08/08/24 - The case involved over 380 million RMB in transactions, over 4000 bodies, and 75 suspects.
RIP #21-year-old Shaolin monk Qiu Feng passes away. “Based on insiders who found out from Shaolin monks’ friend circle, at 12:53AM on the 7th of August, Qiu Feng was involved in a rear-ending accident in the ride share car he had gotten, and unfortunately passed away. Qiu Feng, Buddhist name Yan Heng, was the 34th generation Shaolin wushu monk, and has quickly gone viral on social media thanks to his martial skills and personal charisma. In 2024, he acted in the TV show “Going to the Mountains and Seas”, playing the part of Qiu Feng. He was only 21-years-old.”
Comments say, “OMG, I come across his videos all the time! Hope he rests in peace.”
“He’s only 21! He’s so young!”
“Oh my god, I couldn’t believe my eyes! It’s actually Master Qiu Feng??”
#Love jobs where you can act crazy. “Uni students on summer break are invading livestreams. I guess they finally found a job where you don’t have to use your brain at all.”
[There’s a screenshot of a tiktok video, which is captioned, “2000’s kid is working summers in a livestream, hiding in the corner and responding to the streamer. “Every time someone counts down from three, I have to yell, “Post the link!!”]
Comments say, “I love jobs where I don’t have to think.”
“I want this job so bad. I can squat in a corner like a little mouse with no one bothering me, and all I have to do is yell every now and then.”
“Relatives: Where are you working? Me: It’s undercover, I can’t talk about it.” [The uni student is literally hiding under cover in the video.]
#Trans daughter continues to diss Musk. “On the 7th of August, Musk’s trans daughter Vivian Wilson (original name Xavier Musk) posted on social media platform Threads lately, dissing her father. She points out that Musk isn’t what he appears to the outside at all. She wrote, “You’re not a family man. You’re a serial cheater who’s always lying to your kids. You’ve never stepped foot in a church. You’re not a Christian.”
Last month, Musk claimed on Jordan Peterson’s blog that he is “a steadfast believer in the principles of Christianity” and warned that if society wasn’t brave, Christianity would die. In that interview, he also claimed that he was “tricked” into allowing Vivian to use puberty blockers. Musk said in the interview that as far as he was concerned, Vivian was “dead”, “she was killed by the woke virus.”
Vivian responded humorously on Threads, “I look pretty good for a dead bitch,” and this post is currently pinned to the top on her Threads.
Ever since Musk purchased X, the amount of racist posts have been steadily rising, and Musk himself have openly accepted and publicised antisemitic and racist opinions before.
She also points out that Musk doesn’t care about climate change at all. He’s more like the CEO in Ready Player One. He’s just trying to pain an image.
Vivian concludes finally, “You’ve made us such an easily fooled species, because for some reason, people keep believing in you. That’s a mystery to me.”
Right now, the fiery posts above can no longer be found on Vivian’s Threads main page. Media has asked Musk about his response to this, but he has yet to make a statement.”
Comments say, “There aren’t any billionaires that don’t cheat. Only poor people are ever bound by morality.”
“If it wasn’t for his dad, he wouldn’t even have the money for the sex change surgery.”
“She’ll behave once he cuts her money off.”
#Ningxia watermelons rise in price three times against contract angering melon dealers. “At the beginning of August, China News Weekly arrived in Ningxia, Zhongwei. Although the melon farmers question whether the videos of violent conflicts were real or not, they did explicitly say that, “With how watermelons are this year, if you want to take them, you better be prepared to pay extra.”
From the 3rd to the 5th of August, China News Weekly visited multiple watermelon farms in Zhongwei, and found many cases of farmers raising their price after the contract was already signed. In the eyes of out of state merchants like Wu, prices rising is perfectly normal, they’re just mad about farmers breaking contract.
As a result of the controversy over Ningxia watermelons, many merchants have said that they don’t plan to buy watermelons from Ningxia anymore. Zhongwei’s Department of Agriculture workers express that this year, so far, 80% of the watermelon harvest is already sold, but he is a little worried about the next year. Yu also worried that with watermelons selling so well this year, farmers will surely expand operations next year, and watermelons prices won’t be so high by then.”
