A high-rise apartment building in Shanghai was destroyed by fire on Monday, killing at least 53 people and injuring 70 others. Image from Xinhuanet [Cn]
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A high-rise apartment building in Shanghai was destroyed by fire on Monday, killing at least 53 people and injuring 70 others. Image from Xinhuanet [Cn]
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Taiwanese pop group S.H.E member Selina and Chinese actor-singer Yu Haoming were injured on Friday when filming a new drama in Shanghai.
The stars were injured while filming an explosive scene but something went wrong and the explosion was triggered sooner than expected.
Selina suffered third degree burns (result in scarring and require skin grafting) mostly on her limbs, which is bad enough but not as serious as rumoured earlier (of 50% body surface burn). Her co-star Yu Haoming’s injury is more severe with 35-40% body surface suffering third degree burns.
[Update] Unfortunately the earlier rumours are proven to be right… Selina’s injury is as bad as it’s initially reported (50% body surface burn).
Both of them are in ICU but is said to be doing ok. Get well soon.
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The Norwegian Seafood Export Council set a new world record last week at China’s Shanghai Expo in celebration of the arrival of Norwegian Salmon No. 10,000,000 to China (and perhaps a bit of peace making for the Nobel prize).
The record-setting sushi mosaic featured 8,374 pieces of sushi made from different types of Norwegian seafood, primarily salmon, but also cod, mackerel and prawns. The mosaic covered 20.13 square metres, used 120 kilos of rice and 65 kilos of Norwegian Salmon, and took 6 hours and 15 minutes to complete.
by Yein Jee
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The organiser of Expo Shanghai has suspended the use of a theme song following accusations that it’s plagiarised from Japanese singer Mayo Okamoto’s 1997 hit. Immediate below is an edited video which mixed both versions…
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