media attention in China. Over the weekend reports appeared saying that two workers had jumped off a building at Foxconn’s Shenzhen plant. On the Friday morning the 29, photos and posts appeared on China’s twitter…
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Chinese Teen Pretends Life Is League Of Legends, Jumps Out of Bush Screaming “For Demacia”
Video games are great for relieving tension and stress; sometimes playing is like an escape from reality. However, for some people, it’s hard to return to reality after a long gaming session. One young man in China took his love for League of Legends a little too far. It’s unknown when this story was first…
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Chinese Audience Unimpressed By Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: Retribution was released in the US late last year. The movie, shot completely in 3D and in 4K resolution had some pretty awesome special effects. It made a decent amount of money in most of its release markets but despite all the money it made, Chinese moviegoers seem to be unhappy with the…
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Hong Kong Resident Uses Social Media To Catch iPhone Thief
Having been the victim of cellphone theft I’ve dreamed of catching the thief. Unfortunately, when I lost my phone, technology wasn’t as impressive as it is today. Over the weekend a Hong Kong resident had his iPhone 5 stolen, but with the help of social media and the Internet, he was able to get his…
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Little Kid Spends All of his Dad’s WoW Gold On Pets
One of the new phrases this year in China is that property is hard to protect. Well, it seems that goes for virtual property, too. Last week, a gamer in China posted on the World of Warcraft forums about how he almost lost all of his hard-earned WoW gold in the blink of an eye.…
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