Tag Archives: Shenzhen

A centenarian monk reads the newspaper

Benhuan (本焕), a 103-year-old monk at Hongfa Temple in Shenzhen, reads Cankao Xiaoxi.

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Profanity on a Shenzhen sign

A sign warning travelers about rip-off unlicensed taxis makes its point with crude language.

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Barack Obama’s half-brother in Shenzhen

Looking to see if anyone knows Mark Ndesandjo, Barack Obama’s half-brother who works in Shenzhen, running an internet company.

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Sexual harassment Shenzhen official in trouble on the Internet, and with the cops

A fat government official harasses an 11-year-old girl in a restaurant in Shezhen, and the Chinese Internet hunts him down.

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Police destroy 14,277 ‘illegal’ motorcycles with bulldozers

Daily Sunshine (晶报): 14,277 confiscated “illegal motorcycles” were destroyed by bulldozers in Yungang district, Shenzhen as part of the city’s “motorcycle ban”.

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Chinese protesters extinguish Olympic torch in protest?

As reported by Asia Sentinel, the Olympic torch has apparently been extinguished by local Chinese protesters while making the rounds in Shenzhen earlier today. Despite efforts to find local sources collaborating details of the story, nothing has turned up on … Continue reading

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