PHOTOS: China's got (some really freaky) talent

By Ryan Kilpatrick, July 10, 2014

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Netizens have been perusing this bizarre collection of “supreme skills” of folk “experts” today with a dizzying mixture of admiration and revulsion. If you want to join in on the fun, here's the roster folk heroes in its entirely, along with some of the choicest comments from Chinese web users:

 

Yang Shuquan from Chengdu, Sichuan attempts to eat his own nose

Isn't this Jack Ma?

 

Head chef at a Nanjing restaurant cuts up minced beef on his belly

Would you dare to eat this meat?

 

Hubei's Hong Guobin shows off his unique skill: inflating a balloon with his ear

Blowing up a balloon through your ear means you’ve got a burst eardrum, there’s nothing good about it.

 

Shenyang Chengguan officer Old Liu lifts 15 beer bottles with one hand

 

Changsha hairdresser Liu Xiaoyu tends to his customers steading on his head

 

60-year-old Auntie Xia keeps 15 diablos going at once

So what does all this mean? Chinese just indulge in this trivial talents while other people are inventing the telegram, the telephone and the steam engine...

 

Beijing street cleaner Zhang Xiufang delights pedestrians with her bright smile, optimism and, of course, acrobatics

Looks like a Stephen Chow movie...

 

Liaoning's own Zhang Dong eats his own fist

 

"Snake King" Liu Fei shows off his snake-charming skills

The men's soccer team might just have a chance at getting into the World Cup if they learn this one

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