Comments say, “38 acres, with a projected yield of 180,000 pounds. At 0.4 RMB per pound, that’s just 72K. I guess farmers don’t make any money at all. Watermelons are 3.98 RMB per pound in the supermarket. Does the middle man really have to make that much money?”
“If they don’t honour their contracts, they can sell for as high as they want this year, and they’ll have to beg for anyone to buy their melons next year.”
“Then don’t buy it from them. Make them eat it all themselves.”
China’s weightlifting athlete Luo Shifang responds to netizen’s concerns that she’s competing while on her period, “I saw everyone’s comments. Thanks for all your support! I just finished cleaning up, but because of the time zone difference, it’s already half past noon here. So I’m just gonna go for a quick nap. See you guys in the afternoon~”
Comments say, “I hope all the menstrual products in China look over here! This is a great display of female strength! I’m willing to pay for this sponsorship!”
“Can’t believe you’re this strong even while on your period!! Good job earning glory for China! You’re a role model for all Chinese women!!! Rest well! Take care of yourself!”
“They’re both fighting for their country, but why is it that there’s trending posts about ping pong every day and people are spamming comments like they’re fangirls, but nobody cares about weightlifting? Good luck!”
#Lawyer suggests increasing punishment for stealing bodies. “Lately, lawyer Yi Shenghua exposed a case online that involved stealing, disrespecting, and deliberately destroying corpses, causing much discussion. The information showed that the case involved over 380 million RMB in transactions, over 4000 bodies, and 75 suspects.
On the 8th of August, Sha’anxi’s Zhongzhi lawyer group’s high-level partner, Qinghua University Sha’anxi Alumni Association’s Legal Consultant, well-known civil rights lawyer Liu Dongchen did an analysis based on the information available online.
Liu Dongchen said that according to Chian’s Laws, “Stealing, disrespecting, and deliberately destroying a corpse, skeleton, or ashes” has a maximum sentence of 3 years, with no associated fines at all. In this case, if that is the charge that the prosecutors go with, it’ll cause the sentence they get to be extremely dissonant with the crimes they committed, breaking the basic principle that the punishment should fit the crime.
Liu Dongchen believes that, based on the open information, Shanxi’s Aorui Corporation has made a revenue of 380 million RMB, and all its departments and workers have obtained large amounts of illegal earnings. Not just that, but its various departments have formed a massive “bone implant” manufacturing, supply, and sales chain. The scale and the number of bodies stolen is shocking. It has severely affected public order, and damaged the feelings surviving family have towards the bodies of their loved ones. China has a saying that “the dead come first”. If the suspects are merely sentenced to 3 years without any fines at all, then the suspects will leave prison after their term still millionaires. This result conflicts strongly with the common perception of justice.
Liu Dongchen analyses that in this case, the illegal behaviour mostly violated two types of rights. One is the public order of society, and the other is the emotional attachment surviving family has towards the deceased. Unfortunately, our laws have not made any special provisions towards stealing and trading human bodies for profit. As a result, the prosecutors can only use “stealing, disrespecting, and deliberately destroying a body” as their charge. If we can consider dead bodies to be “human organs”, then they could consider a charge of “selling human organs”, which carries a sentence of at least 5 years and confiscation of any illegal earnings.
Liu Dongchen suggests that law enforcement should amend laws to cover stealing and selling human bodies for profit as a special case of the “stealing bodies” crime in order to cover this new type of criminal behaviour, increasing sentencing in order to deter criminals and maintain public order.”
“My boyfriend is upset that the house my dad gave us is too ugly.”
The text exchange goes:
Boyfriend: “I don’t even know what to say about that house from your dad. What horrible taste in renovations. No furniture is gonna look good in that. [poop emoji]”
OP: “What am I supposed to do? Do you not want it?”
Comments say, “What do you mean, do you not want it? Lol, not only do you not even try to defend your dad, you say that shit?”
