I will never understand China

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Actually I do understand this...quite well in fact ...I'm just amused it's happening in China.

[GeneChing]

This, on the other hand, I do NOT understand.

Model male workers at Guangzhou company given sex dolls as year-end bonuses



At its annual conference on Sunday, a Guangzhou-based internet firm awarded its star male employees with inflatable sex dolls, rather than the customary cash bonuses, it's probably what they would have blown the money on anyway.
The blow-up dolls were arguably a rather fitting gift for Lianlian employees, the company specializes in developing "virtual romance" apps. Chief executive Wang Yuzhu said the sex dolls were picked out specifically for single male staff in their twenties, who were even treated to practical demonstrations at the conference!




China Daily reports that in addition to the dolls, employees also took possession of a cache of flip-flops, Chinese sauces and dehumidifiers. Other goods handed out in lieu of cash included train tickets, kilos of pork and karaoke coupons. Sounds like the makings for quite the party.
According to SCMP, an annual survey of white collars has revealed that the slowing economy has made bonuses in the form of random **** more common.
However, most reported being less satisfied with the latest offerings. Though presumably, not all.

By Pinky Latt
[Images via Guangming Daily]
Contact the author of this article or email tips@shanghaiist.com with further questions, comments or tips.
By Shanghaiist in News on Jan 28, 2016 12:15 PM

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Maybe 'International Women’s Day' doesn't translate to Mandarin well...

Celebrating female power, Chinese style: Shopping mall hosts bra-undoing contest on International Women’s Day

The competition took place in south China's Liuzhou city on March 8
Scantily glad models stood with their backs to the stage wearing masks
In the fastest time possible customers took off their bras using one hand

By CHLOE LYME FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 07:45 EST, 9 March 2016 | UPDATED: 11:58 EST, 9 March 2016

A shopping mall in China seemed to have got the wrong idea when celebrating International Women’s Day with a one handed bra competition.
Six scantily clad female models lined up on a stage at the store in Liuzhou city on March 8, as men and women took it in turns to undo their bras using only one hand.
Bizarrely the models had masks on as they stood with their backs to the crowd. The winner was a woman who managed to undo all six bras in 14 seconds.


Bizarre: A shopping mall in China celebrated International Women's Day with a one handed bra competition


A race: Contestants had to undo each bra worn by the models with one hand in the fastest time possible


Confused: The store may have got the wrong idea when celebrating International Women's Day with this game

At the event, a total of eight spectators volunteered to take part in the competition, but surprisingly according to China Daily, only one of them was a man.
The aim of the game was to undo each bra with one hand in the fastest time possible.
Not only did the models participate in the contest, they strutted their stuff on the stage wearing only their underwear and a mask as dozens of prying customers looked on.
According to the report, the contest was put on to attract more customers on International Woman’s Day.
But it seems whoever’s idea it was to hold a one handed bra competition using nearly naked models, they may have not understood the meaning of the day.
It is not clear in the report what the prize was for the winner of the competition.


Wrong idea:The shopping centre in China seemed to have got the idea of Women's Day wrong with this contest



Customers took it in turns to take off the models bras in the fastest time possible7
Strutting their stuff: The models didn't seem to care about the competition walking the stage in their underwear


Spectacle: Models lined up for International Women's Day as people tried to take off their bras with one hand

This is not the first time businesses in China have come under fire for 'missing the point' on International Women's Day.
In 2015, two of the country's most popular websites were criticised for using 'sexist stereotypes' on the day that is celebrated by millions across the globe.
Search engine Baidu had a ballerina in a pink dress, who turned into a bride and then into a mother pushing a baby, on its homepage.
And video-sharing site Youku, wrote to all its female users on its page: 'May the world treat you gently.'
According to the United Nations, International Women’s Day on March 8 is a time to reflect on progress, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.

[GeneChing]

This is brilliant, not just as a viral marketing ploy, but as a prank trend.

