iStove???

I guess anything is possible in China and here’s something you don’t often hear about. Just checked out the photos below. China's reputation for selling knock-offs products with illegal branding is well known but the latest infraction from the region involves iPhone branding on the most unlikely product you could ever imagine...iPhone stove!!!

Police in Wuhan, China recently raided a warehouse and seized 681 stoves that had been illegally branded with the Apple phone's logo. Interestingly, there’s a compliance certification label on these iPhone branded gas stoves, saying…“Apple China Limited”. That’s totally hilarious and we should get one if we see it available for sale in stores.

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Dragon made of 3,000 lanterns in Beijing, China

China's largest dragon lantern composed of 3,000 lanterns posted with photos of healthy babies made its debut on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Yongdingmen Square Park in Beijing, where it stands a landmark for a campaign that promotes healthy growth of babies in the Chinese capital.

Visitors take pictures in front of a dragon-shaped lantern which has been set up for the upcoming Lunar New Year 2012 in Beijing.

Largest dragon lantern composed of 3,000 lanterns has broken the Guinness World Record as the largest lantern display.

The yellow giant dragon stands 13 meters tall and has broken the Guinness World Record as the "largest lantern display". Measuring 39.6 meters long, 11.61 meters wide and 13.25 meters high, the size of the lantern formation has surpassed the record set in Hong Kong on September 3, 2011. The dragon in the previous record measures 36.5 meters in length, 9.63 meters in width and 13.2 meters in height.

During a test run on January 9, 2012, the lanterns were tested to ensure that they light up for the beginning of the Lunar New Year celebrations which start on January 23, 2012.

200,000 chubby faces smile, awake or asleep, from each of the constituent lanterns. The photos were collected from the Internet and most of the babies on the photos age from zero to two years old.

Workers have erected a massive dragon installation comprised of over 3,000 lanterns at Yongdingmen Square Park in Beijing, China.

Visitors look at a giant dragon sculpture made out of more than 3,000 lanterns as they test the lights in the Yongdingmen Square Park in Beijing.

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Christmas 2011 in China

Grand Gateway 66 Shopping Mall, China

The most lavish Christmas tree in Shanghai is the cone in front of Grand Gateway in Xujiahui. The 18-meter Christmas tree is decked out with Swarovski crystal from top to bottom. The tree has consumed so much crystal even the mall itself has no idea how large the bill will be.

Shenyang Joy City Shopping Mall, China

Up north where there is real snow, Shenyang's Joy City Shopping Mall has constructed an indoor Christmas tree with 320 brand-new bicycles. The 12-meter tree can only be manually lit up by riding the bicycle attached in front of the tree.

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Living Keychains and Artificially Dyed frogs in China

Live fish and small turtles sealed in plastic keychains have become increasingly popular items sold at subway entrances and train stations across China. The living keychains containing Brazilian turtles or king fish swimming in colored water are considered good-luck charms in China. According to vendors, the colored water in the 7-centimeter-long keychains contains nutrients that allow fish and turtles to live inside for months. Although some people buy these bizarre keychains to carry around for good-luck, there are those who buy them just to free the poor creatures from their tiny plastic cage.

Tattoo on goldfish...

A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification for beauty reasons, and tattoos other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes. As a symbol of wealth and harmony, the goldfish is now a extremely popular choice of tattoo. In a craze sweeping China, goldfishes are being inked with patterns and characters intended to bring good fortune to their owners. These ones below were being displayed during a tropical products trade fair in Haikou, Hainan Province of China on Wednesday. The tattoos of various auspicious Chinese characters are created by an injection of special medicine and take half a year to develop. Tattooed fish first appeared in 2005 and became popular for the past few years. However, the technique came along with its critics, who claims it is not only cruel, but against the laws of nature.