Chinese netizens have begun stripping down to their birthday suits and posting their nude pictures on the internet after dissident-artist Ai Weiwei announced Friday that Beijing police were now investigating his assistant Zhao Zhao for "spreading pornography online". At the centre of the investigations appears to be a picture entitled "One Tiger, Eight Breasts" which Zhao took last year of Ai Weiwei and four women, all of them nude.
Netizens post nude pictures after police probe Ai Weiwei for porn [NSFW]
Photos: 9th Guangzhou Sex Culture Festival [NSFW]
And it's yet another sex culture festival! Ogle the girls modeling the latest lingerie fashions, check out the assorted condoms, sex toys and other marital aids, and then amble home to put them to the test. Sounds like a weekend well spent!
Is this even legal in China? Car models strip naked at Volkswagen show [NSFW!]
We haven't brushed up on our indecent exposure laws in China, but considering the attitude towards strip clubs and porn, we can't imagine the up-and-ups would sign off on this. Pretty girls in car shows have popped up with varying degrees of tastelessness throughout China (we still haven't decided if it's better or worse when they paint the girls and call it "art"), but we're pretty sure this is the first time we've seen full-on nudity. This show took place at a licensed VW dealership in Heilongjiang province.
[NSFW] Artist sentenced to gulag for sexual performance art in Beijing gallery
57 year old performance artist, Cheng Li, from Lanzhou, Gansu province, has been sentenced to a year of "reeducation through labour" for having sex with his wife in public during a show at the Beijing Modern Art Gallery two months ago.
Terrible Ads: Does anyone actually find this sexy?
Watch out, the audio (which is on Youtube - use a VPN should you choose to hear it) is NSFW. This is an ad attributed to Shanghai ad agency Exis, done for Durex. There's nothing to see, really, except explanations of the audio which include "Ingenue," "Lamblike," "Japanese AV Idol" and, most disturbingly, "Sobbingly." Yeesh. Maybe we wouldn't find it so hilarious (and gross) if the girl doing the voices didn't sound so young.
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This Week In -ist: Elsewhere in the Gothamist Network
It seems like, all across the network, folks were up to no good. Maybe it was all the green beer from last weekend...
This Week In -ist: Elsewhere in the Gothamist Network
You know who's going to be upset about those Bikini Bandits? The Houston school system. Houstonist also reports on some redevelopment shenanigans over a landmark theater.

