Results tagged “dailyonline”

And in Shanghai...
• John Pasden talks about his (Chinese) wife freaking out over his fever.
• Swiss James of ISpyShanghai recommends the Ganzhi Blindman Massage on the corner of Beijing Lu and Shaanxi Lu.
• Marc van der Chijs (of Tudou fame) shares with us the inconveniences that the cancellation of a recent China Eastern flight brought him and how he was handled.

If ever there was a time for a Chinese version of Jerry Springer, it is now. Apparently, a dog has given birth to a very cat-like puppy in Jiangyan in Jiangsu Province. The People’s Daily Online writes that experts have attributed the puppy’s appearance due to a gene mutation and, it even barks like a puppy. Shanghaiist isn't one to fall for such a ruse, though. We want to know who the real father of the litter is. If you have any information as to what feline felon fathered this kittenuppy, contact us immediately!

DNA technology has lead many to ponder what could actually be in the world. For some of us, our links with DNA technology stays closer to a key tool in the endless variations of CSI and as a means to revive lost species in Jurassic Park.

The People's Daily Online recently ran a piece about 49 words (representing institutions, practices, objects and inventions) that are now obsolete, consigned to the dustbin of Chinese linguistic history. There were supposed to be 50, but the word 'corruption' had to be removed at the last minute.

A little more than five years ago, Shanghai police arrested Chen Genrong, the mastermind behind the underground production of fake Phoenix-brand bicycles. Shanghai Star reported then that daily around 1,500 bicycles used to be shipped from his secret warehouse on Gong Qing Tuan Lu in order to be sold nationwide.