A driver who lifts up her car to park: Viral videos for April 17-21

From a strange new parking technique to basketball yoga: This is a one-minute compilation of the videos that lit up China’s internet over the past week.

Jia Guo

  1. Park with your hands, literally!
    A driver in Qingdao who couldn’t park her car in a narrow space tried to lift the vehicle with her hands.

  2. A dog’s friendship
    This footage shows a heartbreaking moment when a dog tried to revive a dead friend that was hit by a car.

  • Basketball yoga
    Hundreds of students practice basketball moves and yoga poses together as their daily exercise at a primary school in Dalian.

  • Dog-style rope jumping
    How many can you do?

    • Jia Guo is from the coastal city of Qingdao. She has an M.A. in multimedia journalism from NYU and has worked at Facebook and Bloomberg TV in New York City. Read more

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