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Shanghaiist is going to give Senator Clinton the benefit of the doubt -- that she actually knows better but is just being the politician that everybody expects her to be. But the following infuriatingly pandering comment puts Senator Clinton right up there with the lovely Senator Schumer on this Shanghaiist's... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Shanghaiist lost count long ago of the number times we've thrown very unladylike expletive-laced fits in the middle of sidewalks when the umpteenth cab driver we've tried to hail has taken one look at our adorable, amazingly well-behaved-in-cabs pups and sped off. Seeing this China Daily headline ("Taxi wants to... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Ewww. Here's a little lunchtime story for all of you (if you really don't take gore well with food, either put down your lunch, or wait until you're through eating to read this): On January 7, staff at a logistics company in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province, found a... continue reading on Shanghaiist

First up, we have a couple of high-profile political imprisonings. There's the New York Times researcher, Zhao Yan, who has been sentenced to three years in jail for correctly predicting former president Jiang Zemin's retirement, aka "fraud." Then there is blind activist, Chen Guangcheng, who has been jailed for 4... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Props to the New York Times for rooting out a China scoop that covers all of those hot China topics -- human rights, sourcing and intellectual property rights -- all at once. And all of this is done while covering the topic of the country's growing cadaver industry. Ick. But... continue reading on Shanghaiist