The most expensive cognac was an 1858 bottle of Pre-Phylloxera Cognac called Cuvee Leonie which was sold at auction by Cognac Croizet Hong Kong Limited (China) for 1,000,000 CNY (£101,293.75) at The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, in Shanghai, China, 24 September 2011. The auction took place in Shook Restaurant which is located in The Swatch Art Peace Hotel and was officiated by China’s biggest and most recognised auction house, The Shanghai International Commodity Auction Company LTD. The auction was organised by Alexander Shponko who is Continue reading →

With a price tag of 10 million Chinese yuan or £945,000 ($1,513,417), an 11-month-old red Tibetan mastiff became the world’s costliest canine when sold by breeder Lu Liang to a Chinese multi-millionaire in March 2011. Weighing 82 kg (180 lb), Big Splash enjoys a diet of chicken and beef.

The most expensive glove sold at auction was sold for $420,000 (£267,879) and was bought by Ponte 16 Resort (China) in New York, New York, USA, on 21 November 2009. The glove belonged to Michael Jackson and is now on display at the MJ Gallery at Ponte 16 in Macau, China. The auction was conducted by Julien’s Auctions (USA) at the Hard Rock Cafe at Times Square in Manhattan.

295 billion yuan (then $43 billion, £21.7 billion) was the cost of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the most expensive Olympic Games to date.

The most female competitors to play in the wheelchair basketball competition at the Summer Paralympics is 120, at the 2008 Games held in Beijing, China. USA beat Germany in the final.

The most football neck catch passes in 30 minutes are 661 and were achieved by Billy Wingrove and Jeremy Lynch (both UK) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi – Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 17 June 2009. Both were also the previous record holders.

The most football goals punted from midfield in one minute is 11 and was achieved by Iker Casillas (Spain) in Beijing, China, on 9 July 2011. It was an outdoor attempt for the TV show Zheng Da Zong Yi-Guinness World Records Special 2011.

The record for the most forward walkovers in one hour is 1,015 and was set by Chung Kwun Ying (Hong Kong) at Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong, China on 4 November 2001. Chung Kwun Ying (M) actually completed 1,015 walkovers in 52 min 22 sec, however the category is for one full hour.

The most forward flips in a minute is 65 and was achieved by Li Jingguan (China) at the Shao Lin Tagou Martial Arts School on 22 November 2006.

For about 1000 years in a region of the Hunan province, China, nüshu (“women’s writing”) has been used exclusively by women to communicate their deeper feelings to other women. It is thought that it was invented by the concubine who belonged to an emperor of the Song dynasty (960-1279). Study of the scripts did not begin until 1950 but soon after had to be abandoned due to the Chinese Cultural revolution. When research began again in 1980, only about a dozen women could read nüshu Continue reading →