Chinese New Year!!!
I always thought I was born in a Year of the Snake in 1989… but due to the Chinese New Year starting later I’ve actually been a Dragon all of my life! This is is even more life changing than finding out that my name was Andrew when I was 5 years old. haha.
Beijing’s Olympic Ruins by Mark Byrnes
While being awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics allowed Beijing to construct new architectural icons and receive international accolades, its current reality is a collection of unused sports facilities with few if any plans for reuse.
It could take 30 years to pay off the $471 million bill for the Bird’s Nest, while the Water Cube lost about $1 million last year even after public financial assistance and the addition of a water park.
And those are the facilities still in use. Venues for kayaking, beach volleyball, BMX, and baseball sit untouched since 2008. Signage and landscaping appear to have gone without maintenance since the closing ceremonies.
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Stranger Than Fiction of the Day: A man in China who had been on the run from the law for the past 13 years was hiding in plain sight, disguised as one of the country’s most successful character actors.
Ji Siguang is suspected of participating along with three accomplices in an attack on a policeman in the northern Chinese city of Qiqihar.
Following the incident, Ji changed his name to Zhang Guofeng and entered the entertainment business, quickly racking up an impressive list of on-screen appearances, including on a popular TV show that aired in 2009.
Police caught up with the actor during the filming of a new drama in which he plays a Buddhist monk.
Authorities claim he confessed to taking part in the assault, and said he lived in constant fear of one day being recognized.
[skynews.]
All Chinese people look alike. Even to Chinese people! jk, but this is kinda funny.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwbk5rklEw1qzpwi0o1_400.jpg)
Stranger Than Fiction of the Day: A man in China who had been on the run from the law for the past 13 years was hiding in plain sight, disguised as one of the country’s most successful character actors.
Ji Siguang is suspected of participating along with three accomplices in an attack on a policeman in the northern Chinese city of Qiqihar.
Following the incident, Ji changed his name to Zhang Guofeng and entered the entertainment business, quickly racking up an impressive list of on-screen appearances, including on a popular TV show that aired in 2009.
Police caught up with the actor during the filming of a new drama in which he plays a Buddhist monk.
Authorities claim he confessed to taking part in the assault, and said he lived in constant fear of one day being recognized.
[skynews.]
All Chinese people look alike. Even to Chinese people! jk, but this is kinda funny.
(Source: thedailywhat)
I think I just felt an earthquake in Southeast Missouri. Photo is from an earthquake in China a few years ago. Anybody know of a recent quake?
