Watch: Tibet protestors with a message for Xi Jinping rappel from Arlington Memorial Bridge on February 14, 2012
Today’s Links: Apple audits, independent travel to Taiwan, The Sims and Linsanity on February 14, 2012
Photo of the Day: Lanterns on February 14, 2012
Taiwan’s DPP on the search for next party chairperson on February 13, 2012
Watch: Jackie Chan’s new private jet touches down in Singapore on February 13, 2012
38-year-old self-proclaimed virgin creates website to stop youngsters from having sex on February 13, 2012
Last Friday’s Kim Jong-un assassination rumours on February 13, 2012
Cold snap wreaks havoc in China on February 13, 2012
Why Starbucks has succeeded in China where others have failed on February 13, 2012
Today’s Links: Teenage Tibetan self-immolation, Tehran nukes talk and a ‘trust deficit’ with China on February 13, 2012
Photo of the Day: Keys on February 13, 2012
Singapore FM K. Shanmugam: Beijing appreciates Singapore’s stance on US-China relations on February 11, 2012
Canadian PM Stephen Harper meets Bo Xilai, concludes five-day China visit on February 11, 2012
Watch: Amazing Hong Kong in 1961! on February 11, 2012
HRIC: Improvement in China’s human rights situation will create win-win in Sino-American relations on February 11, 2012
US to launch new interview waiver pilot program on February 10, 2012
CPJ: Over half of imprisoned journalists in China ethnic Tibetan or Uyghur on February 10, 2012
Chongqing media do an about-face on Bo Xilai on February 10, 2012
Three jailed for criticising Jiang Zemin on February 10, 2012
Chinese-American man beaten and held for 21 hours in Beijing after trying to meet Tiananmen Mother on February 10, 2012
Hukou Waterfall icicles draw tourists on February 10, 2012
Hong Kong to issue blanket ban on mothers from the mainland? on February 9, 2012
Guangxi proposal on real-name HIV testing and disclosure raises eyebrows on February 9, 2012
Shit laowais say in Shanghai on February 9, 2012
2012 boom year for surrogate mothers in China on February 9, 2012
North Korea exporting meth to China on February 9, 2012
7.4kg boy heaviest baby in China’s history on February 9, 2012
Today’s Links: Xi Jinping, Stephen Harper, Indian military, anti-China sentiment in Hong Kong and more on February 9, 2012
Photo of the Day: City on February 9, 2012
Watch: Funny parody of racist Pete Hoekstra ad on February 8, 2012
Listen: Modern Talking’s “Brother Louie” performed by North Korea’s Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble on February 8, 2012
New signups on Sina Weibo grinding to a halt? on February 8, 2012
Watch: Taiwan celebrates the Lantern Festival on February 8, 2012
How China’s super rich differ from their western counterparts on February 8, 2012
CCTV America goes live on February 8, 2012
Today’s Links: Higher gas prices, higher office rents in Beijing, and higher internet speeds for everybody! on February 8, 2012
Photo of the Day: Bubbye! on February 8, 2012
Disgraced former Jingan chief Zhang Renliang given political resurrection in Kashgar on February 7, 2012
China embassy in Libya attacked over Syria veto on February 7, 2012
Iowa governor: Xi Jinping’s visit biggest event since Pope came in 1979 on February 7, 2012
The story behind that viral video of young North Korean accordionists on February 7, 2012
Chinese women ready to fight for Olympic Boxing gold on February 7, 2012
Today’s Links: Android, airline carbon taxes, Citigroup, cadmium poisoning, Deng Fei and more on February 7, 2012
Photo of the Day: Industrial leftovers on February 7, 2012
Watch: Creepy, racist Superbowl ad by Rep. Peter Hoekstra on February 6, 2012
Student suicides in Shanghai double in two years on February 6, 2012
John McCain: The Arab Spring is coming to China on February 6, 2012
Watch: (Supposedly) mainland Chinese guy takes dump on the streets of Hong Kong on February 6, 2012
Listen: Take On Me by A-ha performed by young North Korean accordion players on February 3, 2012
Wen Yunchao on what Hong Kongers need to know on February 3, 2012
Listen: Oh, China! Slow down! on February 3, 2012
Today’s Links: Merkel’s China trip, a $328,000 pigeon and a hard landing this year? on February 3, 2012
Angry Hong Kongers hit the streets to sing “anti-locust” song to mainland tourists on February 2, 2012
The real purpose of Angela Merkel’s China visit, according to the Global Times on February 2, 2012
Racial profiling of Tibetans and Uyghurs at Beijing hotels and bathhouses? on February 2, 2012
Infographic: What is shark finning? on February 2, 2012
