humor

www.lostlaowai.com — Jack finished his last class and coming out the door he lit his first cigarette of the day. At his apartment door, Jack crushed his fourth cigarette and took the fifth inside. He checked his phone messages. Then he stepped back out and lit number six and headed to McDonald's.

thedarkside.hk — A secret video has been leaked which represents one of the ruthless methods of the Chinese secret service in extracting information.

online.wsj.com — China Central Television, the biggest TV network in the country, deemed Joe Wang's success in the U.S. curious enough that it dedicated a special program to him in December. The peg: He's the Chinese scientist who makes Americans laugh. While CCTV declared that Mr. Wong's success proves "humor has no boundaries," it concluded the program without showing any of his jokes.

torisefromashes.blogspot.com — When odd customer demands meet unprofessional customer service...

www.chinatravel.net — 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!