of activist ai weiwei calls occupy wall street 'hopeless' and 'primitive'

In an MSNBC live chat, Ai Weiwei called the Occupy movement "hopeless", "primitive" and even "lacking of content."





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of girl, long zhanghua, attends class cradling baby brother

10-year-old, Long Zhanghua, frequently brings her 2-year-old brother to school there was no one to look after him at home.






Photos taken by photographer, Lu Qixing.


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of the mediacorp subaru impreza challenge 2011: the asian face-off (photos)

Hang in there - you can win a car!: The 10th MediaCorp's Subaru Impreza Challenge kicked off on Saturday at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. The oldest female contestant this year is 67-year-old Vivien (Vivian) Tan, a repeat participant.




This year 400 contestants from Cambodia and Macau, Singapore, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam battle it out for the Subaru Impreza WRX 2.5 MT Hatchback grand prize.



32-year-old Singaporean Adam Kamis, a freelance graphic designer who has only one arm.



What are you wearing?



Rain or Shine


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Singaporean George Lee, who won the 2008 competition, holds the record of 81 hours 32 minutes.

Hall of Fame
Year, Total Time, Winners
2010, 75 hours 17 mins, Aloysius Lim
2009, 77 hours 43 mins, Mohd Anuar
2008, 81 hours 32 mins, George Lee
2007, 77 hours 13 mins, Sandra Yeow[Female Champion], 73 hours 55 mins, Kevin Lee[Male Winner]
2006, 73 hours 56 mins, Alex koh
2005, 64 hours 31 mins, Koh Meng Khoon & Lung Wen Jie (Team Challenge)
2004, 74 hours 59 mins, Ian Lee
2003, 66 hours 52 mins, David Gerard Felix

of elaine chiam tweets about changi beach suicidal attempt

Woman tweets suicide attempt: Elaine Chiam (@avalon) tweeted her suicide attempt. She was found by a passerby who called the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and brought to the hospital. Elaine's boyfriend, Zhenjian, tweeted that Elaine is recuperating.


Elaine's twitter

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Last view before I die. Beautiful. http://twitpic.com/75gd36

Changi Beach picture tweeted by Elaine


Elaine Chiam Twitter @avalon
zhenjian Twitter @zhenjian
worlds upon words

Love Kuching Project

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of angola's leila lopes takes miss universe 2011 crown

Angola's Leila Lopes takes Miss Universe 2011 crown: Leila Lopes, 25, from Angola was crowned Miss Universe, beating out 88 competitors.


1st Runner-Up: Ukraine – Olesya Stefanko
2nd Runner-Up: Brazil – Priscila Machado
3rd Runner-Up: Philippines – Shamcey Supsup
4th Runner-Up: China – Luo Zilin

Top 10: Australia – Scherri-Lee Biggs, Costa Rica - Johanna Solano, France – Laury Thilleman, Panama – Sheldry Sáez, Portugal – Laura Gonçalves

Top 16: Colombia – Catalina Robayo, Kosovo – Afërdita Dreshaj, Netherlands – Kelly Weekers, Puerto Rico – Viviana Ortiz, USA – Alyssa Campanella, Venezuela – Vanessa Gonçalves
 
Miss Universe 2011 Crowning Moment! [HD]: Miss Universe 2011 Crowning Moment. Live from Sao Paulo, Brazil!




Miss China

More photos of Miss China Luo Zilin



Miss Philippines

of chinese man hires gang to smash up lamborghini after garage fails to fix fault

Like a Lamb-orghini to the slaughter. Man hires gang to smash up £500,000 car after garage fails to fix fault:Watch the video below.

It's not the most conventional of solutions to a persistent fault with your £500,000 super car, but one Chinese businessman decided enough was enough.

He ordered a group of men to smash up his Lamborghini using sledgehammers after the dealership failed to fix a recurring problem.

He became so frustrated with the service he received that he decided to show his anger in the most extreme fashion.

He hired a group of men from China's eastern Shandong province, gave them sledgehammer and let them get on with smashing up the Italian sports car.

Watch the video here: 3.15 Lamborghini - just die

of meet the world’s most expensive dog

Meet the World’s Most Expensive Dog: Big Splash, or "Hong Dong" in Chinese, is a $1.5 million red Tibetian mastiff puppy.

This is Big Splash, a red Tibetan mastiff who was just sold for 10 million yuan—$1.5 million—to a "multi-millionaire coal baron" in China. That may seem like a lot of money to you, but did you know that Big Splash is actually 70 feet tall, made of clay, and will grant you a wish if you answer three riddles?

