Even the Losers

My apologies to Tom Petty...

Chinese media is buzzing with stories of a few losers. The first comes as a bit of a surprise: unpopular micro-bloggers are paying people to be their fans. These people are paying others to manipulate the number of followers to their micro-blog on Sina.

I know that there are a lot of people whose social skills are lacking, but is it really that difficult to make friends online? To add some perspective, I use the Chinese micro-blog and have 124 followers. That's not bad considering how infrequently I use it and the fact that I write 90% in English (I originally planned on using it to improve my Chinese).

Our next candidate comes from Shenzhen. Shenzhen Daily reports that a man blames a Jissbon condom for ruining his sex life. While using a condom that supposedly would help extend sexual performance, he suffered pre-mature ejaculation, followed by depression. Jissbon refutes the man's claim that it was a faulty condom. As proof that China is opening up to Western ideals, the man filed a frivolous lawsuit against the condom maker.

Note: Jissbon is a Chinese condom brand made in Wuhan. They have the most amusing logo of a smirking condom wearing sunglasses.

There Is No Sex in China

Looks like China's planned sex theme park celebration was premature. It seems the Chongqing government had performance anxiety and pulled the plug on the project after a good portion of it was erected.

According to The New York Times (always known for truth in news), government officials blushed at the idea of having a "vulgar, ill-minded, and misleading" theme park in their backyard. This from the same government that merely fined one of its own for sex with a minor because he didn't know how old she really was. I guess this means everyone will have to go the usual massage parlors and KTVs for sex education.

Note: This is the Waiguoren's 500th post!