Newspaper Headlines

There is just something a little bit different about the newspaper headlines here in China. Here are some of our favorites from the last week or so:

“Arrest over lover killed by hammer” – about a man who failed to marry his lover and instead bludgeoned her to death in the hope of marrying her in the afterlife

“”Sea lion” boy back to normal” – about a boy with deformed hands and feet who recently had surgery

“Mums-to-be suck when they sit down to eat” – about how expectant mothers have a poor diet

“Nude, foreign and sinking not swimming” – about a naked, drunk ex-pat saved from a local creek

“Money and mistresses don’t mix, say report” – about how 90% of officials convicted of corruption had a mistress – or several

“Men want women who look good, says study” – about a recent study that concluded men often choose women for their looks as opposed to personality

“Things start jumping around “magic boy” – about how appliances and other household items randomly jump in the air and levitate when this “magic boy” is in the room