Listen: “Locust World”, mean anti-mainlander song circulating in Hong Kong on February 2, 2012
Greenpeace releases 2011 China supermarket ranking: Carrefour best, Tesco worst on February 1, 2012
Apple Daily Hong Kong runs ad against mainland “locusts” on February 1, 2012
Murong Xuecun on people who complain about the rising cost of books on February 1, 2012
Today’s Links: Fei Xiang, CCTV, Sudan, Zhu Yufu and more on February 1, 2012
Photo of the Day: Chicken-eye view on February 1, 2012
Watch: Baby pandas in action on January 31, 2012
Political cartoon of the day on January 31, 2012
Sha Yexin: Thank goodness for Hong Kong! on January 31, 2012
McDonald’s, Starbucks and Pizza Hut raise prices on January 31, 2012
Chinese New Year fireworks explosion kills 3 in Thailand on January 31, 2012
Han Han sues Fang Zhouzi for claiming his books were ghost-written on January 30, 2012
Boy killed instantaneously after head caught in escalators on January 30, 2012
New Yorkers celebrate Year of the Dragon in Chinatown on January 30, 2012
London hosts Europe’s biggest Chinese New Year celebration on January 30, 2012
Lee Hsien Loong: United States a good example for China to emulate as it becomes superpower on January 29, 2012
Inside a Chinese Communist Party school on January 27, 2012
Newt Gingrich: I’d like to have an American on the moon before the Chinese get there on January 27, 2012
Photo of the Day: St Sophia Cathedral, Harbin on January 26, 2012
Watch: Lobsang Sangay’s statement on recent shootouts on Tibetan protestors on January 26, 2012
Beijing’s park festivals bring colour to Chinese New Year on January 24, 2012
CCTV’s spring festival gala losing viewers on January 24, 2012
Watch: UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s Chinese New Year message on January 24, 2012
Today’s Links: 3 billion train trips, a thousand tonnes of trash, Twitter and Tibet on January 24, 2012
Photo of the Day: Spring festival at the Yu Gardens on January 24, 2012
One dead after Chinese troops open fire on protesting Tibetans, say activists on January 23, 2012
Chinatowns decline in the US as Asians head to the suburbs on January 23, 2012
Watch: Warren Buffett on CCTV’s spring festival gala playing the ukulele on January 23, 2012
Hong Kong astrologers give their predictions for the Year of the Dragon on January 22, 2012
Watch: Sydney celebrates the Year of the Dragon on January 22, 2012
Year of the Dragon a nightmare for Hong Kong mums? on January 22, 2012
Watch: Another look at the Harbin ice festival on January 21, 2012
Quote of the Day: Foxconn CEO Terry Gou on managing a million animals on January 21, 2012
“I have no freedom” on January 20, 2012
Chinese reactions to SOPA on January 20, 2012
Kong Qingdong: Hong Kongers are bastards, dogs and thieves on January 20, 2012
Watch: Bitchfight between mainland tourists eating on the Hong Kong MTR with local passengers on January 20, 2012
Shanghai Rego International School now facing forced relocation on January 19, 2012
Watch: Polar bear cub rejected by mom at a Shandong aquarium on January 19, 2012
Another day, another massive land grab protest in Guangdong on January 19, 2012
Chinese man creates world record by threading 101 needles with mouth in one minute on January 19, 2012
Today’s Links: Disney, global warming, Syria, Spratlys, tennis and more on January 19, 2012
Photo of the Day: Speed of light on January 19, 2012
Bamboo still the scaffolding of choice in Hong Kong on January 19, 2012
Quote of the Day: Cui Yongyuan on what Chinese textbooks never told him on January 18, 2012
Watch: I am Tibetan on January 18, 2012
China slams US ambassador Gary Locke for human rights remarks on January 18, 2012
Young mom cuts off baby’s penis because she preferred a daughter on January 18, 2012
Costa Concordia survivor to return to Shanghai soon, 22 other Hong Kong travellers also safe on January 18, 2012
BBC’s Damian Grammaticas reflects on his time covering Taiwan elections on January 18, 2012
Watch: Pandas enjoy fresh snow in Vienna Zoo on January 18, 2012
Kim Jong-nam says he has never met Jong-un, admits to being “protected” by China on January 18, 2012
Watch: Underwater dragon dance in Bangkok on January 17, 2012
AP opens news bureau in North Korea on January 17, 2012
Chinese imports ‘sinking’ Brazil’s fishing sector on January 16, 2012
Jon Huntsman quits GOP race, endorses Mitt Romney on January 16, 2012
Watch: Keeping the faith on January 16, 2012
Blogger-activist Liumang Yan turns prostitute for a day to speak up for sex workers on January 16, 2012
Quote of the Day: Chairman Mao on elections in a democratic New China on January 16, 2012
