Chen Xiao had pretty much given up making her own decisions and so decided to throw open her life to the whims of China's hundreds of millions of Internet users, known in China as netizens. tags for sale life china chen xiaoWhat she stumbled upon was not only a new life but a new way to make a living. She charges about $3 an hour, and she's been asked to do almost everything from delivering pet food to caring for stray cats to taking a hot lunch to a homeless man. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago |
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An eccentric millionaire has put his entire life up for sale on the Internet -- including his title of Lord of the Manor of Warleigh - in the hope of converting his assets into cash. picked by qazwer00 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
The number of Internet users in China is now greater than the entire population of the United States, after rising to 338 million by the end of June, state media reported Sunday. picked by nickcobb 4 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
China has tied the United States as the online population leader with its government reporting that the number of Internet users there has soared to 221 million. picked by 2longdogs 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Big Brother will soon be making regular appearances on the screens of Internet users in China, but the velvet fist will take the unexpected form of a cute pair of manga cartoon cops. 5 comments edit related share plime.comThose crazy Chinese, what will they think of next! picked by nesbyniccolo 2 years ago |
Xiao Xiao (Pronounced chow chow) is one of the highest regarded stick figure animators around. Here is a nice collection of some of his works. 0 comments edit related share plime.com(The site is in chinese language but it doesnt matter. Just click on the thumbnails and enjoy.) picked by Milkshake 3 years ago |
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Censorship in China is nothing new, but the level of action taken to force Chinese citizens to comply has garnered global recognition. China marked the date July 1st, 2009 as the day manufacturers will be forced to install filtering software on all new PCs. While many have resorted to digitally lashing out against Green Dam, Chinese artist and designer of the famous Bird's Nest at the Beijing Olym... read full post picked by beaplourde 5 months ago 1 comments edit related share world |
A huge volcanic eruption in China some 260 million years ago led to the sudden extermination of marine life clear around the world. The researchers were able to pinpoint the exact timing of the massive eruption thanks to a layer of fossilized rock which showed mass extinction of different life forms - clearly linking the volcanic blasts to a major environmental catastrophe. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Ji’a'po is a fast food chain founded in 2007 and now there are about a hundred stores in China. What make people impressed the most about this chain however is the logo, as it looks so much alike as KFC’s one. Netizens in China start making fun of these two nearly identical image and calling Ji’a'po is the lost sister of Colonel Sanders from Kentucky Fried Chicken. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google. 1 comments edit related share arts*this is great* picked by Bornbad 1 year ago |
The power of the Internet has saved more than 800 cats from being skinned and served up on Chinese dinner tables. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
New research shows that black holes are not the ultimate destroyers that are often portrayed in popular culture. Instead, warm gas escaping from the clutches of enormous black holes could be one source of the chemical elements that make life possible. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Have Mars landers been destroying signs of life? Instead of identifying chemicals that could point to life, NASA's robot explorers may have been toasting them by mistake. picked by bornbad 6 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Judged by the astonishing increase in journal papers written by scientists in China, there can be little doubt that China is finding its place as one of the world's scientific power houses. picked by maxriter 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Apparently each episode of Half Life 2 will be longer then the previous one. picked by whi73rav3n 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Nope, no sale. Full price or nothing. picked by mrnelson 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
URUMQI, China - The rosy-cheeked infant swaddled in a blanket snuggled tenderly next to her mother in their hospital bed, hours after her birth Wednesday. 0 comments edit related share plime.comA little over a month ago, Zhang Xiaoyan lay in the rubble of her earthquake-shattered apartment building. Trapped for more than 50 hours, she prayed for the life of her unborn child. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago |
A Senate lawmaker accused the Chinese government on Thursday of ordering U.S.-owned hotels in China to install Internet filters that can spy on international visitors coming to see the summer Olympic games. picked by deEPCHill 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share world |
A painful breakup with his wife has prompted a man to put his entire life - his house, his car, his job, even his friends - up for sale online in an effort to start over. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago 10 comments edit related share world |
At one time, scientists were surprised to discover microbes living in places that were thought to be uninhabitable. That doesn’t happen anymore, because scientists know life can thrive almost anywhere on earth. picked by bingo 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Living the dorm life myself at the moment, I found this Office-ish mockumentary to be pretty funny. picked by chelcho 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |