WHat’s
not?
False Alarm for Holiday
A garage worker in Guiyang, Guizhou
Province, was recently detained
for making a false report to the
police. He reported that he had been
injured in the leg by three robbers,
but the policemen found neither
the robbers in the surveillance video
nor his bag which he said had been
stolen. Questioned by the police,
the man admitted that he faked
the robbery as a means to ask for
a holiday. He complained that he
has worked without holiday for
several years. Netizens showed great
sympathy toward the man, saying
that it is the poor implementation
of the labour law that forced him to
take extreme measures.Drink into ICU
China’s drinking culture, in which
people believe that drinking heavily
together means a close relationship,
has come under heavy criticism
after a 13-year-old boy in Jinan,
Shandong Province, was reportedly
admitted to an intensive care unit
(ICU) after he drank seven bottles of
Erguotou, a popular spirit in China,
during a graduation party. Netizens
were shocked that the controversial
drinking culture has spread to
pupils and appealed for the relevant
department to severely punish
those who illegally sell liquors to
children.Sino-Indian Dispute 509,
China and India’s relationship has become strained following a border
dispute in the Doklam area located in China’s Tibet.Video Evidence of Comfort Women 473,
A historical research team in South Korea recently disclosed a
piece of video evidence about seven comfort women serving the
Japanese army being questioned by the Chinese army in 1944.top Five searCH Queries
A New Sino-US Animation 310,
China Central Television (CCTV) and the US company Hasbro are planning
to collaborate on an animated film about the Transformers and Na Tshca,
a well-known mythological image in China’s classical novel Journey to
the West.On for the week ending July 13
Jack Ma Launches Unmanned Supermarket 444,
Jack Ma, founder of China’s biggest online shopping platform Alibaba,
launched his first unmanned supermarket in early July, hoping it will
stimulate a new round of innovation in the retail industry.The “Green” Dog
A dog in Suzhou, Jiangsu
Province, has earned itself fame
for having picked out around
2,000 empty bottles from local
waterways over the past 10 years.
According to his owner, the dog
would jump into the water as
soon as it saw an empty bottle
floating around. Every time the
dog went out, it would bring
back 20-30 abandoned bottles.
Netizens claimed that the dog
is more aware of environmental
protection than some humans.WHat’s
Hot?
Some of the images used in this section are from the internetHoh Xil in World Heritage List 287, 916
Hoh Xil, a protected natural habitat for rare Tibetan antelope and yak, was
recently included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.top blogger proFile
Du Ke
Followers: 81,729 as of July 18
Chinese designer Du Ke is enjoying growing popularity online by adapting
characters from old cartoons, which were popular in the 1980s and 1990s, into
a series of illustrations in which the characters have travelled through time to
the modern era and make full play of their skills. For example, Monkey King
(the leading character of the Chinese classic novel Journey to the West) has turned
his weapon, jingubang, a flexible cudgel, into a selfie stick. He also borrowed a
magic fan from a monster to drive away the smog in Beijing. Another example,
Doraemon becomes an express delivery man thanks to his Anywhere Door,
and Spiderman becomes a fisherman. The illustrations have been praised for
being funny, imaginative and nostalgic. Many netizens born in the 80s and 90s
claimed that Du’s illustrations have taken them back to their childhood. Du
himself is given to nostalgia, with his username on Sina Weibo being “those
things in childhood.” He told media that the
higher the pressure he was under in today’s
life, the more he cherished the memories
of the old days. He hoped that these classic
animated characters will continue to live by
being integrated into his “modern” works.Playing Sister to
Comfort Mother
In order to comfort his mother
who had lost her daughter, a
man in his 50s in Guilin, Guangxi,
has been disguising himself in
female attire for over 20 years. He
told media that his mother was
about to collapse following her
daughter’s death, but one day,
she smiled at his dressing in a
cheongsam (a traditional dress).
“It looks like your sister has come
back,” she reportedly told her son.
Since then, the man has worn
nothing but cheongsams and has
remained single. His filial love
to his mother has moved many
netizens, with some also saying
that they will no longer judge
people by their appearance, since
there might be a touching story
behind it.