Weibo users gaze with envy across the straits at Taiwan’s one man one vote system on January 16, 2012
Today’s Links: China Telecom in the UK, Wen Jiabao in Nepal and Hu Jintao in Addis Ababa on January 16, 2012
Photo of the Day: Fishy business on January 16, 2012
Watch: Streets of China on January 16, 2012
Ma Ying-jeou re-elected as Taiwan president; Tsai Ing-wen resigns as DPP chairperson on January 14, 2012
Two giant pandas loaned to French zoo for 10 years on January 13, 2012
Watch: Apple’s flagship store in Beijing pelted with eggs on January 13, 2012
Shanghai Rego International School in deep sh*t over visa-less teachers on January 13, 2012
Watch: KMT and DPP international press conference on January 13, 2012
Security checks at metro stations to be scrapped finally? on January 13, 2012
Photo of the Day: Wheels on January 13, 2012
Watch: Most amazing women’s volleyball match ever! on January 13, 2012
Shanghai police to begin hunting down Canadian scammer Ryan Fedoruk on January 12, 2012
Montblanc opens flagship store in Beijing on January 12, 2012
Rolls Royce sales in China grow whopping 67% in 2011 on January 12, 2012
Richard Gere: China the ‘largest hypocrisy in the world’ on January 12, 2012
Watch: Beijing’s #crazybad air gets worse on January 12, 2012
Watch: Topless South Korean soldiers in sub-zero endurance test on January 11, 2012
Jon Huntsman makes oblique reference to China in New Hampshire victory speech on January 11, 2012
US seeks China’s support on Iran sanctions on January 11, 2012
Today’s Links: Ferretti, Athlone, Taiwan elections, stem cell treatments and more on January 11, 2012
Photo of the Day: Street tailor on January 11, 2012
China toy makers wind up for tough year on January 10, 2012
Must-read story of Chinese-American soldier who committed suicide in Afghanistan on January 10, 2012
Nigerian scammer charged in court on January 10, 2012
Jobs trump Beijing for Taiwan youth vote on January 10, 2012
China’s Spring Festival madness begins on January 10, 2012
Watch: Kim Jong Il impersonator milling about on January 10, 2012
Exposed: Pictures of creepy Canadian scammer and fake landlord Ryan Fedoruk! on January 9, 2012
China’s Got Talent! Woman sings with man’s voice, imitates Andy Lau on January 9, 2012
Huntsman educates Romney on US-China relations, defends decision to serve as ambassador to China on January 9, 2012
Restaurant owner gives out free shark’s fin to save the sharks on January 9, 2012
Chinese-American voter to Mitt Romney: Stop putting Asians down on January 9, 2012
Today’s Links: Nice cars for officials, more monks on fire and trouble in the Spratlys on January 9, 2012
Kim Jong-un stars in new documentary broadcast on North Korean state TV on January 9, 2012
Photo of the Day: Traffic on January 9, 2012
Watch: Racist anti-Huntsman ad put up by Ron Paul supporters on January 8, 2012
Watch: Timelapse of 30-storey hotel built in just 360 hours! on January 7, 2012
Watch: Laowai fengshui master speaks to Reuters on January 6, 2012
Canadian scammer sublets 30 apartments to 80 tenants, then flees with RMB300,000 on January 6, 2012
Youku and Tudou trade blows, sling mud at each other on January 6, 2012
Today’s Links: EU air tax, Iran oil ban, new dragon stamps, thought control over students and more on January 6, 2012
Watch: Hong Kong’s pampered pooches take yoga classes on January 6, 2012
Finnish man uses “tai chi” to stop traffic in Fuzhou and teach drivers a lesson on January 5, 2012
What the Iowa Republican caucus results mean for China on January 5, 2012
Photo of the Day: Decapitated on January 5, 2012
iPhone copycat Meizu MX flies off the shelves in Hong Kong and around China on January 4, 2012
DaVinci accuses CCTV reporter of extorting 1 million RMB; GM of Beijing Times allegedly helped arrange bribes on January 4, 2012
India summons Chinese envoy over manhandling of diplomat, warns traders to shun Yiwu on January 4, 2012
Watch: Harbin’s winter wonderland to take your breath away this season on January 4, 2012
Hui Muslims fight police over mosque demolition in Ningxia on January 3, 2012
India to protest over ill-treatment of diplomat in Yiwu on January 3, 2012
Watch: 88 dragons and 50 lions take part in record-breaking dragon dance in Hong Kong on January 2, 2012
Real estate tycoon Pan Shiyi on media extortion in China on January 2, 2012
Jon Huntsman: I have the China expertise, so vote for me on January 2, 2012
Chinese factories now manufacturing shanzhai Indian goods on January 2, 2012
Bird flu death in Shenzhen raises alarm bells on January 1, 2012
