In something that is as unbelievable as it is absurd including unthinkable, bottles of air, yes you read that right, Oxygen, air we breathe, is now being sold in China because of high levels of air pollution.

These bottled air are being collected in mountainous regions in Canada where the sellers boast of selling 'pure, unadulterated air that is not polluted' and most shockingly, they have found a very willing market in China and regional countries due to high pollution levels.

According to reports, several Chinese nationals and foreigners have already amassed fortunes selling these bottled air to residents frustrated with too much polluted air in China.


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China’s new school for monkeys has certainly raised a few eyebrows and it could be one of the world’s most curious school.

The “macaques performing school” for monkeys, a first of its kind was opened in Dongying, with 30 Japanese macaques, which are snow monkeys and the furry students “are expected to learn tricks, such as walking on stilts and mathematics, and will be sent around China after their training to enter the entertainment industry,” Dailymail reported.

The monkeys are also expected to receive daily physical training and “academic” lessons and after their graduation the monkeys will tour the length and breadth of China to showcase their trickery and skills.



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The image of a city skyline appeared floating in the clouds above the cities of Jiangxi and Foshan on Oct. 7 — and skeptics are starting to question its origin.

Scientists say Chinese residents witnessed what is a mirage called a Fata Morgana — but conspiracy theorists were quick to jump in calling it part of a secret project by NASA to fake the second coming of Christ.

The Fata Morgana is created when temperatures cause light to bounce and bend through different layers of air, Prof. Kenneth Bowman from Texas A&M University explained.

"It's not exactly a reflection because it's not a mirror but it's like looking through a lens and you're seeing the surface at a long distance away but it looks like it's floating up in the atmosphere," Bowman said.

Despite the science backing up the phenomenon, conspiracy theorists still believe the vision could be part of a suspected NASA project called Project Blue Beam — which will use holograms to simulate alien invasions or the second coming of Christ.

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BIZARRE: A husband has been accused of biting off his wife's nose and eating it after she failed to pick up his calls, it has been reported.

The pair, from the city of Dezhou in China, allegedly got into a fight after the woman did not answer her estranged husband’s calls after a late work shift on 6 September 2015.

Enraged, her husband allegedly stormed into her work the following day and attacked her: biting off her nose and then swallowing it, according to the People’s Daily Online.

The woman, partially identified as Ms Yang, told Shangdong Television station: “And the next thing I knew, he pushed my head towards the way and ate my nose in one go.”

Doctors have claimed the damage to Ms Yang’s nose is so severe she will require extensive surgery. Almost her entire nose, including the nasal septum, soft triangle and nose tip, were eaten.

Surgeons believe it will be at least three months before her nose can be cosmetically reconstructed.

According to local news reports Ms Yang claims her husband – who had two grown children from his previous marriage - attempted to sell the couple’s child so she could care for his grandchildren. When Ms Yang refused the couple separated, although she claims he continued to ring her regularly.

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Wealthy Chinese are getting even richer really fast. A new billionaire was created almost every week in China in the first quarter of 2015, according to a report by UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Wealth creation is booming for the Chinese -- supported by strong economic growth and robust capital markets -- and it's all happened in the last 15 years, said Francis Liu, a managing director at UBS Wealth Management.

They're primarily pulling in the big bucks from real estate, technology, healthcare and other consumer industries, he said.

In 2014, there were about 200 billionaires in China, versus 570 in the U.S., according to UBS.
Chinese billionaires are also using their new found wealth to give back. Older generations generally focus their philanthropy on areas like education and healthcare, while younger billionaire entrepreneurs have looked to social issues, such as supporting underprivileged communities.

Increasing numbers of rich Chinese will turn Asia into the biggest hub for new billionaires. Asia's wealthy are younger than their peers in other parts of the world, and many are self-made -- about 25% grew up in poverty, compared with 8% in the U.S.

