Week of July 12, 2009

Around Shanghai: USA gets its pavilion, Kee Club gets a wine award, and Minhang peeps getting compensation

Week Around the Ists

Legalized prostitution in Taiwan stirring debate

China covers its assets on environmental policy

Shanghai hot weather causes car to combust

Photos: Eight @ Racks Opening

Pencil This In: Shanghaiist Happy Hour, the greening of China, and Dutch jazz photography

New China, new monks

Kim Jong-Il reported to be sick with pancreatic cancer

Haibao looks goooood in tight jeans!

iPhone Incoming!

Today's Links: Police in Urumqi, interpreting the GDP and porn arrests

What the Chinese are reading about the Xinjiang riots

Photo of the Day: Shanghai Sunrise

Live Bar opens Weihai Lu branch

Keep your kids away from large quantities of water

Artificially bred tiger cubs doing great in Henan

Shanghaiist views the eclipse (July 22)!

Michael Jackson flash mob commemoration in Shanghai

Reminder: Bastille Day Happy Hour TONIGHT!

PSA: Don't walk near construction areas.

China India war in 2012? We say not likely.

Handsome Furs coming to YYT in September!

Wenzhou businessman acquires UK TV station

Today´s Links: Xinjiang info-war, China aims high in renewable energy, reactions to the banning of English-language newspaper´s in Taiwan

Around Shanghai: Weather, expo and beach news

Heart Attack launching at Not Me

Interview: Schooled by Paul Warwick Griffin

Channel One summer music series kicks off this weekend

Metro Line 2 hiccups, thousands of commuters late to work

Old man stops red light violations with brick

The mysterious case of the elementary school "prostitutes" in Kunming

Movies: Harry Potter in China

Shaq, Shaolin, and basketball

Today's Links: Kim Jong (not that) Il, corrupt steel and petroleum industries, and Chu gets tough on climate change

Photo of the Day: Thunderstorms

Vietnamese fast food: Pho Yummy

Nigerian death in Guangzhou sparks 200-strong protest

Yao Ming buys Shanghai Sharks

Zhicago: More music in Zhujiajiao on July 25

Chinese people sleeping at wangbas

Miracle Berry tasting party

China poised to launch international advertising campaign

Interview: These Are Powers playing ZDF

Today's Links: Transgender surgery restrictions, Stephen Chow drops Green Hornet, and Beijing's Little North Korea

Around Shanghai: Harry Potter falls flat, Rio Tinto moves away, and Wal-Mart shows the money

Teaser: Human Flesh Search Engine

Romantic idea: Proposal billboards?

Live Music This Weekend: Guai Li, Second Hand Rose and These Are Powers

China tries to stop Rebiya movie in Australia

Meiwenti Film Contest screening 12 short films on Saturday

Another rumour about the China iPhone launch

Foreign teachers' salaries increasing under new guidelines

Shanghai ex getting revenge on Craigslist

Today's Links: E-waste "recycling" found in Guiyu, 9K officials found to be corrupt, and a twitterer finds trouble after publicizing a gang rape scandal

Music: P.K.14 on music downloads, mandopop and making rock

Solar Eclipse arriving on Wednesday