Watch: Amazing fireworks at the Taipei 101 on January 1, 2012
Watch: Dalian lights up for 2012 on January 1, 2012
Watch: Polar bear cubs meet the public at the Dalian aquarium on December 31, 2011
Watch: Wild panda filmed eating meat! on December 31, 2011
Cancer-causing mildew found in peanuts and cooking oil on December 31, 2011
Watch: Massive inferno engulfs tobacco factory in Nanning on December 31, 2011
Watch: Anti-DPRK activists celebrate Kim Jong-Il’s funeral on December 30, 2011
New social security system (supposedly) allows you to retire and withdraw pensions here on December 23, 2011
What do you do when you’re having sex in a car and a bunch of guys spots you? on December 23, 2011
Watch: Rap video urgers voters to “Vote for Taiwan’s Future” on December 23, 2011
Crackdown underway on foreigners teaching without work visas on December 21, 2011
Watch: Kim Jong Il’s pickled body lying in state on December 20, 2011
China sees new surge in Christmas tradition on December 20, 2011
Senior official reiterates ban on religious beliefs for party members on December 20, 2011
Around Shanghai: More problems on Metro Line 10, couple hit by carbon monoxide poisoning and history lessons for Korean students on December 20, 2011
Watch: Orchestrated mourning in North Korea for “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il on December 19, 2011
How Shanghai’s North Korean restaurateurs are responding to the death of Kim Jong Il on December 19, 2011
North Korea’s “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-Il dead at 69 on December 19, 2011
Zhejiang officials shut down village Christmas party, punch worshippers on December 19, 2011
Today’s Links: China’s nuke ambitions slow down, disquiet returns to China-India relations, China’s largest rare earths producer banned from exporting on December 19, 2011
Photo of the Day: Arteries on December 19, 2011
Beijing orders real name registrations for Weibos on December 17, 2011
Filipino teachers accused of mistreating kids at expensive kindergarten in Nanjing on December 17, 2011
Video: Chocolate terracotta warriors in Beijing’s World Chocolate Wonderland on December 17, 2011
Singaporean overstayer in Beijing tampers with passport to get repatriated on December 16, 2011
Watch: Hong Kong lights up for Christmas on December 16, 2011
Taiwan court rules out defamation after man sues massage parlour boss for using his image in gay mag on December 15, 2011
Former Aussie ambassador Geoff Raby on inept Chinese diplomats, the Stern Hu case and more on December 15, 2011
Today’s Links: Reindeer herders, pork-monitoring, a new sovereign wealth fund and broken windows at the South Korean embassy on December 15, 2011
Photo of the Day: Longyang Road Maglev Station on December 15, 2011
Listen: No girls born in China anymore on December 14, 2011
Around Shanghai: Jenny Zhu helps you find ayis, ICS wins news award, Fudan Uni fights rumours on December 14, 2011
Chow Tai Fook lists in Hong Kong on December 14, 2011
South African woman executed for drugs. Was she innocent? on December 13, 2011
Conjoined twins in Hunan await separation on December 13, 2011
Photo of the Day: Santa pyramid on December 13, 2011
Watch: Controlled demolition of 760-meter long bridge in Changsha on December 13, 2011
Watch: Yesterday’s total lunar eclipse! on December 11, 2011
China begins coordinated patrols of Mekong River with Thailand, Myanmar and Laos on December 11, 2011
US ambassador Gary Locke highlights Liu Xiaobo, Liu Xia, Gao Zhisheng and Chen Guangcheng in Human Rights Day message on December 10, 2011
Office of Karmapa Lama issues statement in response to charges by Indian police on December 10, 2011
Listen: Former Aussie PM John Howard on China and India on December 10, 2011
Photo of the Day: Om nom nom on December 10, 2011
Feng Xiaogang on why he needs to turn to laowais to get the job done on December 10, 2011
Two Russian babes accept Confucius Peace Prize on behalf of Vladimir Putin on December 10, 2011
Pinoys hit the streets to protest execution of drug trafficker in China on December 9, 2011
China’s obese teens seek help on December 9, 2011
Today’s Links: Karmapa Lama charged, France downgraded, Iran displays downed US drone and Sichuan finds gas on December 9, 2011
Photo of the Day: Flying saucer redux on December 9, 2011
Watch: Pigs causing a commotion on Sichuan highway after truck flips over on December 8, 2011
Ram-deer porn posted by Yunnan Zoo on Sina Weibo goes viral on December 8, 2011
Hillary Clinton to world leaders: Gay rights are human rights on December 7, 2011
