List of possible embarrassing revelations in Zhao Ziyang Memoirs – Humour

News of the US getting it together enough to make a real go at making a decent showing at Shanghai Expo 2010 has been accompanied by Expo mascot Haibao's coming out as a very dashing gay-disco worthy campy cowboy.

And, at least in this outfit, the question of the previously androgynous little blue wave's gender appears to have been answered. Haibao's sporting quite a package!

Now that the firecrackers have been fired and the leftover dumplings dumped, many Chinese netizens are starting to feel the dreaded New Year’s hangover (and so are their wallets).

Netizens howl with laughter after Beijing authorities require some people to register their knives.

Not understanding local humor is frustrating, especially when you understand the words but don't know why everybody's laughing. In order to rid yourself of embarrassment, what are you going to do? Pretend to laugh? Come on! You can do better than that. Here are three tips to help you avoid becoming the butt of the joke.