Condom maker's marketing stunt puts condoms on women's faces on the subway



BY ALICIA TAN
12 HOURS AGO
A group of Chinese women caused a stir during a Beijing subway ride this month when they unwrapped packets of condoms and placed them on their faces, arms and décolletage.

The women claimed they had chanced upon a new beauty hack, when horrified commuters started snapping pictures of them.

But they were just part of a promotional stunt from a Chinese condom maker, which wanted to market its new ultra-thin condoms.


IMAGE: WEIBO


IMAGE: WEIBO

According to the maker, DaXiang Condom China, the lubricant in its condoms is supposed to be good for your skin. However, there is no science to back up this claim.


IMAGE: WEIBO

After the commotion they caused on the train, the scantily clad women got off a few stops later and stood around the platform area carrying signs that said: "DaXiang face masks."


IMAGE: WEIBO

The marketing gimmick has been criticised by Chinese netizens for its poor taste.

One Weibo User commented on the DaXiang's page: "Today's people will do anything for money."

Many have also called upon authorities to fine the condom company for this "immoral act."

[GeneChing]

[GeneChing]

Man, I hope this doesn't become so prevalent that it needs its own thread here.

To Some Chinese Men, Sex Toys Can Become Full-Fledged Girlfriends
They're not real, so they'll last forever

Charles Liu, June 22, 2016 11:13am

China manufactures 95 percent of the world’s sex toys. While most of these products are intended for overseas markets, a growing number of Chinese consumers are buying the sex toys for themselves — and they’re sharing them with the public.



Despite still being referred to as “inflatable dolls”, sex doll technology has developed at an incredible rate. And while the silicon dolls look increasingly realistic, so too are the relationships Chinese men are having with them, treating them as “daughters”, “wives”, and even bringing them on the subway.



Zhang Fan (seen above), 36, is a Beijing stock broker who turned to sex dolls after two failed relationships. Zhang said the requirements of a romantic relationship in China, such as owning a house and having children, are too much to bear. Instead, Zhang said he prefers the pleasure of sex without the responsibility of a wife or having to raise a child.

Zhang’s doll is named Liu Ying, an actual person that Zhang once had a crush on. Zhang buys Liu Ying clothes and jewelry to wear, and says the doll has many personas like “Lady White Rose”, “Policewoman”, and “South Korean Model”.

Zhang said Liu Ying is the female version of himself, and not a doll or toy. “She is me as a female. Not some other woman,” he said.



Zhang insists there’s nothing wrong with the relationship he has with his sex doll. “Any behavior can be explained by its societal, economic, and cultural reasons. The use of a sex doll can’t provide a clear explanation (of anything). For example, the sex culture of ancient China lies beyond the understanding of this generation.”

To further his point, Zhang cites a Northern Song Dynasty idiom (梅妻鹤子) that describes a scholarly man without a family as having “a plum tree for a wife and a crane for children” as a way to describe his situation.

Zhang said he has a spiritual connection with his doll. “If you’re going to tell me that this isn’t love, I won’t believe you,” he says.



Song Bo, 29, (seen above and at top) has spent RMB 13,000 on sex dolls over the past half year. Naming one doll as “Little Butterfly”, Song treats his dolls like his daughter, taking it on the subway and to shopping malls.

Song says he was diagnosed with a tumor in his head, and won’t risk getting into a marriage or having children.



Li Chen, 58, is something of an online celebrity with the Chinese sex doll community. The Huishui, Guizhou native bought a sex doll in 2014 after divorcing his younger ex-wife 12 years ago. Li is getting married again, this time to a woman 34 years his junior. Li credits his sex doll “Xiaoxue” for the new relationship, claiming it has given him a second youth.

Li explains that being different in China will always draw criticism. “If you’re a successful person, no one will criticize you for playing with something (strange). But if you’re not, watch out, because someone might find something wrong with it.”