China could be Durban’s climate change success story on December 7, 2011
Jiaotong Uni to set up shop in Singapore on December 7, 2011
Flipboard makes China its first stop in bid to take over the world on December 7, 2011
Watch: World’s biggest obedience training session for dogs in Hong Kong on December 7, 2011
Jonathan Watts of The Guardian gatecrashes tiger bone wine auction on December 6, 2011
Duke University to offer master’s degree in Kunshan on December 6, 2011
China restricts online gaming for minors on December 6, 2011
Today’s Links: Chen Guangcheng, sea turtles, economic slowdown, iPhone 4S, Saab and more on December 6, 2011
Photo of the Day: Reflection on December 6, 2011
US unionist Andy Stern: America should be more like China on December 5, 2011
Watch: 8-year-old pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang arrive in Edinburgh, Scotland on December 5, 2011
Beginning of the end for DaVinci furniture? on December 5, 2011
Watch: Pudong Shangri-La creates world’s biggest Christmas log cake on December 2, 2011
Youth in Taiwan not so keen to take up arms to protect self-rule on December 2, 2011
Listen: Shanghai, Let’s Dance! by Beilei Be on December 2, 2011
Why China can’t be Europe’s saviour on December 2, 2011
Photo of the Day: Flying saucer on December 2, 2011
Three Shaanxi officials detained for sex with underaged girls on December 2, 2011
Watch: The Anniversary - A short film for World AIDS Day on December 1, 2011
What Yao Ming’s expensive Cabernet Sauvignon says about China’s wine market on December 1, 2011
Watch: NMA’s take on Iceland’s rejection of Huang Nubo on December 1, 2011
Let’s be positive about people living with HIV on December 1, 2011
Shark-finning banned in Taiwan from 2012! on November 30, 2011
Filipino drug mule to be executed Dec 8 on November 30, 2011
Video: The Stone Forest in Yunnan province on November 30, 2011
Clinic infects 104 residents along Henan-Anhui border with hepatitis on November 30, 2011
Spat with Fang Zhouzi leads Kaifu Lee to post his English biography free on Amazon on November 30, 2011
Meet: The Hainan Gibbon, the world’s most endangered primate on November 30, 2011
Spotted: Hot dogs and AIDS for sale on November 29, 2011
Chery launches new car brand Qoros aimed at Europe on November 29, 2011
Things could get ugly in tomorrow’s ordination of Vatican-approved bishop on November 29, 2011
14-year-old boy jailed 12 years for chopping up mom and sis with kitchen knife on November 29, 2011
Shaanxi becomes first province to ban disposable chopsticks on November 28, 2011
Just one choice in this village election on November 28, 2011
Today’s Links: Huang Nubo’s Iceland deal off, meetings with India cancelled, China’s “immature” golf market and the darker side of Huaxi on November 28, 2011
Photos: Woman sweeps the streets of Wenzhou with 3-year-old son in tow on November 28, 2011
Watch: Timelapse of Hong Kong cab driver on night shift on November 27, 2011
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: The Colony on November 27, 2011
Ma Ying-jeou on the secret nightlives of mainland tourists in Taiwan on November 26, 2011
Real estate tycoon Ren Zhiqiang wonders aloud about falling property prices on November 26, 2011
Tsai Ing-wen on her version of the “status quo” on November 26, 2011
Bubble bursting soon for online P2P lending sites? on November 26, 2011
Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou speaks up for Ai Weiwei on November 26, 2011
Wanted on Weibo: Cruel cat killers who posed for pics with head of decapitated cat [Reader discretion advised] on November 25, 2011
Xinhua: India has an inferiority complex and is jealous of China on November 25, 2011
Photo of the Day: Phone call on November 25, 2011
Hefei’s new art museum avant-garde or just a copy of the Bird’s Nest in Beijing? on November 25, 2011
Jetstar launches Beijing-Singapore-Melbourne flight ahead of Scoot’s takeoff on November 24, 2011
Non-casino career options limited for the youths of Macau on November 24, 2011
Take a peek inside Sina Weibo on November 24, 2011
Watch: New Yorkers have no clue what Xinhua’s selling on November 23, 2011
Michele Bachmann: US taxpayers are funding China’s military on November 23, 2011
Watch: South Korean MP throws teargas in parliament on November 23, 2011
Photo of the Day: St Ignatius Cathedral, Xujiahui on November 23, 2011
Jon Huntsman: Let’s reach out to the internet generation that will take China down on November 23, 2011
Watch: Tibetan nun sets herself on fire [Viewer discretion advised] on November 22, 2011
