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We had the lovely opportunity to pick the brains of Shanghai artist Nini Sum. Picking was quite interesting: Nini is the creator of IdleBeats, an accessible (and affordable...) screen-printing business and community in Shanghai. They just launched their website this month, so you can visit and subscribe to the IdleBeats... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Speak2Me, an online English language learning community, has made an agreement to create a language training program for the 80,000 plus Expo volunteers and guides that will be working this May. It would be scary interesting to have loads of volunteers running around speaking like the Speak2Me virtual teacher.... continue reading on Shanghaiist

In Shanghaiist's Philanthropist feature, we highlight individuals and groups doing interesting things to make the world a little bit of a better place. This week we talk to one of the organizers of the third annual Rock for Roots & Shoots concert. Rock for Roots & Shoots is a... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Get lost Yao Ming. Alright, stick around. But make room for the Harlem Globetrotters, playing at Yuanshen Sports Center on December 12! If you're not b-ball buff some quick stats: the Globetrotters were formed in 1926, have lost only two games between 1968 to 2000, and have a current... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Xinjiang has been through a lot of political and social trauma in the last couple of months, what with the riots in July, syringe attacks in September, the executions that followed, continuous H1N1 scares, and an internet blackout throughout the province. All over Xinjiang, schools are being quarantined if... continue reading on Shanghaiist