#weirdchina

[letchinasleep]

Man, the Chinese love their QR codes....they're absolutely everywhere. Even 1000 year-old buddhas can't escape! #china #sichuan #guangyuan #travel #weirdchina #wtfchina #qrcodes #qrcodemadness #travelchina (at Guangyuan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs4Tgw1hB1N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j6cvq77msbgd

[evalegria21]

I have just one question, Why?! 😕😰 Это, их мать, Китай! 🙌 #igiveup #weirdchina #studentlife (at Beijing Language and Culture University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpypfSJhkPZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gfw7b4k4sn37

[kimcraig-blog]

Lately I’ve been missing the weirdness that is China

[tutuvous]

On the train to Hong Kong, a Chinese person's special brew. Complete with: flower buds, bees, larvae, and shells. Mmmm. #tea #teatime #china #chinawhy #weirdchina

[tbdwithbridget]

Beethoven takes in the jumble of Western culture at a wannabe suburban mall in Beijing. Like ordering sushi at a Thai place that hands out fortune cookies.

[giospaghetti]

Crazy stories of the day from a Beijing copy desk

Chopstick removed from stomach after 23 years A man who swallowed a chopstick more than two decades ago finally had it removed on April 16, Wuhan Evening News reported on Wednesday. Huang, 52, swallowed the chopstick 23 years ago after a quarrel with family members. He suffered stomach pain and bloating until he had an operation last week to take out the 20-cm chopstick made of bamboo.

Sheep killer turns himself in to police A man surnamed Wang in Yunxi county turned himself in to police days after he killed his two relatives’ 53 sheep out of revenge and left bloody characters that read “I killed the sheep” on walls. Due to economic disputes, Wang harbored a grudge against his two brothers. Out of revenge, Wang, who used to be a skilled butcher, decided to kill their sheep.

[giospaghetti]

This is Qīn qi, relative

My new Chinese teacher is superstitious, a common characteristic, I've found, among older generations of Chinese. She's perhaps in her mid-50s but looks no older than 40. We've met only three times, and she's mentioned death in every class.

Today, our dialogue on new vocabulary words went something like this:

Teacher: Do you have extended family?

Me: Yes, but not much.

Teacher: My father's brother's wife lived to be 92 years old. She died while laughing. My cousin came to visit her and told her a joke and she died laughing at it. My father's other relative was vegetable for 16 years. He could not eat, could not speak, could not feel. He was vegetable. Then he died. These two relatives die very differently. Anyway, this is qīn qi, relative.

She also has a fear of cats because one jumped on her bed the night her grandma died.

I think that my relationship with this lady will bear a trove of good stories.

[giospaghetti]

Lede of the day (unedited)

"A photo showing dozen of children were arranged by their teacher to stack three layers of human flesh cushion with the teacher sitting on top has attracted public attention, Xiaoxiang Morning News reported on Thursday."