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Source:Global Times Published: 2012-11-27 20:30:10

 

Illustration: Peter C. Espina
Illustration: Peter C. Espina

Wanted Love Day 

要爱要爱日

(yàoài yàoài rì)

Wanted Love Day is celebrated this year on December 12. In Putonghua, the date "12/12" has a similar pronunciation to yaoai, literally "want love." The festival was created by Web users and, like Singles' Day on November 11, is expected to generate a surge in online shopping. 

Toilet seat hotel

马桶盖酒店

(mǎtǒnɡ ɡài jiǔdiàn)

The name Web users have given the China Huzhou Sheraton Hotel and Resort in Zhejiang Province. The building, designed by architect Ma Yanhui, resembles a giant toilet seat with its oval structure.



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