Source: People's Daily Online, Hexun, QQ News, QLWB, HNR
Photos: People's Daily Online, Hexun

[GeneChing]

Oh man....China...

Beijing hotpot restaurant serves up Barbie doll wrapped in meat that you undress while you eat



A hotpot restaurant is drawing some heat online, thanks to its new menu item -- a Barbie doll wrapped up in strips of mutton.
Typically, a hotpot restaurant serves its customers with plates of meat that they cook at their leisure; however, one hotpot restaurant in Beijing provides diners with a beautiful female doll in a red gown.
Well, upon closer inspection, she's actually wrapped up in strips of mutton (芭比羊肉衣), Shanghai Daily reports. Therefore, if diners want to eat the mutton, they have to peel off each layer of meat, slowly undressing the Barbie, exposing her naked plastic to everyone.



While the restaurant owner must have thought that this was a brilliant idea to promote his hotpot shop, netizens on Weibo are a bit disgusted by the "sexist" display.
"Why can't we just eat meats without any kind of stupid tricks like this?" one asked.
"It's very disgusting. We don't even know whether the staff cleaned the doll or not," another commented.
"Let's just throw the doll into the hotpot! It's really time consuming to pull away all those strips of meat," one netizen joked.
Wait, where have we seen that meat dress before? Some netizens immediately thought of the recently possibly banned Lady Gaga, saying that the hotpot restaurant should stop trying to imitate Lady Gaga's style, because apparently it isn't working.



Apparently, this place didn't get the memo that China is trying to cut its meat consumpion in half.

By Katie Ngai
[Images via Weibo]

[GeneChing]

Chongqing man has been drinking half a bottle of liquid detergent every day for the past 4 years



Back in 2012, Zhang Yue took his first sip from a bottle of detergent. Since then, he's been hooked on the stuff.




The now 31-year-old man from Chongqing says that he can't get enough of the taste of dishwashing liquids and shampoos. For the last four years, he's been downing half a bottle of detergent a day.



Despite his shockingly fresh breath, Zhang says that his addiction has driven away any potential girlfriends, though it has at least made him a local celebrity of sorts.



Xinhua reports that Zhang says that he has visited a number of hospitals to discuss his addiction. Surprisingly, the doctors have told them that he is in fine physical shape (though they do not recommend drinking detergent for their other patients). They say he might have pika, an eating disorder where people develop an unhealthy craving for eating things with little or no nutritional value -- like light bulbs.




Apparently, detergent isn't the way to a Chinese lady's heart after all.

[Images via CCTV News]
Contact the author of this article or email tips@shanghaiist.com with further questions, comments or tips.
By Alex Linder in News on Aug 19, 2016 2:30 PM

I once helped treat a patient who drank Febreeze. She was doing shots in a camper before a concert and somehow grabbed the wrong thing. Her puke smelled fresh.

[GeneChing]

Ain't got nuthin on a Chinese facekini

画风太奇异!青岛脸基尼已更新至第六代(组图)
文章来源: 腾讯图片 于 2016-08-31 23:09:47 - 新闻取自各大新闻媒体，新闻内容并不代表本网立场！
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8月28日，山东青岛第一海水浴场海边，身穿连体脸基尼的青岛大妈，泳衣上的龙、凤、孔雀图案十分惊艳，在 海边回头率极高。今年8月份，青岛海水浴场靓丽的风景脸基尼已经更新到了第六代。视觉中国


张式范被认为是青岛“脸基尼发明人”，她告诉记者，自己从2004年设计了第一款脸基尼，主要是为了防止下 海游泳的人受到海蜇的伤害，后来随着不断改观，已经能出到了第六代，背景图案和脸罩还以大熊猫、扬子鳄、西 伯利亚虎等世界十大濒危动物动作为主题，希望受到人们更多关注，去保护这些濒临灭绝的动物。