Ha, no, actually, Big Splash is just a regular goddamn dog who is unfortunately trapped inside a "red Tibetan mastiff bubble"

of santacon in beijing (santa claus convention 2010)

SantaCon in Beijing

Foreigners dressed in Santa Claus costumes strike kong fu poses on a sidewalk as they make their way to Tiananmen Square for SantaCon, an annual "Santa Claus convention celebrating cheer, goodwill and fun," in Beijing December111, 2010. Police on Tiananmen Square, surprised by the large gathering of people wearing red, ordered the group to disperse and leave the square while also harassing foreign journalists, detaining one. Tiananmen Square was under tight security as the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony was held in Norway.

See more SantaCon photos here.

of jeffrey xu crowned champion at star search 2010

Shanghai lad crowned champion at Star Search 2010: Jeffrey Xu 徐鸣杰 (Shanghai) was crowned the winner at Star Search 2010. Peggy Lin 林佩琪 (Shanghai) came in second and Adeline Lim 林赞银 third. Romeo Tan 陈罗密欧 (Singapore) and Sora Ma 马艺瑄 (Malaysia) took the fourth and fifth spots respectively.

The judging panel was made up of both local and international artistes such as Zoe Tay, Fann Wong, Ha Yu, Lawrence Cheng, Deputy CEO (Television) of MediaCorp Chang Long Jong, and Senior Vice President of MediaCorp Chinese Drama Productions Kok Len Shoong.


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of selina, of she group, and yu haoming burnt during filming in china

Taiwanese pop star injured during filming in China: Selina (of S.H.E) and Yu Haoming (俞灏明) sustained burns while filming an explosion scene for the TV Drama ("我和春天有个约会") in China. Both stars were admitted into Rui Jing Hospital (瑞金医院).

A member of Taiwan's pop group S.H.E sustained burns during the shooting of an explosion scene for a TV drama series in China, reports said yesterday. Selina Ren suffered third-degree burns to her back, hands and legs in the accident that took place on Friday, and was admitted to a hospital in Shanghai, the reports said. Her agent was cited as saying her family is discussing with the hospital over arrangements to fly her back to Taiwan for the skin transplant operations. No problems were found during several tests of the explosives before the actual shooting, said the reports. But the explosives went off earlier than the set time when the actual filming started. Ren was filming in Shanghai alone without Hebe Tien and Ella Chen, her partners in the popular group.

Selina Jen [photo via]

Extracted from Sina (俞灏明Selina拍戏烧伤 已送往医院紧急救治),

新浪娱乐讯 10月22日上海消息，有媒体记者在微博上爆料称台湾组合SHE成员Selina及内地演员俞灏明在上海拍摄电视剧《我和春天有个约会》时被烧伤，并在瑞金医院接受紧急治疗，Selina的父母及未婚夫、俞灏明的父母已赶赴医院照料。大约在23日凌晨1：40分，俞灏明的经纪人司捷在自己的微博上证实了这一消息。 据悉，Selina和俞灏明傍晚六点左右被送往瑞金医院，治疗直至晚上十一点才结束，Selina和俞灏明在家人的陪伴下离开。据台湾媒体对瑞金医院做的电话连线采访消息，两人目前伤情稳定，对于有消息称Selina烧伤面积有50%及吸入性呛伤的说法，医生没有正面回答，表示医院将配备最好的医生和医护人员全力救助

Yu Haoming 俞灏明 [photo via]

In July this year, Selina shared with the media of her plans to marry her beau, lawyer Richard Chang, next year.

Wishing both Selina and Yu Haoming a speedy recovery.

Other links:
- 独家:Selina俞灏明上海拍爆破戏被烧伤

of this fish looks like shrek

This Fish Looks Like Shrek: The Asian Sheepshead Wrasse is a fish with large protrusions on the forehead and chin.

An unusual fish was found off a Japanese island — and the scaly creature bears an uncanny resemblance to lovable ogre Shrek. The fella’s something called an Asian Sheepshead Wrasse. While the bulbous head is normal for the species, area divers claim this guy’s goofy features and Shreky ears are anything but common.

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From Wikipedia,

The Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus) is a species of fish in the Labridae family. It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, and South Korea. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and coral reefs. Its unusual appearance has earned it international media attention. One of the largest wrasses, the Asian sheepshead wrasse is an extraordinary pinkish-grey fish with large, swelling-like protrusions on the ‘forehead’ and ‘chin’.

of how chinese owners turn their pets into exotic wildlife in new craze

How Chinese owners turn their pets into exotic wildlife in new craze: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Panda. Pet dogs in China are dyed by their owners to resemble tigers and pandas.

