Where we grew up in the US, fish head was a dish traditionally served to the ocean's bottom feeders after a fisherman had finished cleaning his/her catch. So upon arriving in Shanghai, we were surprised to find one eye-balling us every time we opened a menu, and yearned to discover what we'd been missing all those years. more ›

Bo Guagua, son of former Chongqing chief Bo Xilai and lawyer Gu Kailai, graduated from Harvard yesterday without his parents by his side. From Reuters:

Bo... wore a black cap and gown with crimson hood when he accepted his diploma at a commencement ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He flashed a broad smile and joined several hundred other students who came from all corners of the globe to study at the Ivy League school. more ›

Blind activist and self-taught lawyer Chen Guangcheng gives his first in-depth television interview to Anderson Cooper." more ›

There's a ton going on this weekend, we've got a bunch of openings and closings for you, but to start us off is Kung Fu Komedy presenting Canuck Connection! You'll also want to get down with the international students at Lune, or party it up at Geisha with glamorous Stephanie Jay. If that's not your cup of tea there's also the Kin Flea Market that always has special gems for you to buy! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

It's no news that China's air pollution is bad. In fact if this NASA map of PM2.5 levels is anything to go by, Eastern China has it the worst in the entire world. But why is the air pollution in some Chinese cities is simply bad (like Guangzhou) while others are super bad (like Beijing?) And which provinces are actually doing anything about it? more ›

A young Chinese couple has been arrested by local police in Liupanshui, Guizhou for knocking over a 68-year-old woman in Yuyao, Zhejiang with their car, and then burying her alive when they thought she was dead. An eye-witness says he saw the couple get out of their Santana to help the old woman lying on the ground, saying they would send her immediately to hospital. Worried about the penalties for drunken driving, the 25-year-olds may have decided to bury the woman when they thought she was no longer breathing on their way to the hospital. more ›

TIME's Beijing bureau received a note this week from the customs department that 62 copies of its May 14, 2012 issue entitled The People’s Republic of Scandal were being "safeguided by customs" to be "dealt with". Read Hannah Beech's account of their fruitless attempts to get their magazines back: more ›

Douchebag Chinglish talkshow host Yang Rui (杨锐) is the gift that keeps on giving. Last week, the CCTV News anchor shocked the world with anti-foreigner remarks so needlessly incendiary that even the Global Times had to tone it down by juxtaposing his diatribe against comments by critical Weibo users. Well, apparently he not only has a problem with foreigners -- the people he is supposed to have a Dialogue with -- he isn't a great fan of Jews either. more ›

Via Russia Today: "Surveillance camera captured images of a three year old boy riding his toy scooter at a rush hour on a busy road in the city of Wenzhou in Eastern China. After narrowly avoiding being crushed by several vehicles, the boy was spotted by a policeman who reacted quickly and whisked him to safety. Apparently he was in the care of his grandfather, who had gone to the toilet at the time of the incident. The policeman brought the boy back to his grandfather who had rushed out to find him." more ›

Our good friend Yang Rui will probably not like to hear this but a draft guideline being proposed by the State Council that will seek the OK for foreigners to legally work in posts involving China's state secrets. They will, however, first have to be approved by central or local government agencies. more ›

Midweek Music Preview is a weekly rundown of the events happening across stages all over Shanghai. On the docket this week: We've got the famous Joss Stone performng, probably barefoot, at Shanghai Grand Stage, Bigong Bijing doing their thing at DClub, a Chinese folk artist at Live Bar, and China Britrocks returning to Yuyintang. There's a bit for everyone, so check it out! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

The vagaries of nature be damned! The Chinese government has green-lighted plans to develop rainmaking technology during the next three to five years that would literally make it rain whenever they feel like the ol' crops need a little watering. Part of the plans include using 7000 rocket launchers, at least 50 planes and nearly 7000 guns to launch silver iodide into the clouds to boost the probability of rainfall. more ›