Last Week In Reality

Sat 19 - Tea for Tuhao Shanghai-based collector Liu Yiqian becomes a symbol of the “tuhao” phenomenon—rich but vulgar Chinese elites—thanks to a photo posted online of him drinking tea from a $280 million Ming Dynasty “Chicken Cup.” He bought the porcelain cup in a Sotheby’s auction in April and completed the transaction in Hong Kong yesterday, by swiping his credit card 24 times. He poured tea into the cup and drank, saying “Emperors have drunk from the cup; I want to absorb the spiritual forces.”

Sun 20

Rocky Romance A 24-year-old woman, who used to be an escort at a nightclub, attends a dinner gathering with her boyfriend and runs into a former regular customer. She chats to him, but her boyfriend becomes jealous. When they get home, he throws a tantrum and hits her. The woman later tells the police that she is shocked, because she is usually the one who gets physical.

Mon 21

Friendly Fire An Indonesian domestic helper is on her way home from the market when she finds out that her building is on fire. Worried about the safety of her 88-year-old employer, she runs to hand the keys to fire officers and urges them to rescue him. When she sees him safe, she becomes emotional and breaks into tears while hugging him. The employer’s son blames the maid for going to the market, but the man defends her and says he asked her to buy him bread.

Tue 22