Results tagged “hubei”

Remember when text messaging wasn't that big of a deal? Way back before touch screens and T9, when your elders had barely gotten used to having a cellular phone on them? Well, the halcyon days of instant communication technology are long gone - if you're one of the "after 90" generation, you've grown up in constant contact with friends, family and the rest of the world.

Porn shoot? Nope. Actually, this was a photography competition hosted by a real estate company in Hubei. The photographer's mission, if they chose to accept it, was to take a great picture of a (very naked) human figure on pieces of property the company had up for sale. And accept it they did... in droves. Over 100 pervy photogs showed up to snap pics... we're betting not all of them made it to public collections.

The thousands of children kidnapped every year and the ensuing media attention has led to China finally starting up a nationwide crackdown on human trafficking, which began on April 9.

Four Chinese from Hubei have just opened a restaurant in the world's most dangerous city — Baghdad — reports the London Times. Edited highlights:

Troubling news has emerged over the last day regarding the tragic killing of a man in Tianmen, Hubei province.