身穿新款连体脸基尼的青岛大妈。


以京剧脸谱和龙凤图案为主题的“脸基尼”。


以京剧脸谱和龙凤图案为主题的“脸基尼”。


以动物为造型主题的“脸基尼”。


动物主题“脸基尼”。


脸基尼的发明人张式范女士正在用尺子测量各式样脸基尼的尺寸，为了让游泳的人戴在头上更加舒适，她仔细量好 眼睛、鼻子、嘴巴等部门的大小尺寸，做出样品后找模特进行试戴。


张式范女士正在用尺子测量各式样脸基尼的尺寸。“脸基尼”曾受到国外内媒体的关注，还被法国的时尚杂志《C R Fashion Book》，以中国青岛海滩的”脸基尼“（Face-kini）大妈作为灵感，拍摄了一辑泳池时尚大片，再度将中国民间元素带入时尚圈


张式范与身穿新款“脸基尼”的大爷大妈海边合影。目前，青岛脸基尼已经出到了第六代，游客们只要来到青岛海 边都会想一睹脸基尼的风采。张式范表示，“自己还会继续设计下去，通过不断的改进，让脸基尼真正的走向国外 ，成为时尚圈的主流。

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Singular style too! Qingdao face Gini has been updated to the sixth generation (Photos)
Source: Tencent pictures on 2016-08-31 23:09:47 - news from the major news media, news content does not imply any position!
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August 28, Qingdao First Beach beach, wearing a Siamese face Gini Qingdao aunt, dragon swimsuit on, phoenix, pea**** design is stunning, the sea very high retention rates. August this year, Qingdao beach beautiful landscape face Gini has been updated to the sixth generation. Vision China



Zhang style range is considered Qingdao "face Gini inventor," she told reporters that his 2004 design the first face Gini, mainly to prevent sea swim by jellyfish injuries, and later with the continuous change, has been able to out the sixth generation, background patterns and visor also the giant panda, Chinese alligator, the Siberian tiger, the world's top ten endangered animal movements as the theme, people want to be more attention to the protection of these endangered animals.



Wearing a new face piece Gini Qingdao aunt.



In Peking Opera and the theme of the dragon and phoenix patterns "Gini face."



In Peking Opera and the theme of the dragon and phoenix patterns "Gini face."



Animal in the shape of the theme of "Gini face."



Animal theme "Gini face."



Face Gini inventor Miss Zhang Shi Fan was measured with a ruler for each style face Gini size, in order to allow swimmers to wear the head more comfortable, she carefully amount of the eyes, nose, mouth and other departments of sizes, looking after making sample model try them.



Miss Zhang Shi Fan is measuring the size of each Gini style face with a ruler. "Face Gini" has been in the foreign media attention, also the French fashion magazine "CR Fashion Book", to Qingdao, China Beach "face Gini" (Face-kini) aunt as inspiration, took a series of fashion a large swimming pool, once again the Chinese folk elements into fashion ring



Zhang Fan style and wearing a new "face Gini" uncle aunt seaside photo. At present, Qingdao has been out to face the Gini sixth generation, as long as the visitors came to Qingdao beach will want to see the face Gini style. Zhang Fan type said, "will continue to design their own to go through continuous improvement, so that the real face Gini go abroad, into the mainstream fashion circles.

[Jimbo]

This strikes me as oddly funny.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...=us_weird-news

[GeneChing]

srlsy? oh man...

World's worst restoration? China's Great Wall covered in cement
By Ben Westcott and Serenitie Wang, CNN
Updated 9:47 AM ET, Wed September 21, 2016


A photo posted on China's internet showing the Great Wall repaired with cement.

Story highlights
Cement repair widely denounced online by angry netizens
Expert said the repairs had taken away "history"

(CNN)It's the repair job that's so ugly you can probably see it from space.
A 700-year-old "wild" stretch of China's Great Wall has been covered in a smooth, white trail of cement under orders from Suizhong county's Cultural Relics Bureau, Sina reported on Wednesday.
The repairs were carried out in 2014, but they only came to public attention recently.