English-language teacher and blogger Luo Yonghao smashes fridge outside Siemens HQ in Beijing on November 22, 2011
Today’s Links: IP rights, hot money, telecoms antitrust and how China can defeat America on November 22, 2011
Photo of the Day: Old friends on November 22, 2011
Now you can pay for your Apple apps in RMB with your China bank card on November 22, 2011
Watch: My Beijing on November 22, 2011
4,500 march against land grab in Lufeng, Guangdong on November 21, 2011
Is the Net Nanny upgrading her system? on November 21, 2011
Cosmetic surgery boom in China on November 21, 2011
Netizens post nude pictures after police probe Ai Weiwei for porn [NSFW] on November 20, 2011
Angry Chinese tourists protest all the way from Singapore to Hong Kong on November 20, 2011
Shanghai gets its own school bus accident on November 18, 2011
Watch: Taiwanese girl freaks out on a rollercoaster ride on November 18, 2011
Shenzhou VIII on its way back to earth on November 17, 2011
Chinese mafia busted, prostitutes freed in Angola on November 17, 2011
UC Berkeley’s engineering college headed for Shanghai on November 17, 2011
Presidents Hu Jintao and Obama make out in new Benetton ad campaign on November 17, 2011
Two girls trapped upside down in Hubei amusement park on November 17, 2011
Self-immolation on Tiananmen Square last month, but who knew? on November 16, 2011
Tissues, table napkins and toilet paper found to contain carcinogens on November 16, 2011
Putin spokesperson responds to Confucius Peace Prize award on November 16, 2011
“Longevity town” becomes “cancer town”, thanks to pharma plants in the hood on November 16, 2011
Evian and Volvic among 420 imported food products that fail Chinese quality tests on November 16, 2011
Guess who’s behind the Confucius Peace Prize? on November 15, 2011
Chinese prostitutes trafficked into Ghana to service expats? on November 15, 2011
Ai Weiwei pays 8.45 million RMB bond, begins appeal against fine on November 15, 2011
Breaking: Vladimir Putin declared winner of the 2nd annual Confucius Peace Prize on November 15, 2011
Chinese executioner offers rare glimpse into his job on November 15, 2011
Listen: Ai Weiwei sings “caonima” on November 15, 2011
Michele Bachmann: America should be more like China on November 14, 2011
China top sender of students to the US on November 14, 2011
Wendi Deng on her Charlie Angel’s moment on November 14, 2011
Is Gucci selling second-hand bags to unsuspecting customers? on November 12, 2011
Watch: NMA’s response to NYT’s “Ditch Taiwan” op-ed on November 12, 2011
Extra! Extra! 11/11, Shanghai bachelorettes and more sex for the people of Guangdong on November 11, 2011
Furore in Canada’s British Columbia over supposed ban on gay tourism from China on November 11, 2011
Lipton recalls toxic Tieguanyin tea, Shanghai quality watchdog still laying low on November 11, 2011
Expat reservation book thief at it again?! on November 11, 2011
Photo of the Day: Nanpu Bridge on November 11, 2011
Watch: Crazy queues for the iPhone 4S in Hong Kong on November 10, 2011
Female official in Liaoning executed for corruption on November 10, 2011
Ningbo entrepreneur first in China to own an entire island on November 10, 2011
19 oolong tea brands, including Lipton, found to be toxic on November 10, 2011
Was President Hu Jintao’s voter slip filled up incorrectly? on November 10, 2011
Free wifi coming soon to Air China! Woohoo! on November 10, 2011
It wasn’t koalas on sale in Guangzhou, but “bamboo rats” on November 10, 2011
Murong Xuecun on self-censorship on November 8, 2011
Ai Weiwei’s mom takes down photo with Hu Jintao from her wall on November 8, 2011
NYC cops raid Chinatown meat market after journalist reports it sells dog instead of duck on November 8, 2011
Chinese economist Jin Liqun on the financial meltdown in Europe on November 7, 2011
Wife-beater Li Yang of Crazy English turns to Islam on Eid al-Adha on November 7, 2011
Fujian fisherman finds critically endangered 7-ton gray whale on November 7, 2011
Swatch calls the cops on Groupon China for selling fake Tissots on November 7, 2011
The Global Times on online donations to Ai Weiwei on November 7, 2011
Tibetan sets himself on fire outside Chinese embassy in New Delhi on November 5, 2011
Ai Weiwei supporters send him over a million RMB online in half a day on November 5, 2011
Awesome jobs from Danwei Jobs [Sponsored] on November 4, 2011
Two window cleaners in fatal fall linked to each other by safety harness? on November 4, 2011
Premature baby dumped in toilet and left for dead by Foshan nurses on November 4, 2011