“It’s not his house. What’s his opinion matter?”
“Tell your boyfriend’s dad to gift you a house then.”
#Artificial bone repair material is mainstream in the industry now. “Lately, due to attention on certain relevant cases, the public has been paying more attention than ever to bone repair materials. Industry experts explain to reporters that as the fourth round of high-value acquisitions passes this year, hospitals are using bone implants less and less. Artificial bone repair is the mainstream in the industry now. Plastic surgeons also predict that from now on, whether among plastic surgery enthusiasts or patients, people are going to pay far more attention to the source of the repair material used in their bone or plastic surgery.”
Comments say, “”Relevant cases” huh.”
“Bones from dead bodies, right?”
“Where does the bone powder in false teeth come from?”
“Based on the cockroach rule, I wonder how many funeral homes are clean at all, aside from maybe the most expensive few.”
“Guizhou Jindong’s Longting bridge collapsed. The moment was caught on camera. Local traffic police respond that the bridge was already showing cracks on the 7th.”
Comments say, “This is what happens when you take too much kickbacks.”
“What the fuck is going on this year?”
“I hope nobody’s hurt?”
“Koreans seem to have really good English?
Just as the title says, I was just editing my Korean vlogs and recalled that when we went out over there, no matter what kind of restaurant we were ordering in, whether the owner was young or older, they could always communicate with us in English (even if it was just simple words).
I remember really clearly that after we were down in Hanok Village, we went to get noodles, and we were taking a photo of the menu to translate on our phone, and this old grandma came over and pointed to some noodles and went, “spicy”, and pointed to some other ones and said, “not spicy”. I was shocked. It was the same getting udon in Hongdae. We had to get a number at that restaurant to get our food, but they were calling out the numbers in Korean so we couldn’t understand what was going on, so I just waited by the food counter with my receipt in hand. Once the owner saw our receipt, he used English to call out our number.
Maybe it’s because they get more tourists, so they had to learn some basic English to talk with tourists?
And their subways. I learned that when Korean subways pull into the station, it’ll make an announcement in Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese (even if the Chinese was weirdly accented). Not even Japan makes announcements in four different languages. It’s kind of amazing.”
Comments say, “It’s a country built on an American military base. Of course they have to speak English.”
“Koreans really do speak good English. It gives them a big advantage on the international stage. I remember that clearly too.”
“They have a lot of loan words in Korean. A lot of things are just straight transliterated from English. You don’t have to suck up to them so hard. Just look at how well their celebrities speak English on reality TV shows and you’ll see where they’re really at.”
#Can you still eat rice with bugs in it? “It’s so hot, hot, hot! Lately, a lot of places are still in “hell-mode”. The weather is hot and stifling and humid. This is the best conditions for bugs to hatch. Since she almost never cooks, Yong, who lives in Hangzhou, discovered that many black, sesame-sized bugs with wings are crawling around her rice bucket at home.
Can you still eat rice with bugs in it? Is it safe? Reporters asked Hangzhou’s Department of Agriculture specialist, and the response is, “It’s fine to eat it.”
The bugs in rice are called 米象 (mi xiang), rice bugs. It’s a type of bug that really likes to eat grains. They’ll appear in other grains like corn, wheat, mung beans, or flour in addition to rice.
While the rice was still in the field, the rice bugs have been laying their eggs inside the rice. Rice doesn’t go through too much food processing, so while the adult bugs will be killed, the eggs inside the rice will survive. Once a certain temperature and humidity is reached, the eggs will hatch into larvae, which will grow into adult rice bugs.
Rice bugs don’t attack people or spread disease, so rice infected with rice bugs can still be safely eaten. When washing your rice, just scoop out the empty risk husks that float to the top, and you’ll be fine.”
Comments say, “You can eat it, but it’s not gonna be tasty anymore…”
“I ate it as a kid, but I won’t anymore. I know those aren’t sesame seeds now.”
“There’s a ton of them in every granary in the countryside. It’s super common.”