Tag Archive for 'China'

Aaaaaawwwwwwww!

by Richard So can we call this an oops baby? Zookeepers at the US National Zoo had basically given up on Mei Xiang, the giant panda, ever getting pregnant. Just wasn’t going to happen. Still, they figured, why not give it the ol’ artificial insemination try? Just for grins and giggles? Turns out, the long [...]

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Olympic-Level Stupidity

by Richard There’s talk that the Olympics, held alternating two years between winter and summer, are the epitome of sport, the highest echelon of sport in both skill and conduct. Yeah, well, so much for that. As of this week, we’ve got some serious issues to discuss in, of all places, women’s badmitten. Yeah, badmitten, dudes. [...]

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Phantom Stories

by Richard Marriage, so goes the old stereotype, is something women are plotting, trying their best to trip up a dude so he falls in front of the alter and they can get hitched. Well, that’s the Western version anyway. In China, where the communist government has for decades had a one-child policy in place, [...]

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