Baoshan man accused of murder, cannibalism – Weird China News

Maybe Tom Cruise knows something about this: HEALTH authorities are investigating an illegal trade in human placentas that was said to be thriving in a hospital in south China's Guangdong Province. A whistleblower said human placentas - considered a rich source of nutrients by some people - were being sold at 20 yuan each.

Tea eggs -- cha ye dan (茶叶蛋) -- have long been a popular savory snack in China. From Family Mart convenience stores to roadside stalls, you can pick up a soy sauce and black tea leaf braised egg virtually anywhere in Shanghai and they have become a tasty fixture on the city’s snack scene.

According to a news reel from China, a young boy there possesses the ability to see in the dark. Like a Siamese cat's, his sky-blue eyes flash neon green when illuminated by a flashlight, and his night vision is good enough to enable him to fill out questionnaires while sitting in a pitch black room — or so say the reporters who visited Nong Yousui in his hometown of Dahua three years ago.

In the past, it was up to China's teachers to name their favorite students to classroom leadership posts. Nowadays, students at increasing numbers of schools are taking part in open elections in a practice that may help to speed up the progress of democracy in the world's most populous nation