206 foreign mail order brides rescued in Hebei on November 4, 2011
Hangzhou government to reward laowai heroine RMB3,000 for possessing “traditional Chinese virtues” on November 3, 2011
Activist granny jailed 3.5 years in Shanghai on November 3, 2011
The Apartment responds to accusation on November 3, 2011
Uruguayan heroine can’t understand why bystanders were more interested in her pics on November 2, 2011
Creepy phantom in red dress sighted on the Beijing Metro on November 2, 2011
Today’s Links: An open letter to Sina Weibo, handouts for hybrid Roewe buyers and a petition for Chen Guangcheng on November 2, 2011
Quote of the Day: Allan Sealy on China and India on November 1, 2011
Wang Youde, China’s ‘warrior of the sands’, fights the desertification of Ningxia on November 1, 2011
Laowai thieves return reservation book to Da Marco on October 31, 2011
Gas blast in Hengyang coal mine kills 29 on October 31, 2011
Today’s Links: “Crazybad” air in Beijing, Hollywood in Linyi, crackdown on online drug sales and more on October 31, 2011
Photo of the Day: Food vendor on October 31, 2011
91-year-old thief and 77-year-old accomplice nabbed in Keelung, Taiwan on October 30, 2011
Quote of the Day: Larry Lang on Chinese law on October 30, 2011
BMW Mini police car raises eyebrows in Tianjin on October 30, 2011
Kim Lee, wife of Crazy English founder Li Yang, files for divorce on October 28, 2011
China welcomes EU debt deal on October 28, 2011
More protests over property discounts, this time in Jiading on October 27, 2011
Manufactured Good Samaritans, Ctd on October 27, 2011
Photo of the Day: Edifice on October 27, 2011
First driver who ran over Yueyue formally detained by Foshan police on October 27, 2011
Shitty pay the cause of Shanghai Metro’s compromised safety? on October 26, 2011
Talent company accused of staging Good Samaritan video on October 26, 2011
Two more kids knocked down in Guangdong, and one of them’s also called Yueyue on October 26, 2011
Laowais with supersized c*cks complain to Shanghai Daily about the lack of condoms that fit them on October 24, 2011
Daughter of Tudou co-founder Marc van der Chijs “decapitated” on October 24, 2011
Today’s Links: Yueyue, Ebay, food prices, Taoism and the Eurozone crisis on October 24, 2011
Video: Tennis star Li Na’s new ad for Nike China on October 23, 2011
Jin Xing to Li Yang: You’re an exceedingly filthy and selfish man on October 22, 2011
Yueyue’s parents engage lawyer to sue drivers on October 22, 2011
Shanghai police hunting down Occupy Wall Street instigators among foreigners in nightclubs? on October 21, 2011
Watch: George Clooney’s Mercedes-Benz ad for China on October 21, 2011
Donations for Yueyue now at RMB270,000 and counting on October 20, 2011
Yueyue’s parents: We’re not on Sina Weibo! on October 20, 2011
Quote of the Day: Lu Xun on the rarity of Good Samaritans in China on October 20, 2011
Student who stabbed mom at Pudong Airport charged on October 20, 2011
Three foreigners charged for drunken driving on October 20, 2011
China accuses the Dalai Lama of terrorism as Tibetans pray for those who self-immolated on October 20, 2011
Photo of the Day: Wenzhou train crash miracle child walks again on October 20, 2011
Fake police officers luring foreign kids into cars on October 19, 2011
Chen Xianmei commended while murmurs abound she’s out to get famous on October 19, 2011
Ear-cleaning salons the latest fad in Japan on October 19, 2011
Will a belief in God make more Good Samaritans out of us? on October 19, 2011
Adam Minter: Chen Xianmei’s a “scrap peddler” not “trash collector” on October 19, 2011
Meet: Chen Xianmei, the trash collector who came to the rescue of Foshan toddler Yueyue on October 18, 2011
First female self-immolation in Tibet on October 18, 2011
Photo of the Day: Roundabout on October 18, 2011
Around Shanghai: Picasso, trash, marriage markets, poisonous juice, radioactive cargo and more on October 18, 2011
Follow Shanghaiist on Sina Weibo! on October 18, 2011
World population hits 7 billion on October 17, 2011
Foshan toddler Yueyue still under intensive care on October 17, 2011
Der Spiegel on Anting’s German Town on October 17, 2011
Doubts raised over made-in-China Martin Luther King statue on October 17, 2011
Foshan toddler passes away [UPDATE: Toddler still alive] on October 17, 2011
Watch: 1st Hong Kong cross harbour swim in 33 years on October 17, 2011
Today’s Links: China’s princelings, forex reserves, a secret Eurozone commitment and another self-immolation on October 17, 2011
Photo of the Day: Labyrinth on October 17, 2011
