Offbeat snippets from other sources…
Adventure – Extreme cycling [Wickedreport]
Banana skin could turn into sustainable fuel [BBC]
China – Businessman built first sex theme park, but was torn down before it even opened [BBC]
China – Lost tourist search failed; seven corpses found instead [Reuters]
India – Guy eats bricks, and lovin’ it [Youtube]
Japan – Virtual consolation service with nothing but praises [Asiajin]
Kangaroo survives arrow in head [BBC]
Oldest known figurative art discovered (pic by Nicholas Conard) [Scienceblog]
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At first I was thinking, “how would the Chinese government allow a sex theme park in China” …But then I saw it’s in Chongqing , so it might only being fitting. Since Deng Xiaoping was born in Guang An right near Chongqing as well as Graduating from Chongqing Preparatory School. And Chongqing is a powerful province level Municipality and politically almost as important as Beijing thanks to Deng himself. And, ofcourse Deng was the one who instigated the open door policy of China. His words often were, “To learn knowledge and truth from the West in order to save China.”.
Not sure a sex park was in his vision lol. But I can see how Chongqing might be a place to accept one. ;p
Well, the Chongqing officials are not as liberal as we thought… they demolished the theme park yesterday [updated link above]
the figurines proves that man likes big boobs since thousand years ago =P
Hmmm, oh well. But the global media attention has probably opened a pandora’s box. Anyway, just have to chaulk it up to another example of how the direction of China and it’s people is in the middle of some slowly slowly changing attitudes about alot of things. This would have never even been attempted 20 to 30 years ago in China.
I did see some of the pictures from the Korean Sex land….some pretty explicit stuff I must say. Apparently it’s a big hit in Korea.