7 humbling days in Hong Kong - Asia's wealthiest city - a tragic comedy starring a dusty, perpetually insolvent backpacker.

A 23 year old pretty Shanghai girl posts her pictures on the Chinese Liba Forum looking for an honest husband, with double eyelids, that can take care of her.

“We can be sure it is a trap. They’ve been preparing for this for thousands of years. According to the satellite images we are getting from Beijing, they are digging large holes which they claim are for Olympic venues... Nah, they’re going to wait until it gets dark and then they are going to bring out their dragons…”

From WeirdAsiaNews, some photos of a guy who carries a box of 1 rmb notes to the car dealership to make his big purchase. Ridiculous...

Some funny (because they're true) tips and warnings for travellers heading to the Beijing Olympics in August. It's aptly summed up with #1: You may not realize this, but “Murphy” was Chinese. Or at least a traveler to China. Everything that can go wrong in China, will go wrong.

BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhaha) — After allegations by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao earlier this month that the Dalai Lama and his supporters were directly responsible for the recent violent insurgence in Lhasa and other parts of Tibet, a surprise announcement was made Tuesday that the Dalai Lama had met with Chinese President Hu Jintao in an effort to reconcile with the government in Beijing.

Oh Beijing, why do you torture me so? Isn’t our love pure, and true? And yet you find the need to pretend your are someone else, as soon as we have guests. You are ashamed of your smoke-filled restaurants, buses and even taxis, so you ban smoking in public places during the Olympics. Do you...

If you think Steven Spielberg is a good guy for trying to stop genocide, think again.

This is only meant to serve as an example of the sort of humor you should never, ever engage in. Tibet is not a country and throwing Chinese people out of windows is ill-advised.

For those of you who have missed the story (hard not to miss given it has received no press),a United Airlines flight was apparently held in Beijing for two days because of rats