I know she doesn't look real but Xiao Mei is a real puppy. Cutest thing ever. Story behind this is a couple weeks ago a bunch of us went out to dinner in Houhai, a lake in Beijing with bars and restaurants all around. As we wait for dinner a buddy and I come across this puppy sitting on the back of a bike with a middle-aged Chinese man standing by. We pet her, the man acts annoyed and we finally figure out that he's trying to sell the puppy. A few hours later we're hanging out on this rooftop patio and we're met by other students from the program who didn't come to dinner with us. And guess who's in the arms of one of the guys? Yep, Xiao Mei. One of the kids, Justin, got a little too tipsy and decided to buy Xiao Mei for 200 yuan, a little more than 20 bucks. He named her Xiao Mei, Chinese for, basically, Little Beautiful. The end of the story is after buying Xiao Mei toys, food, etc., and getting her checked out and shots at the vet, the cleaning lady at the dorms found her. That was the end of that. It was a rough ending to cause everyone had fallin in love with Xiao Mei.