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We visit the world’s largest Starbucks: The Starbucks Reserve Roastery Shanghai【Pictures & Video】

• Dale Roll
  Apr 18, 2018
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This Starbucks is enormous in both size and selection!

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• China
• (cafe • China • coffee • Shangai • Starbucks • Starbucks China • Starbucks Reserve Roastery)

The power of makeup: new Chinese transformation meme on social media enthralls Japanese netizens

• Koh Ruide
  Feb 24, 2018

Series of attitude-packed videos featuring people morphing into breathtaking individuals leaves everyone wanting more.

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• Japan
• (China • cool • Japanese Twitter • makeover • transformation meme • video)

China bans rap music in an effort to reduce “vulgar” culture

• Dale Roll
  Jan 26, 2018

Since January 23, rap artists are no longer allowed on public broadcasts in China.

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• China
• (ban • censorship • China • chinese music • hip hop • rap music)

Starbucks opens its second Roastery, the biggest Starbucks coffee shop yet, in Shanghai

• Richard Simmonds
  Jan 18, 2018

Shanghai, already home to more than 600 Starbucks, is now only the second place to get an extra-special Starbucks Reserve Roastery.

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• China
• (cafes • China • coffee • COK • Roastery • Shanghai • Starbucks)

Japanese sake with a basketball anime connection is flying off the shelves in China

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 16, 2018

Chinese consumers have been buying up a certain brand of sake in staggering numbers due to an unexpected link with hit basketball anime Slam Dunk.

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• China, Japan
• (alcohol • anime • China • manga • nihonshu • sake • Slam Dunk)

Chinese guy discovers way to get a seat on a busy train – fake seizures【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  Dec 7, 2017

YouTube video shows man in China faking a fit just to get somewhere to sit, but at what cost?

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• China
• (China • funny • trains • YouTube)

High-end matchmaking service helps Chinese men meet beautiful Ukranian women【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Oct 7, 2017

With a ratio of three beautiful Ukranian women to one Chinese man, the odds seem pretty good. But it’s going to cost them $10,380 each.

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• China
• (China • crazy • dating service • Ukraine)

Freerunner barrels down world’s largest parkour course in a thrilling POV recording 【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Jun 11, 2017

Those knees must hurt after bounding down 999 steps in two minutes.

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• China
• (China • dangerous • extreme • Parkour • sports • tianmen • video)

Is it possible to travel through a pipe from Tokyo to Rio? China’s best minds tackle the dilemma!

• Andrew Kane
  Aug 29, 2016

Prime Minister Abe’s bizarre yet awesome appearance at the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympics got many people thinking. Thinking a little too seriously maybe.

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• Japan
• (China • Mario • nintendo • Olympics • Shinzo Abe)

Here’s how the biggest social networking company in China compares to Facebook

• BUSINESS INSIDER
  Aug 24, 2016

There’s a new king of tech in China.

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• China
• (business • China • facebook • Tencent)

Ambulance in China dumps patient after realizing he was already dead to help at other incident

• Corey Gold
  Aug 19, 2016

An old man seriously injured in an accident in China was dumped by the ambulance after they confirmed he was dead.

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China’s revolutionary elevated bus takes its first ride

• Corey Gold
  Aug 4, 2016

The world’s first elevated bus that glides over the top of moving cars began its first test run today in Hebei province, China.

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• China
• (beijing • bus • China • elevated bus • International High-Tech Expo • Qinhuangdao City • straddling bus • technology • Transit Explore Bus • transport)

“Long Live China!”: Chinese players hijack Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine Pokémon Go gym

• Mike
  Aug 1, 2016

Some Chinese Pokémon Go players have apparently teamed up to conquer the in-game gym located in Tokyo’s infamous Yasukuni Shrine.

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• China, Japan
• (apps • China • games • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)

Chinese fan creates air bubbles that feel like boobs

• Corey Gold
  Jul 4, 2016

A new Chinese commercial features claims of an electric fan that generates an air pocket of wind that feels like a pair of breasts. Ingenious invention or just marketing?

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• China, Lifestyle
• (beach • bikini • China • Chinese • electric fan product • girls • swimwear • video • virtual reality • women)

Annoyed woman in mini-skirt takes nap on police car as cops arrest husband【Video】

• Corey Gold
  Jun 27, 2016

For most women, when it comes to things to do in a one-piece mini-skirt, lying on the hood of a police car probably isn’t very high on their list…

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• China
• (arrest • China • dress • lady • mini skirt • police • skirt • video • YouTube)

Angry Birdgers: McDonald’s China unveils green & red burgers to coincide with Angry Birds movie

• ロケットニュース24
  May 24, 2016

Are you green with envy or just plain nausea?

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• China, Food & Drink
• (Angry Birds • burgers • China • fast food • McDonald's • weird)

This is a pretty worrying chart for China’s demographic future

• BUSINESS INSIDER
  May 18, 2016

It’s no secret that many countries face looming demographics problems as their populations age.

Much has been written about developed markets like Japan, Germany, and Italy, which have the largest percentages of their populations age 65 and up.

But another country also deserves attention: China.

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• China
• (aging population • business • China • economy)

China’s taste in cars is looking even more like America’s in one important way

• BUSINESS INSIDER
  Apr 26, 2016

It’s big, it’s bold, it’s brash, and it’s going to China.

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• China, News
• (cars • China • Ford • industry)

Stunning time-lapse photography, “Sea of Clouds”, shows off Hong Kong’s natural beauty【Video】

• Philip Kendall
  Apr 23, 2016

There’s so much more to China’s southern city than skyscrapers…

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• China, Culture, Entertainment
• (China • clouds • Hong Kong • photography • time-lapse • travel • video)

Old man blissfully unaware as out-of-control dump truck almost flattens him【Video】

• ロケットニュース24
  Apr 21, 2016

It’s not very often we’re able to follow the line “he never even saw it coming” with “but then he casually watched it zoom over the horizon…”

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• China, News
• (accident • China • scary • traffic collision • video)

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