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Congratulations, this is the point where the current editor of Shanghaiist officially gives up on having a clue - celebrating a sentence that the whole Chinese internet, legal, scientific and journali...

On September 10, 2010 6:50 PM in Sinan Mansions: For better or worse, this is Shanghai now, they said:

Worse, worse, worse. Definitely, tragically, worse. All these places end up looking like Shanghai Street at Disneyland. We shouldn't be fooled that Shanghai's New Money is really starting to appre...

On March 4, 2010 5:14 PM in Our 8 food recommendations for "foreign visitors", they said:

Guess when writer said 'foreign lands' she just meant 'US of A'. And, really, f***ing lanzhou lamian? Shengjian bao? Not too many levels above touristy cluenessness, I'm sorry to say. Wot, no chicke...

As soon as The Guardian mentioned this event it was doomed. Great work Tania Brannigan, another pioneering and necessary event sacrificed for good copy. ...

On September 23, 2009 4:27 PM in The A-list of foreigners: Sixty years in the making, they said:

傻瓜!Bora was coach took China into 2002 World Cup!! His face was everywhere! Whaddya, just been here two weeks?!??! Oh. ...

On August 13, 2009 10:28 AM in Video: Zhapu Road in motion, they said:

Oh yeah, THAT'S not cookie-cutter at all...neon signs, people on bikes, plinky-plonky music. Plus what's up with the contrast? Clowns. ...

On July 17, 2009 11:59 AM in Teaser: Human Flesh Search Engine, they said:

From other stuff of theirs I've seen this seems to be their standard approach. But I guess market for this film is the easily impressed 'wow Asia has lots of people' folks back home, so no reason to b...

On March 5, 2009 11:18 AM in BBC still getting it wrong after Oasis story correction, they said:

Yeah, dammit, if only the BBC gave a few more Shanghaiist writers jobs. Curse those paid so-called 'real' reporters, getting their facts wrong about China, not having all that in depth local knowledge...

On November 24, 2008 2:39 PM in Video: Douchebag caller redux, they said:

Another creative slum dunk from a 'leading light of Shanghai's creative scene'. Seriously, can't you guys just get laid at the weekend like everyone else, spare the rest of us this @£$%?...

On November 19, 2008 11:11 AM in 'Kappa Girl' fired for sex video, they said:

Brits reading this might remember the term 'Kappa Slappa'......

On October 14, 2008 2:45 PM in Aric Queen to tell the story of his exile from Shanghai, they said:

Modern thinking: 'Creative' = 'Writes a Blog'. Saints alive... Re the Chinese government's oppression of a guy in a bandana ranting about spitting: are Amnesty or the UN aware of the case? If not, ...

On October 13, 2008 10:28 PM in Aric Queen to tell the story of his exile from Shanghai, they said:

Except.. ..no one is having a go at your choice of platform, but your choice of words/message/..haha..'content'. None of which you can have an answer to of course, so you spazz out this attempt at...

On October 13, 2008 7:09 PM in Aric Queen to tell the story of his exile from Shanghai, they said:

THANK GOD someone's standing up for the foreigners here 'in the creative genre'. They do so much for China and it's people, for example these well thought out, informative and not-at-all-shockingly-ig...

Aah, bless. It's sweet how all these foreign commentators think that (a) the Chinese govt gives two millions of a shit about what the laowai population of China thinks and (b) that not issuing so many...

On June 25, 2008 11:36 AM in China lacks in soft power, they said:

Good point, but a 'few locals hawk and spit' = very many in big cities, absolutely everyone elsewhere. Though I can't fault your well-meaning liberal-mindedness. ...

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