Chinese People Eating Fortune Cookies Posted: 1 year ago by muppetmaker
A strange sense of reverse culture shock at its best.
'There's a piece of paper inside!"
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£10 million fortune left to Chinese restaurant - relatives protest Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Golda Bechal, a property magnate, left the bulk of her fortune to the owners of her favourite Chinese restaurant. Her surviving relatives are now challenging her will.
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The history of fortune cookies Posted: 3 years ago by goldy
I believe you have tried some of those little cookies with a piece of paper inside with words of wisdom or prophecy, but have you asked yourself about their origins?
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You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again Posted: 3 months ago by Bornbad
Unlike traditional browser cookies, Flash cookies are relatively unknown to web users, and they are not controlled through the cookie privacy controls in a browser. That means even if a user thinks they have cleared their computer of tracking objects, they most likely have not.
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Chinese eating pussy...cats! Posted: 12 months ago by Bornbad
Thousands of cats across the country have been caught in the past week by traders and transported to Guangdong province to be killed for food.
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'Kit Kat Lucky Little' Tastefully Updates the Fortune Cookie Posted: 2 years ago by mitzuzake
Fortune cookies are so Oldsmobile - Kit Kat Lucky Little's update the crunchy classic while retaining snackers' interest long after the sweet cherry taste has faded.
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Changes for Healthy Eating Posted: 3 years ago by Zoock
Eating healthy doesn't mean that you have to scrap all of your favorite foods and start eating only fruits and veggies.
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Culture shock: Getting a Chinese driver's licence Posted: 10 months ago by Bornbad
If someone's intestines are protruding from an open abdominal wound, should you: A. Put them back in place; B. Do nothing; or, C. Cover them with some kind of container and fasten it around the body?
The above is not from a first-year medical school exam, but is one of the 100 questions that locals and foreigners alike could find on China's written driver's licence exam. (The answer, by the way, is C.)
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Chinese noses to sniff out pollution Posted: 2 years ago by kxmk
China is about to unleash a new weapon in the battle against illegal polluters - humans trained to sniff out foul gases, according to Chinese media.
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Sleeping Chinese Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A German photographer has spent six years taking photographs of Chinese people sleeping in any position and situation.
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In pictures: Chinese lantern festival Posted: 2 years ago by TheJehosephat
After the lunar new year, Chinese people have been ushering in the lantern festival. It falls on Thursday, the 15th day of the first lunar month.
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China - the land of nod where people take 40 winks wherever they can Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
In a country with a billion people, it can be hard to find a place to lay your head... as these amusing pictures of Chinese catnappers show.
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No Torture Needed -- Cookies Did the Job Posted: 6 months ago by bingo
Ever had delicious cookies in the house and, try as you might, you can't avoid eating them? ... It's torture! Well, apparently U.S.officials questioning al-Qaeda operative Abu Jandal thought so. A handful of cookies later, and he talked!
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Trapped Chinese miners survive on coal and urine diet Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Two Chinese brothers who tunnelled their way out of a coal mine collapse after being trapped for nearly six days survived by eating coal and drinking urine.
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Chinese Astrology ~ Red Dog Year 2006 ~ 4703rd Chinese Year Posted: 3 years ago by robfouryqr
The foundation of Chinese Astrology is from Ying-Yang and Five Elements, which are Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth. Our free informative Chinese Astrology site provides you the advice on Baby Gender Prediction, Baby Lucky Names, Dating and Marriage Match, Lucky House and Bedroom Selections, and your Lucky Years using the combinations of Five Elements.
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"No lanterns", Italian city tells Chinese community Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
The local government in Treviso has ordered the northern Italian city's Chinese restaurants to remove red lanterns from their windows because they look too "oriental".
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'European' takes off it China Posted: 3 years ago by Richye
With China becoming a more global nation we have seen some direct effects on its consumers. China is awakening to the materialism of fashion and the paranoia of western influences. Naturally, food has followed suit and Chinese are embracing new eating habits.
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At least 66 dead in Chinese train crash Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
A train carrying Chinese holiday makers from Bejing to Qingdao has jumped the tracks, killing at least 66 and injuring a further 247.
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10,000 Chinese are converting to Christianity every day Posted: 2 years ago by ReBoot
It is estimated that there will be 200 million Chinese Christians by 2050.
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How about we send you 10 million Chinese ladies? Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Chinese leader Mao Zedong proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to the United States, in talks with top envoy Henry Kissinger in 1973, according to documents released Tuesday.
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Chinese Develop Special "Kill Weapon" to Destroy U.S. Aircraft Carriers Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad
With tensions already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy seems to have yet another reason to be deeply concerned.
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