Xiangshawan Desert Lotus Hotel

Lotus Hotel is located in Xiangshawan Desert, 800 kilometers west to Beijing and middle of Ordos and Baotou. The site is facing Hantai River, a branch of Yellow River, and east to Kubuqi Desert that more than 200 kilometers wide.

• Architects: PLaT Architects 
• Location: Xiangshawan Desert, China
• Completion Date: March, 2013
• Area: 30,000 sqm
• Photographs: Courtesy of PLaT Architects

Due to the restriction by its special geographic condition, PLaT Architects invented a new structural system that fix in fluid sands using only steel panels without the help of concrete or water. The panels and the supporting skeleton structures are pre-fabricated, and make the base of the building a large container for sands. Thus, the steel panel structure can function as a boat floating on desert that carries the building. The sands in and out of the structure exert same forces to each other, and thus it is flexibly stabilized. Also, walls are load-bearing structures in order to reduce the pressure on base. 09 more image after the break...

10 Wonders of the New China

10 Wonders of the New China It's a hotbed of innovative architecture, from diaphanous theaters to buildings heated and cooled by water

China 's current building boom is doing more than sucking up the world's supply of steel -- it's creating a stage for some of today's boldest architecture and engineering. Take a tour of the 10 of the most intriguing examples break....

Shanghai Baby

The boy from Shanghai is examined by doctors, for removal of superfluous fitness

Peking Airport - China

In Peking build the new terminal which on capacity and efficiency will surpass all nowadays existing. Probably though there the problem with delays of flights will be solved once and for all. Except for that at the airport conditions for convenience of passengers will be created all. Construction will be completed in 2008.

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Chinese Man Drives with no Arms

Chinese police got a surprise when they pulled over a brand new 4x4 for a routine check - the driver had no arms. Zing Shen, 42, was steering the vehicle with his feet and was amazed when officers decided issue him with a public safety summons.He told the traffic officers he had been driving like that for years after losing both arms below the elbows in an industrial accident. Caught red-handed: Police arrested Zing Shen who has no arms beneath the elbow but had been steering with his legs. More after the break...

Kang Mengru found parasitic twin inside

Shocking event for Chinese medicine, which found that only a year a girl is pregnant, Mengru Kang was taken to hospital after unexplained stomach was swollen much.After ultrasound, the doctors found amazed that the girl has a baby in the womb, the child's twin brother.Doctors say that the embryo was not caught in the womb and has found another place to grow. Little will undergo a Cesarean delivery will suffer.This unusual phenomenon, very rarely is numneste "fetus in fetus" and can be met once every 500,000 pregnancies.

STUNNED doctors have discovered a one-year-old girl is carrying a BABY in her tummy. Little Kang Mengru, from China, left medics baffled after her belly became enlarged. Doctors carried out a CT scan to discover the cause of the growth and found a foetus inside her. They believe the tot is her parasitic twin. She is now waiting for an operation to have the tiny baby removed. 03 more images after the break...

Horn Shaped Tumour

 

Zhang Yuncai, 88 from Wuzhen, Xingyang county, accidentally found a small pimple on his head when he washed himself in May, 2006. From then on, the pimple grew bigger gradually and turned into a horn-shaped tumor protruding from his head. The horn-shaped bump is 5 centimeters long. Fortunately doctors of No .5 Peoples Hospital heard of his news, and decided to operate him free of charge. 03 more images after the break...

The Mystery of Qin Shi Huangdis Mausoleum

1. The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi / Photo from Fraggle Rockstar

The tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China is loaded with historical significances. This mausoleum, which is seen as the epitome of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi’s boundless power and prestige is located 30 km to the outside of X’ian in the Shensi province of China. Qin Shi Huangdi was the only ruler who single-handedly unified the seven warring clans of the China of 221 BCE and commanded massive construction of several public infrastructures as well as the legendary Great Wall of China. More after the break...

Chinese Man Married Dead Bride

A 26-year-old Chinese man Zhuang Huagui has married his dead girlfriend Hu Zhao, 21, who was murdered 8 days ago. The couple originally planned to get married on February 4, but on January 28, one week before their wedding, the girl was stabbed to death by two break-in thieves. With all the pain, lost and love, the man still decided to marry his dead girlfriend.08 more images after the break...

Chinese boy with 30 fingers and toes

A Chinese hospital has released x-ray images of a six-year-old boy who was born with 14 fingers and 16 toes. The boy was scheduled for surgery at a hospital in Shenyang, Liaoning province, to removed the extra fingers and toes, local media reported. Experts said a gene mutation contributed to the growth of the extra fingers and toes, according to reports. 12more images after the break...