If this strange creature growled at you, you wouldn't know whether to run from his sharp claws or pat him on the head and give him a biscuit.

From a distance, its striped orange and black coat makes it look like a particularly odd tiger.

But it's actually a retriever, the victim of the latest craze among some dog owners in China to dye their pets to look like other animals.

The Chinese are always quick to embrace bizarre trends, and it is not unusual for owners to take their dogs to grooming parlours where they are not only given a shampoo and trim, but a multi-coloured dye job as well.

of 13-year-old jordan romero, youngest climber to reach mt everest

Jordan Romero Climbs Mt. Everest, 13-Year-Old Is Youngest Ever To Reach Summit: A 13-year-old American boy has become the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest.

A 13-year-old American boy became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest on Saturday, surpassing the previous record set by a 16-year-old Nepalese.

Jordan Romero called his mother by satellite phone from the summit of the world's highest mountain, 29,035 feet (8,850 meters) above sea level. He is now one climb away from his quest to conquer the highest peaks on all seven continents

of chinese boy has 31 fingers, toes

Chinese boy has 31 fingers, toes: A Chinese boy with 31 fingers and toes is set to undergo an operation to remove the extra digits.




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The six-year-old boy, whose name has not been released, has 16 toes and 15 fingers.

One of the fingers is incomplete and appears on X-ray photographs as a "fork" sticking out from the right thumb.

Three fingers on each of the boy's hands are also fused together by skin.

The boy, from Shenyang in China's north-eastern Liaoning province, beats the current world record held Indian boys Pranamya Menaria and Devendra Harne, who have 12 fingers and 13 toes.

Doctors will today attempt to remove the boy's extra digits.

The condition is known as polydactyly.

of chinese woman to have surgery to look like jessica alba in desperate bid to win back her ex-boyfriend

Chinese woman to have surgery to look like Jessica Alba in desperate bid to win back her ex-boyfriend: A Chinese woman, by the name of Xiaoqing, is seeking plastic surgery to look like Jessica Alba in an attempt to win back her boyfriend.

A Chinese woman whose boyfriend insisted she wore her make-up like actress Jessica Alba is now planning the drastic step of changing her entire face to look like the Hollywood star. Desperate to win back her obsessed boyfriend, who had insisted she wore a blonde wig and copy Miss Alba in every way, the 21-year-old woman is prepared to spend a fortune on the very physical make-over. Chinese surgeons say that changing the woman's face so she ends up looking like the Fantastic Four star can be done, but it will be extremely expensive.

However they have revealed that the woman is well off and that 'money is no object as long as the end result is to turn herself into a Jessica lookalike'.

Identifying herself only as Xiaoqing, the woman told the Shanghai Daily that her 28-year-old ex-boyfriend was so obsessed with Miss Alba that he hung photos of her on the walls of his home and carried her image on his mobile phone.

See the video here or at ITN News.

Jessica Alba is upset about Chinese woman's plastic surgery to look like her.

of chinese dissident liu xiaobo jailed for subversion

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo jailed for subversion: Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been jailed for 11 years for "inciting subversion of state power".


Liu Xiaobo is a veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests

The trial, from which Western diplomats and journalists were barred, followed Mr Liu's co-authorship of a document last year urging political reform.

Several people were apparently hurt at a Hong Kong protest over the sentence.

The human rights group Amnesty International condemned the sentence, saying freedom of speech was at stake.

The US also denounced the sentence. China has accused Washington and the EU of meddling in its affairs.

The BBC's Michael Bristow in Beijing says the sentence shows China does not want anyone to challenge its authority.

of china's tibetan mastiff craze

China's Tibetan Mastiff craze: Wealthy Chinese are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars on the Tibetan mastiff, a large dog originally bred by the nomads of Central Asia.

Wealthy Chinese are apparently crazy about a dog breed. Unlike status-seeking westerners and their pocket pooches, Chinese with big incomes are dropping a lot of money on the Tibetan mastiff, a regal-looking large dog that was originally bred by the nomads of Central Asia.

In September a woman in Xi'an spent some $600,000 on an 18-month-old Tibetan mastiff. That dog's arrival was greeted by a 30-car convoy from the airport and host of events with his owner.

U.S.A. Today also has a report on China's mastiff craze and introduces us to dog breeder Zhao Yanjun, who makes around $400,000 a year breeding dogs and names them after world leaders.

Also read "Chinese put these dogs on pedestals".

