Technically she's just a mammal, but any 6 year old little girl that can swim across the Yangtze river in less than 28 minutes, might as well have gills.  
And thats just what Tan Jiajia, a Chongqing first grader did, as she "easily" swam a 1,500 meter stretch of the river in a time of 27 minutes, 24 seconds.  

via: [dailychilli]

Wang Lijun, a Chongqing police chief who was given the nickname "Robocop," after playing a massive role in Bo Xilai's 2009 mob crackdown, was elected vice Mayor in a unanimous vote.  

In related news, prices of the futuristic street drug "Nuke" have sky-rocketed in Chongqing and the surrounding areas. 

via: [chinadaily]

 

It appears that the Japanese may have left something other than hatred, behind in Chongqing. 

Reported here, on May 25, a reported emergence of the ancient Japanese tradition of the Samurai, a woman in Chongqing municipality failed in an attempt at Sepuku, literally "stomach cutting," a ritual suicide, by way of disembowelment, that served as a sacrificial, and therefore honorable way of dyeing.  

Clearly shamed by the failure of her attempt, the woman claimed, she cut open her stomach, while trying to remove a painful build-ip of fluids, because she couldn't afford the surgery to do so.  However, imaginary 'sources,' tell me that the family is in-fact wealthy, and merely fears the secret of their samurai clan will be exposed to the authorities.