China

When you first look at this video it seems the cold weather made this manhole cover explode.

In China a restaurant has opened that is run by robots. There are 12 robots on the staff that cook and deliver food to the tables. They even have two robot hostesses’ that greet customers when they arrive. Each robot cost $6, 500 or the same as a year’s wage.

In China, a man was taking a casual walk when he had to have the worst case of timing ever. He was walking under a high-rise apartment building when a five inch kitchen knife fell from the sky.

Chinese translator Chen Siyuan has an incredible talent, she can write with both of her hands and feet, all at the same time. She can write Chinese in one and English in the other, at the same time. It’s hard enough to write with one hand let alone four extremities, and in different languages.

China is kicking around the idea of building a high-speed train that would run from the countries northeast to the United States. The rails would cross Siberia and the Bering Straits to Alaska, across Canada then to the U.S.

Just like humans, animals have friends they become attached to, and when that friend is gone they can get depressed. That’s what happened to a Sijia the panda at a Chinese zoo. When her best friend and playmate Meixi left, Sijia became depressed.

The largest dam in the world is The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei Provence, China. It covers more than a mile and stands 50 stories high and holds back more than five trillion gallons of water. It’s the largest hydroelectric dam in the world but came at cost to people and Chinese historical sites ...

In Zhejiang, China a luxury pet fair was held and a property developer paid $1.9 million for a one year old Tibetan Mastiff in what could be the most expensive dog sale ever. Mastiffs are very big dogs that look like a lion and could be, at time ferocious.

22 year old Jordan Maroon died at the scene of a car crash early this morning (Feb.21) in China, ME.

There’s a new show coming to the Animal Planet in January called ‘Cold River Cash’. It will follow Maine fisherman who for 10 weeks a year trying to earn thousands of dollars fishing for glass eels.

The People’s Park in the Chinese province of Henan is supposed to be a zoo with exotic animals like lions, snakes, white foxes and pandas, but the zoo has recently tried passing off domestic animals as exotic ones.

The country of China and Walt Disney Company are partnering to build the Shanghai Disney Resort at a cost of $4.4 billion. This will be a first for Disney in mainland China with a completion date set for 2018. The Shanghai Shendi Group of China will own 57 per cent of the resort and Disney the rest and the financing will be proportional to the investments. Disney will hold 70% of the management co

Coolest kid ever, animal lover and recent brown belt, Derek Beaulieu of China took 2nd place in Kata for the 7-9 Boys Intermediate Division for the 2012 season. Derek trains at United Martial Arts Academies of Augusta.

If you think the NBA’s slam dunk contest has lost some of its luster, then you won’t know what to make of the disaster that is the Chinese Basketball Association’s version of this event.