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Later Nuggets. K-Mart, as he’s sometimes called is the best NBA player so far who decided that the NBA isn’t for him in the 2012 season. Perhaps it’s the looming lock out and a once in a lifetime chance to play somewhere else, where the market is ripe, and not miss a thing? It’s quite a commitment to announce that you’re playing elsewhere since under the agreements, you cannot come back that same season. It’s also China Basketball’s largest contract ever. Yes, Kenyon has a shot at being one of NBA’s most famous players world wide and he took it! (USA Today – Kenyon Martin)
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It’s one thing to be a political “watch dog” but a watch blogger? Daniel Wu. No, not the actor, but a 33 year-old blogger was shut down. What was he doing? Pointing out what watches Chinese officials wear. He’d find photos online and talk about the wristbands of the rich. At times, they’re Rolexes that cost many times their monthly salaries. Then in another photo, they’re wearing yet another high priced time piece. You might be thinking bootleg, which is entirely possible since in China you can find anything made faux, so it was put as “appears of be wearing.” Yet he was shut down. In great Chinese proverbial fashion, Wu mentions, “No matter how high you jump, you can’t escape the Buddha’s hand.” (ft – censored watch blogger)
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In the time of glabal expansion and riches, the one thing that strokes a nations ego more than anything else? Getting into space. The US and Russia pushed each other to reach the stars by putting animals, then a human, and then a man on the moon. Then Mars, then photos from far beyond. Yet in the end, all of this research costs. As NASA winds itself down and yields to the billionaires who are monetizing space, China is now entering the race as a distant third place. The Tiangong 1, or Heavenly Palace will be their space station. It’s unmanned, but yet another space step for them.
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Amazing how young she looks in video, then in the interview she ages about 10 years! Jessica Beinecke is 24 and is making videos that go viral. She does them all in Chinese and helps teach English. Her show is called OMG! Meiyu is released by Voice of America which is a government agency. That means she probably doesn’t get to keep the ad revenue when her videos hit over 1 million views in China. (smh – Viral China)
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We enjoy sushi just like everyone else, but this man had what looks like a baby unagi, swim up his urethra or in short (penis). Zhang Nan went into a pool of eels in a non-perverted manner. The pool was one of those gimmicks that incorporate swimming animals who eat the dead skin off of your body and an eel swam into his penis. Was he wearing shorts? The articles makes no mention of that. And where there’s a urethra, there’s also an anus, and perhaps he got lucky that the double dragon didn’t happen. However, Zhang did catch the 6″ critter and make an effort to pull it out, however it swam even harder in and disappeared. This has the makings of a great urban legend. (MetroUK – Eel)
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