Liang Yong, 30, who weighs about 230 kg (507 lbs) and is 1.58 m (5.18 ft) tall, lies on a bed as his 3-year-old daughter Liang Shuang (L) and 5-year-old son Liang Xin (R) visit him in a ward at a hospital in Chongqing municipality June 1, 2010. Liang, who has suffered from obesity since 1998 and has unsuccessfully tried different methods of losing weight, is in a critical health condition due to his weight, and has been warded in the intensive care unit since last week, local media reported. 09 more images after the break... Via Link

Huskies Can Pull Not Only Sleds, This Chinese man found what his pack of Huskies can pull and I may say it is a good idea. Completely eco-friendly :) 09 more images after the break...

Liang Yong - The Thickest Chinese

Liang Yong, 30, who weighs about 230 kg (507 lbs) and is 1.58 m (5.18 ft) tall, lies on a bed as his 3-year-old daughter Liang Shuang (L) and 5-year-old son Liang Xin (R) visit him in a ward at a hospital in Chongqing municipality June 1, 2010. Liang, who has suffered from obesity since 1998 and has unsuccessfully tried different methods of losing weight, is in a critical health condition due to his weight, and has been warded in the intensive care unit since last week, local media reported. 09 more images after the break...

Chinese Car

58-year-old Chinese fan Zhang Haiting personally built the electric car.This crumb top speed of 30 km / h and runs on one battery charge of about 50 kilometers. Seeing the reaction of passers-by in Shanghai, samodelkin thinking about the commercialization of his invention. Alleged price elektromalysha - only 5600 yuan ($ 820).  04 more images after the break...

Chinese on the Beach

The Chinese are also people and they have just as hot in here, everyone wants to swim, but how to do this in a country with a population of 1.34 billion people? It turns out everything really, you become more tightly to each other and stand to cool in a cool drink of water:)  09 more images after the break...

World’s 10 Most Colorful Chinatowns

1. Singapore

Singapore’s Chinatown, once home to the first Chinese settlers in what’s now a heavily Westernized city-state, is one of its few distinctly Asian neighborhoods. The enclave was home to the area’s earliest Chinese settlers. Several of its institutions, such as the Heritage Centre, Food Street, and Night Market, preserve the culture of its original inhabitants, while some areas of the district are designated national heritage sites. Many historic buildings remain as relics of the past, as well as to complement the otherwise modern landscape. 09 more after the break...

The Forbidden City of China — Zijin Cheng

The Chinese name of the Forbidden City is Zijin Cheng. From the Ming Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty the “Forbidden City” was the Chinese imperial palace. It is situated in the centre of Beijing. It was served as the home of emperors and their households for almost five hundred years. It was also the political centre of Chinese government. More images after the break...

Shanghai — Then and Now

Shanghai Stadium

The city of Shanghai has certainly changed over the years as evidenced by the photos in this post. While the city may have been poor in the past, it certainly isn’t any more. It is new and modern and full of life. 11 more after the break....

Top 10 Cities in China with the Most Beautiful Women

This post features the top ten cities in china where you can find the most beautiful women. Women’s beauty should not be intimidating, but beautiful women make men lose self-control. Beautiful women flaunting their intractable personality, is not passive but charm that can destroy men’s rationality. Often, when beautiful women formed into a group, they will intimidate men with great pressure. Take a look at the beautiful cities with beautiful girls of motherland.

1. Dalian
B0ld but graceful
Score: 95

Girls from northeast of China always have the reputation of being light skinned and tall. Dalian girls are undoubtedly the cream of the crop among girls in the northeast of China. Compare with women in southern China, Dalian girls might not be as graceful, but they are more bold and prideful; Compare with women in other northeast China and other inland cities, Dalian women added more elegance. For example actress Dong Jie is a typical representative of the girls in Dalian. More after the break...

Haircut in China

In Liang Qi, Dong village or southeast DongZhai, the barber use a sickle to give haircuts. The scene looks very horrible and scary. But it is an ancient custom of this village. Must see the wonderful photos given below. If you like this post please feel free to drop your comments. 09 more images after the break...

Smartest Man in China

With nine educational diplomas under his belt, Zhou Baokuan can definitely claim the title of “smartest man in China.” When it comes to education, we all want the best for our kids, but I think Zhou Baokuan’s parents might have pushed him a little to far, when he was a child. I mean, the man started studying and even though he is now 53 years old, he has no intention of stopping. More images after the break...