A 54-year-old prisoner at the Jixi labor camp in the northern province of Heilongjiang said he was forced to play games on the internet in order to build up credit that was traded by his guards for real money, a practice known as “gold-farming”.

In an interview with the Guardian, the prisoner said online gaming was a far more lucrative activity for the managers of the labor camp than the physical labor the inmates were forced to do.  “Prison bosses made more money forcing inmates to play games than they do forcing people to do manual labor,” he said. “There were 300 prisoners forced to play games. We worked 12-hour shifts in the camp. I heard them say they could earn 5,000-6,000rmb a day. We didn’t see any of the money. The computers were never turne

Latest cosplay pictures of hot Chinese model Mavis Pan Shuang Shuang 潘霜霜  with a cosplay theme “Night Noblewoman”.

Enjoy. ^^

 

 

It is actually quite difficult to choose the best female character from some series, which have a large variety of different personalities who are equally popular. Most of the anime girls in this list have lots of fanart. A lot of the fan art is more sexy than the original character design, which is why we’ve chosen to display the characters with some fanart.

 

1. Yoko Littner ヨーコ・リットナー – Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Our top spot goes to Yoko Littner because of the popularity of her costume and design. You can find a lot of girls (and some guys unfortunately) cosplaying as Yoko because of the sex appeal of her fiery costume. Yoko’s distinctive red hair, pink stockings, hot pants, fire bra and not to mention her giant gun make her one of the sexiest charact

Here are somebefore and after cosplayphotos of Asian cosplayers, some of whom are famous models, actresses and singers.

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Source: www.redflava.com/2010/interesting/asiancosplayers/

In the cosplay market today, more and more Chinese cosplayers are starting to gain popularity among the young generation. The topics of cosplay in China are mostly from Chinese classical figures and modern Japanese anime characters.

Here we rate the top ten Chinese cosplayers, some of whom have actually won many awards and praise. You may recognize some of them.

1. Ya Qie 押切

Specially: dancing, cheography, musical instruments
Occupation: cheographer, model

 

 

2. Mei Wai 美歪

Height: 162cm
Occupation: artist, designer

 

 

3. Mu Ye Wu Ya 木叶乌鸦

Speciality: Super Dollfie cosplay

 

 

4. Kenn Wang Ye 王爷

Height: 175cm
Occupation: make-up artist, design director, freelance artist

 

 

5. He Tong 河童

Height: 170cm
Speciality: lyricist, cosplay

 

 

6. Xiao Meng 小梦

Height: 175cm
Occ

Two-year-old Chinese girl Shao Pu Tao cosplaying as Arale-chan ^^

 

 

And this is her natural face. Cap and glasses makes her really Arale-chan-ish.

How happy she looks in her Arale-chan costume! Just for your information, here's costume recipe for followers: She wears Shima Shima Tora no Shimajiro T-shirts under blue ZARA dress bought in Hong Kong.

John Pugh’s career as a muralist began with the Taylor Hall mural, painted in 1980–1981, when he was still a student at CSU, Chico. Pugh has gone on to create more than 200 large-scale trompe l’oeil murals across the United States, New Zealand, and Taiwan.

Pugh’s art captures the imagination and engages the mind. “Once captivated by the deception,” he says, “the viewer is lured into crossing an artistic threshold and is seduced into exploring the concept of the piece.”

Enjoy his wonderful 3D wall paiting art. ^^

 

 

 

 

Emily Longley, an aspiring model, was a 17-year old girl of New Zealand who stayed in Bournemouth, Dorset with a relative of her. She had mentioned on her Facebook page about fears from a stalker. Therefore her mysterious death while asleep in a bungalow is viewed with suspicion by the police – was it due to the fright of being hunted down and attacked by nameless stalkers? She had posted ‘I’m down and out’ on 5th May and was found dead two days later.

It seems the stalkers were regularly ringing her up and wanted to meet her. The police have taken into custody two teenage boys but have not been able to unearth anything of importance. The post mortem of the body would reveal more information as to whether it was a natural death due to fear.

 

 

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The 12-year-old wore a skirt to school yesterday to protest against ‘discriminatory’ rules which ban boys from wearing shorts.

He says it is unfair that girls can change into skirts during the hot weather, while boys have to swelter in long trousers.

This, he says, affects their concentration and ability to learn.

 

The schoolboy is taking advantage of a ‘silly loophole’ in the uniform policy at Impington Village College, near Cambridge, that means boys can wear skirts as the school would be guilty of discrimination if it tried to stop them.

'In the summer months, girl students are allowed to wear skirts but boys are not allowed to wear shorts,’ Chris explained yesterday before his protest. 'It discriminates against boys. I will march in a skirt with o

Coffee or Latte art consists of the pouring of steamed milk into a shot of espresso generating a pattern or design on the surface.

The barista becomes a true designer and is able to create beautiful creations with the most common form being the “rosetta” pictured on the left.

Latte art is a hot topic and there are even several competitions around the world showcasing this unique form of art.

Enjoy! ^^