For many, getting laid-off calls for a six-pack of Bud and some Toby Keith country tunes at full blast. But not for Wuhan's Zhang Wuyi, who after being dropped from a textile machinery factory, now builds and sells mini-submarines for a living, selling his vessels for 200,000RMB per sub. more ›

A young Japanese globetrotter attempting to cycle around the world recently became famous online, after he had his bike stolen in the Hubei capital of Wuhan. After making an appeal on Sina Weibo, Keiichiro's bike was returned to him Monday night, after a man surnamed Wang bought the bike for over 1000 RMB from a black market reseller, and recognized it as belonging to the bicycling traveler. more ›

Seen on the streets of Wuhan: A girl puts three guys on a leash and takes them out for a walk on a busy street. Performance artist Kang Yi, the man behind the act, said he hoped to provoke a discussion about gender equality. He's also hoping to bring his little act to a city near you. Next stops for the performance: Chengdu, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Shanghai. more ›

We couldn't make this stuff up. After reports from worried locals, 300 police officers were sent to the top of Fenghuang Mountain in the middle of the night to catch a "ghost" and ended up finding a student who had been missing for over a year. more ›

A property developer in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, not only refused to pay its 2,000 migrant workers' wages on time, but also beat them up when they had the audacity to demand for payment, leaving 37 wounded. more ›

A young American was bailed out from his own stupidity earlier this month when airport police pooled together 700RMB for a plane ticket and a mooncake to send him on his way out of Wuhan Tianhe International Airport to the US Embassy in Beijing. more ›

In what's become an annual tradition that began six years ago, the Yu Ming gymnasium at Wuhan's Central China Normal University (华中师范大学) serves as the venue of a mass sleepover for the the parents and family of incoming freshmen. This year, nearly 600 mats were provided for anxious family members who spent the night, not to mention other amenities made available, including sheets, towels, shower facilities and hot tea. more ›

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has announced the cancellation of the Wuhan-Nanjing flight route, beginning summer this year. The route is the first casualty of the onslaught by high-speed railway, which is now rapidly developing across China at breakneck speed. more ›

It sure looks like guerilla tactics are becoming the favoured weapon of choice for gay activists around China (see here and here). Inspired by the Qianmen wedding that took place in Beijing in 2009, a gay couple and a lesbian couple recently hit the streets of Wuhan and got "married" for the world to see. more ›

Running red lights, parking illegally, cutting lanes erratically, dashing across 4-lane roads, tossing garbage nonchalantly on the pavement--seems like any other day in good ol' China, right? Wrong, not in Wuhan. The Wuhan government has had enough of its people behaving badly and starting last week, are regularly publishing a list of "uncivilized citizens" who break these rules. more ›

Over 20,000 students braved freezing temperatures, wind, and rain to attend a job fair at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan on Sunday, February 27. Many lined up for hours outside the gymnasium on campus waiting for their chance to distribute resumes and talk with recruiters inside. The more than 200 companies and institutions who took part will provide nearly 10,000 positions. more ›

Breaking news out of Hubei... more ›

Here is a news story that seems like it could be straight out of Hollywood. A former SuperGirl contestant from Chengdu has just died from plastic surgery complications. 24 year old Wang Bei, who participated but did not win the popular talent competition in 2005, went under the knife to shave down her jawbones at a plastic surgery hospital in Wuhan. On November 15, Wang and her mother both went in for cosmetic enhancements, Wang Bei going in first. However, complications arose when the doctor punctured a blood vessel. Although she was transferred to another hospital, it was too late to save her. more ›

Video taken from a public bus in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province:
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The two girls, aged 16 and 19, were found last Friday in a secret lair built by their captor under his home in Wuhan. According to the police, they would probably have starved to death if a nearby business owner had not found a piece of paper with their call for help, a map and the phone number of one of the girl's father scrawled on it. The note was hidden in the rubbish of the instant noodles that the girls were fed by their 39 year old abductor. Not quite as shocking as the massive Shanxi slavery scandal in 2007 perhaps, but still an eerie reminder. more ›

City Weekend has an interesting look at some of the troubles that face Chinese bands trying to widen their appeal abroad. Recently, Wuhan punk band SMZB had an opportunity to tour the U.S. after being invited to participate at Washington D.C.'s Shamrock Festival. Unfortunately, they never made it there, thanks to visa problems: more ›

Via City Weekend we learn that the documentary film about last year's Converse-sponsored (and Split Works organized) Love Noise rock music tour of China is now viewable at a DVD player near you. Love Noise put Beijing bands PK14 and Queen Sea Big Shark on a converted bus and sent them on a two-week, six-city tour during the height of Olympics craziness last August. The trailer to the Love Noise film is embedded in this post, and after the jump you'll find a slew of related clips, uploaded to YouTube six days ago. The director's first name is Hammer, so it's got to be good. more ›

We're somewhat late bringing this to you, but yes, over the weekend, anti-French protests took place over the weekend all over China outside Carrefour stores in Hefei, Qingdao, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Jinan and Kunming. Although these were mainly anti-French anti-Carrefour protests, they were described by People's Daily as "protests against Tibetan independence". more ›

... and tackles the harmonica with his mouth simultaneously! Okay, now, someone teach him to play a proper tune please... more ›