
- Shanghaiist is happy to live and work in a four-story building: "Nearly all of China's fast-rising number of skyscrapers are filled with excessive air pollutants that could cause serious harm to office workers, state press said."
- Looking for a reason to go to Shantou? Try China's Cultural Revolution museum.
- Shanghai is cracking down on misleading commercials: "Advertisers whose fraudulent ads cause 'serious consequences' will be taken to court, while carriers of the ads will also be investigated, Jiao said, without elaborating on whether they wouldbe punished." Wonder what they'll do to people who perform in those fraudulent ads.
- Of course, a Google link: "Google.cn granted license for operation in China"
- A film about China's first film opens today. We're waiting for the film about this film.
- The Lion King -- the stage version -- is headed to Shanghai. "Language won't be a barrier."
- The trial of former New York Times researcher Zhao Yan, charged with "divulging state secrets" long ago, has been delayed. Joseph Kahn, the NYT's Beijing bureau chief, has been called to appear as a witness. New start date has been set for March 20.
- Prince Charles thinks Chinese officials are "appalling old waxworks."
- What will throwing paint-filled eggs at Mao's portrait in Tiananmen Square get you? Torture sessions and 16 years in prison.
- It had to happen: Attack of the Chinese shopping malls.
- Did you hear the one about the Shanghai guy who has had two brain operations in the hopes that he won't get upset about the fact that his girlfriend is not a virgin? It's not a joke.
- China now has 400 million mobile phone users. Did you know Shanghaiist has a mobile version?
- Shanghai kicks Japanese ass: Osaka and Tokyo.
- Where can you find the world's most unhealthy Big Macs? Hong Kong.
- Danwei has the latest on the Mark Kitto/That's Shanghai imbroglio, with exclusive comments from Kitto.
- Where is China's most widely read newspaper based? Not Shanghai.
- Happiness defined: "A survey made in Shanghai shows that men with lower academic degrees than their wives are happier than those with higher or similar degrees. And the happiest marriage is achieved when both spouses draw a similar income."
- Make sure you get to your KTVs before 2 am.
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Dave in China has a really good photo of the 1989 event. It shows the students there, just before they were brutally gunned down by their own Liberation army.
I suppose it is a good thing for the gov. that Chinese people don't really care about Chinese students being brutally gunned down, or being held in torturous prisons for 16 years.
Otherwise someone might have to answer some questions. God forbid.