China's ongoing battle against porn has seen many valiant battles: internet crackdowns against illegal pornographic sites, bans on sexting, and even a youth crusade against yellow material. But even with China's best and brightest censors on the case, China always needs more help stopping smut. And what better force to... continue reading on Shanghaiist
Cary Hooper
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Ah, Mao Zedong, so much about your life has been written in the annals of history. But there's always room for a little more, right? While you may have known that Mao loved spicy food because of his Hunanese roots, did you know that red braised pork (hongshao rou)... continue reading on Shanghaiist
Ever see the call girl on Maoming road and Huaihai road? No, we're not talking about prostitutes (though that's probably the place to find them, too): we're talking about the sculpture by Shanghai artist He Yong of a girl on the phone. You've probably passed by it a hundred... continue reading on Shanghaiist
Can't get enough of that ass-kickingly intense UFC action? Lucky for us, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has teamed up with Sohu to offer live streaming Pay-Per-View of their events: as most of the UFC is Mixed Martial Arts, it's about time they bring it to China, the so called "cradle... continue reading on Shanghaiist
It's practically impossible to enforce intellectual property rights in China, which holds the heavyweight title for the world's best pirates (of goods, not actual pirating), and that's espeically true on the 'net. It's even harder to enforce copyrights when even the courts won't admit that rights are even being... continue reading on Shanghaiist

