Quirky China: petrol station uses bikini models, controversy as old man massages granddaughter, coma girl saved from death
- Petrol station using bikini models causes road blockages nearby due to the number of cars pulling in
- A teenage girl in a coma after overdosing on a cocktail of drugs is saved by a medical worker who refused to give up on her treatment
A new petrol station in eastern China has hired several women in bikinis to serve customers, attracting so many drivers that their queued cars have blocked surrounding roads, according to local media reports.
The station opened this week in Qingdao, Shandong province, eastern China, with women in bikinis seen filling up cars with petrol and other promotional activities, news site qdxin.cn reported.
The municipal market supervision authority said they have ordered the petrol station to stop the “improper” marketing.
Some people online claimed that many cars flocked to the station mainly due to significant discounts on petrol prices.
An invoice showed that the petrol there was sold at half the price of the original 7.82 yuan (US$1.21) per litre.
Video of grandpa massaging granddaughter causes hysteria
An 89-year-old man in China is at the centre of a new hysteria after being seen massaging his pregnant granddaughter in a video.
In the video which was published online, the heavily pregnant woman, surnamed Zhang, is seen laying on a sofa at her home in Weihai, Shandong province, eastern China, while her grandfather sits in front of her and massages her feet, news site china.com.cn reported.