"We are very optimistic that in the next five to 10 years [the number of] Asian billionaires will surpass the U.S, because of the high-growth opportunities in this part of the world," Liu said.

Going forward, estate planning will be key -- two-thirds of the world's billionaires are over 60 years old, and they'll be looking to preserve their wealth for future generations, according to the report.

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Mr Xia, 21, told doctors who arrived to treat him: "Leave me alone and turn on the computer for me. I want to surf the internet"

A Chinese man who reportedly collapsed after a 14-day internet gaming marathon asked doctors who arrived to treat him to "turn on the computer" so he could continue surfing the web.

In the latest example of the country's troubling obsession with the virtual world, the 21-year-old named only as Mr Xia collapsed onto the pavement outside an internet café in Hefei, the capital of Anhui province, according to a report in the Anhui Business Review.

When doctors arrived to take the goggle-eyed man to hospital he reportedly told them: "Leave me alone and turn on the computer for me. I want to surf the internet."

Ms Wang, a cleaning lady at the café, said she had seen the young man stagger out of the building following a two-week online binge during which he had chain-smoked, repeatedly dodged showers and eaten almost nothing.

"[At] 7am on May 3, he told me he was feeling a little dizzy and hadn't eaten for a day and that he would go out to get some food," she told the website.

"He couldn't stand up on his own so I helped him. He was quite smelly by then." At 7.30am Mr Xia collapsed into a heap on the ground outside.

China now has 649 million internet users, according to government figures, but also an estimated 24 million internet addicts, many of them teens.

Earlier this year a teenager from Jiangsu province was reported to have chopped off his hand in an attempt to cure his addiction.

Tao Ran, who runs a famous Beijing "boot camp" for internet obsessed teens, said such tactics would not work. "I fear he will become addicted again."

Mr Xia, the Anhui internet addict, told reporters he had run away from home after becoming hooked on online role-playing games including World of Warcraft.

"I found confidence in this virtual world," he said.

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Hong Kong’s chief executive has infuriated pro-democracy campaigners by using a Chinese New Year message to urge the former colony's citizens to act more "like sheep".

In a brief video address commemorating the start of Year of the Sheep, CY Leung said sheep-like behavior was required in the wake of the turbulence caused by last year’s street protests.

“Last year was no easy ride for Hong Kong. Our society was rife with differences and conflicts,” the chief executive of the former British colony said.

“In the coming year, I hope that all people in Hong Kong will take inspiration from the sheep's character and pull together in an accommodating manner to work for Hong Kong's future.”

In case his message had been missed, Mr Leung noted that the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac had 12 individual "character types". "Sheep are widely seen to be mild and gentle animals living peacefully in groups," he said.

Mr Leung had a track record of tactlessness, Ms Mo added. “Once he told his supporters that if others have different opinions [they should] go and shout at them.”

Ma Ngok, a political scientist, told the South China Morning Post, the comment was “not smart”.

“He seems like he wants the people to blindly follow what he says like sheep following the shepherd. And CY Leung preaching more peace is kind of ironic because many people see him as the guy causing a lot of conflicts in Hong Kong."

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A Chinese girl with a rare medical problem has the appearance of a child - despite being 20-years-old.

Zeng Yushan was born in June 1994 in the township of Huzhu in Fushun County in south-western China's Sichuan Province.

At seven years old, she stopped growing and was diagnosed with a tumour on her pituitary gland, which caused a deficiency in growth hormones.

The pituitary gland is found behind the bridge of the nose and below the base of the brain, and is about the size of a pea.

It releases hormones growth and puberty hormones, among others, directly into the blood stream.
Tumours on the pituitary gland - though rare - can stop people growing and developing normally, said Ashley Grossman, professor of endocrinology at Oxford University.

He told MailOnline: 'If you've got a pituitary tumour, it can stop growth hormones being released.
'You end up like a Tom Thumb person that looks small but is perfectly formed.

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