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Creepy phantom in red dress sighted on the Beijing Metro
Seen on Line 10 of the Beijing Metro on Halloween night -- a creepy female phantom in red dress.
Android mobile store in Sichuan capitalises on Steve Jobs' death
Seen on a poster outside a store selling Android mobile devices in Suining, Sichuan province: "Steve Jobs has kicked the bucket. Why would you still be buying Apple?"
Spotted in Beijing: Obama Fried Chicken!
Obama supermarkets, Obama sex dolls, Buddhobama, and now this.
Spotted: Shanghai metro urges you to "transform" at the next stop
We know China's going bat-shit crazy over the new Transformers 3 movie right now, but this is taking it a bit far, don't you think? Thanks to tipster Jack for this photo of transfer TRANSFORM information on a Line 2 metro ticker.
Here's what vandalism by a math geek looks like!
Seen in the elevator of a building near Beijing's Renmin University: the handiwork of a math geek! Be honest now, how many of you will be able to navigate through this?
The state of Sino-US relations, according to a carnival float in Germany
Parade float spotted at a carnival in Germany by Racialicious: "Obama and Hu are depicted in bed together, with Obama handing Hu cash- a remark on the tremendous loan debt America owes China. Note how Hu, dressed in yellow, is depicted as wearing a yellow stereotypical “coolie” hat."
Watch: Sidewalk butcher shop on the streets of Hengdian
Found on the streets of Hengdian, a town about 4 hours from Shanghai -- a sidewalk butcher shop. The town is home to Hengdian World Studios, the largest film studio in the world, and is sometimes nicknamed Chinawood.
Spotted: Mark Zuckerberg in Beijing
Reports of sightings of Facebook founder and newly-crowned Time Person of the Year Mark Zuckerberg in Beijing abound on the internet today. Twitter user @lhiver swears: "I kid you not, I saw Mark Zuckerberg while passing the Yonghegong Lama Temple this morning on my way to work." Sina Tech on Weibo reports: "Baidu employee Wang Mengchen took the following picture during lunch of Robin Li (Baidu founder) and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Looks like they were having a great time!"
Spotted: "Obama Classic Supermarket" on Nanjing West Road in Shanghai
Bringing change to the way you do your groceries!
Going (shanzhai) bananas
Finally a Chinese brand that features some smart use of alliteration!
KFC, meet MFC
This shanzhai logo is utterly disgraceful. At least back in the day, Yonghe King bothered to "localise" it a bit:
Spotted: Mickey Mouse crucified at a China mall
Great example of a piece of art that you can find only in China!
Any takers for this 1.2 million RMB persian rug at Shanghai Expo's Iran pavilion?
Bert van Dijk, Shanghai correspondent for Dutch paper Het Financieele Dagblad, tells us about what he saw at the Iran pavilion:
Spotted: "I Love USA Pavilion" t-shirt
Another souvenir post?! you might groan, but checking out the souvenir stores of each pavilion is an integral part of any Expo visit.
Spotted (and purchased): Durian Star at the Singapore pavilion
When the Singapore pavilion powers-that-be revealed their weird mascot last year, we pretty much crowned it the winner of the Worst Expo Rep Pageant 2010. The back story created for little Durian Star by the Singapore Tourism Board also won the Most Awful Narrative prize:
Photo of the Day: The 'dying' man outside the UK Pavilion
Gabyu writes:
I first thought that this man was very sick, at his end of his life. He felt extremely happy, overjoyed by experiencing what he saw. After he went outside, he still felt very dizzy, tired but could not help himself laughing and smiling. At the end of my visit, half an hour later, I found him as you can see him on the picture.
Spotted: Cute souvenir at the North Korean pavilion
A frog mariachi band made from seashells -- clearly a North Korean specialty! Good luck buying it though because according to @AdamMinter who spotted it, the sales assistants there speak only Korean.
Spotted: Falungong messages on a 1RMB note
The Falungong group may have all the money in the world to spread their anti-CCP message through TV stations and newspapers, but they still haven't forgotten to win hearts back on their homebase here by putting their propaganda on the humble 1RMB note, as @AlexBowman discovers. The writing alleges that the CCP has created fake self-immolation stories, killed Falungong members, stolen their internal organs, and calls upon heaven to destroy the party.
Better City, Better Life on first day of Shanghai Expo trial run
Remember those loooooong queues that we spotted outside the Expo grounds yesterday? Apparently that was the start of a six-day long trial run that saw 200,000 visitors on its first day alone. Here's what Chinese weatherman Song Yingjie (宋英杰) spotted on the expo grounds.
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