Click here to see more Tibetan Mastiff photos.

of girl skips school, gets impaled

Girl Cuts Class: Xiao Zhang skips school, plays truant and gets impaled on a steel fence spike while trying to climb out of the playground.


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THIS little girl learned her lesson when she played truant - and impaled herself on a steel fence spike trying to climb out of the playground. Xiao Zhang, 12, was rescued by firefighters who abandoned attempts to cut her free and simply lifted her off the spike in Wenzhou, southern China.

She told the Austrian Times: "I was in a lot of pain but I didn't call for help at first because I didn't want to get into trouble for missing school."

One rescue worker added: "She's lucky it didn't shatter any bones and was just a flesh wound."

of singapore pr, zhang yuanyuan, flashes nric on chinese tv

Netizens angered by S'pore PR's show of loyalty to China: Zhang Yuanyuan, a Chinese national who lived and worked in Singapore, was featured on Chinese national TV for her participation in the recent 60th anniversary celebrations. During the interview she allowed her Singapore IC to be photographed which was shown on national TV. According to Shin Min's report on Monday, Zhang taught Chinese in Singapore and earned about $4,000 a month.


Zhang Yuanyuan


Zhang Yuanyuan's IC shown on TV

A Chinese national who lived and worked in Singapore was featured on Chinese national TV for her participation in the recent 60th anniversary celebrations

Zhang Yuanyuan, 28, had studied and lived in Singapore for five years and obtained permanent residency. According to Shin Min's report on Monday, Zhang taught Chinese in Singapore and earned about $4,000 a month.

It was reported in the Chinese evening dailies that upon receiving her permanent residency, someone had told her to consider taking up Singaporean citizenship as well and her answer was: "Beijing is my home."

Zhang is known to have contributed to her country during a snowstorm disaster in the north and during the Beijing Olympics in 2008, she decided to return to her homeland. She also accepted a job that paid much lesser.

During an interview where she allowed her Singapore IC to be photographed, she said she wanted to join China's women's militia contingent because her greatest wish was to repay the motherland.

Shin Min Daily interviewed a few MPs and this is what they have to say:

Sembawang GRC's Dr Lim Wee Kiak

Netizens should not overreact because Zhang is a PR and still retains her Chinese passport. Hence, China is still her home. In fact, there are a number of Singaporeans who are PRs in another country and they visit Singapore on a frequent basis. Should we then turn them away?

Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC's Ms Josephine Teo

As a globalized nation, such situations will occur frequently and we must learn to accept that this is the case.

Tanjong Pagar GRC's Mr Baey Yam Keng

Zhang grew up in China and her entire family is there. Perhaps family ties are more important to her now than before.

Watch the CCTV news report here.


Click on image to watch the video

Read the various emails posted at Sammyboy forum from one Singaporean by the name of Tony Tan Keng Hong to the Prime Minister and various agencies.

Other links:
- PAP's MPs speak up for Zhang Yuanyuan; Netizens should not overreact
- Singapore PRC PR Zhang Yuanyuan flashed NRIC on Chinese TV and proclaimed loyalty to China publicly
- Singapore Chinese PR Zhang Yuan Yuan Angers Singaporeans When She Proclaimed Love for Her Homeland China
- Singapore PRC PR Zhang Yuanyuan flashed NRIC on Chinese TV and proclaimed loyalty to China publicly

of zhang ziyi snubbed by orchard road shop

Ziyi snubbed by Orchard Rd shop: Zhang Ziyi, who was in Singapore over the Hari Raya Puasa weekend, was refused entry into a Hilton Shopping Gallery boutique on Orchard Road. She was with celebrity hairstylist David Gan when the incident happened. Ziyi was in Singapore for a shopping trip after a three-day shoot for National Geographic in the Indonesian part of Borneo.

FIRST, Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang was turned away by a bak kut teh stall in Singapore last year.

Now international movie star and Zhang Ziyi (right) has been told the same thing by a shop: Sorry, we’re closed.

Ziyi was refused entry into a high-end boutique while shopping in Singapore over the Hari Raya Puasa weekend.

Celebrity hairstylist David Gan, her friend, mentioned this in a blog entry on 23 Sep.

He wrote that around 6pm, a shop in Hilton Shopping Gallery on Orchard Road refused to admit him and Ziyi because it was closing time.

Ziyi’s mother was with them, but not the star’s fiance, Israeli tycoon Vivi Nevo.

Most of the shops in Hilton Shopping Gallery close between 6 and 7pm, unlike other shops in Orchard Road that stay open till 9.30pm.