Dong said the repair was done "very badly."

It was an effort to restore parts of the wall which have fallen into disrepair and are not open to the public, but the restoration has been met with condemnation by social media users and advocates.
The repair work took place near the border of Liaoning and Hebei province and photos of the results were widely shared by Beijing News on Weibo this week.
CNN has reached out to the local Heritage Conservation Bureau for comment.
Restoration 'took away history'
Chinese internet users have slammed the repair job, with the Weibo hashtag "The most beautiful, wild Great Wall flattened" trending online.
"Glad Venus de Milo is not in China, or someone would get her a new arm," one user said.


A photo from before China's Great Wall was cemented.

Great Wall of China Society deputy director Dong Yaohui said the restoration work had been done "very badly". "It damaged the original look of the Great Wall and took away the history from the people."
Dong said it was important for the Chinese government as a whole to regulate and streamline Great Wall restoration efforts.
"Although the local government was well intentioned and wanted to restore the bricks of the Wall, the result turned out to be the opposite."
Since 2006, the Great Wall Protection Ordinance in China introduced strict rules for the development of tourist destinations.

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PHOTOS: The 18th Guangzhou Sex Culture Festival [NSFW]
BY ALEX LINDER IN NEWS ON NOV 9, 2016 12:00 AM



The infamous Guangzhou Sex Culture Festival was back in town over the weekend for its 18th edition, delighting thousands of voyeurs who strolled around to inspect all of the titillating merchandise up for grabs.
Judging from the pictures, it seems that voluptuous sex dolls actually greatly outnumbered their flesh-and-blood counterparts with festival attendees unable to resist going in for a quick grope.

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[GeneChing]

I could've sworn there was more posts about this festival on this forum here somewhere, but this one was all I could find.

[GeneChing]

...I sort of understand it. Well, maybe not.

Bikini babes live-stream themselves fighting altitude sickness while building sad snowman on mountaintop
BY ALEX LINDER IN NEWS ON DEC 22, 2016 8:15 PM



With the live-streaming industry currently booming in China, hosts are continually having to think of new, creative ways of attracting more eyeballs, while also avoiding the prudish gaze of censors.
On Monday, one live-streaming service had the bright idea of broadcasting an event on top of a 5,000-meter-high mountain in Sichuan province in which 10 bikini-clad web hosts attempted to build a snowman while fighting against altitude sickness
The results? Well, not exactly something you'd want tens of thousands of people to see.




But, apparently, that's exactly what happened as over 100,000 viewers reportedly looked on as the ladies shivered, fumbled and gasped for air in the snow with the mercury dropping down to minus 5 degrees Celsius. Complaining of shortness of breath and feeling dizzy, some of the women were given oxygen masks along with their ear muffs and shovels.





So, we'd call that a successful live-stream overall. After all, at least it wasn't cut short by censors. Over the past year, live-streaming has exploded in popularity in China, but that has also meant dealing with greater efforts at regulation from the government which prohibits pornography.
Back in May, China took its first big step by banning cam girls from eating bananas online. Since then, China's internet watchdog has rolled out a number of reforms targeted at eliminating lewd acts being performed on the streaming services.
In July, one cam girl was able to attract an audience of 100,000 to watch as she danced seductively beside a toilet, only to have her stream shut down by censors. A few weeks later, another cam girl tried shaking her booty on the streets of downtown Chengdu, only to get stopped by the decidedly unsexy chengguan.
But none of these cam girls' misfortunes can compare to one 21-year-old woman from Sichuan who was sentenced to 4 years in prison last month after live-streaming herself having a foursome to gain followers.
[Images via NetEase]

[GeneChing]

I now understand OBOR - it's about the metaphor of the The Silk Road, but still, I will never understand China.