Watch: Toddler run over by two vehicles, ignored by all but one trash collector on October 16, 2011
The parable of the cat and the pig on October 16, 2011
iPhone 4S now available for upwards of RMB11,000 in black markets on October 16, 2011
Mitt Romney ups the anti-China rhetoric on October 15, 2011
Watch: NYT journalist Edward Wong talks about his DPRK trip on October 15, 2011
FBI says 18 child porn sites shut down thanks to PSB help on October 15, 2011
Gallup poll finds China not a very happy nation on October 15, 2011
American woman jumps into West Lake to save suicide attemptee on October 15, 2011
One pilot feared dead after Shaanxi air crash on October 15, 2011
Watch: Florian Mayer beats Rafael Nadal at the Shanghai Masters on October 14, 2011
Around Shanghai: Gary Locke, Shanghai Masters and manganese-laden utensils on October 14, 2011
Royal wedding of the day on October 13, 2011
Beijing’s Obama-inspired “UFO” fried chicken store temporarily shut on October 13, 2011
Check it out: A squat toilet adapter! on October 13, 2011
Infographic: The yuan/dollar exchange rate vs America’s trade deficit with China on October 12, 2011
Unveiled: RMB100,000-a-night presidential suite in Huaxi, China’s richest village on October 12, 2011
Today’s Links: Vladimir Putin’s “Eurasian Union”, Walmart Chongqing, Android Market, illegal Afghan immigrants and more on October 12, 2011
Photo of the Day: Sleeping Buddha on October 12, 2011
Tsai Ing-wen says for the very first time: Taiwan is the Republic of China on October 11, 2011
Watch: Taiwan celebrates 100th anniversary on October 10, 2011
Tibetan activists try to enter Chinese embassy in New Delhi on October 9, 2011
Android mobile store in Sichuan capitalises on Steve Jobs’ death on October 6, 2011
Watch: Extreme artist Eskil Ronningsbakken’s daredevil stunts on Mount Tai on October 5, 2011
Around Shanghai: Magnolia Awards, lead poisoning scare in Pudong and 242 million RMB missing from Expo accounts on October 5, 2011
Photos of the Day: Dongjiadu on October 5, 2011
Watch: Assignment: China trailer by Mike Chinoy on October 4, 2011
Xia Shang on the (remote) possibility of a Weibo shutdown on October 4, 2011
KFC China and Rev Al Sharpton respond to Obama Fried Chicken on October 4, 2011
Yang Lan: The generation that’s remaking China on October 4, 2011
Today’s Links: Kim Jong-Il’s family on Facebook, another self-immolation in Tibet, stock turmoil in Hong Kong and more on October 4, 2011
Pyongyang celebrates Day of Old People on October 3, 2011
Former CNN correspondent Mike Chinoy looks back at covering China’s opening up on October 3, 2011
Li Na: I’ve lost all confidence on October 3, 2011
Granddaughter of Sun Yat-Sen accuses China of distorting his legacy on October 3, 2011
Week Around the Ists on October 3, 2011
Photo of the Day: Urban jungle on October 2, 2011
French vineyards eye China market on October 2, 2011
Shanzhai Confucius Peace Prize appears, original organisers not amused on October 2, 2011
Nobel’s Thorbjoern Jagland reflects on decision to give award to Liu Xiaobo on October 2, 2011
Watch: China’s 62nd birthday celebrations at Tiananmen Square on October 1, 2011
Henry Kissinger: China is a “returning”, not “rising” power on October 1, 2011
Richard Burger on the Confucius Peace Prize on September 30, 2011
From prison to paradise on September 30, 2011
Photo of the Day: Speeding by on September 30, 2011
Watch: Typhoon Nesat pounds Hong Kong on September 29, 2011
Ministry of Culture disbands organisers of Confucius Peace Prize on September 29, 2011
Names of 15-member subway crash investigation panel announced on September 29, 2011
Hurun releases list of richest Chinese women on September 29, 2011
Shanghai Metro: Power failure, not signals error, caused collision on September 29, 2011
AFP on pole dancing for men on September 29, 2011
Today’s Links: Choe Yong Rim in Shanghai, Tiangong 1 ready for takeoff, Hong Kong set for new chief executive on September 29, 2011
Cancer-causing fake shampoo at a hair salon near you on September 28, 2011
All you need to know about yesterday’s Shanghai Metro crash on September 28, 2011
Chinese netizens respond to American newbie expat missing Facebook on September 28, 2011
Spotted at the Changchun airport on September 28, 2011
Watch: Scene outside Yuyuan Garden metro station after yesterday’s train crash on September 28, 2011
The Hong Kong visa woes of Chinese citizens on September 27, 2011
Watch: “I am Taiwanese”, Tsai Ing-wen’s election campaign spot on September 27, 2011
Around Shanghai: 16-year-old boy hangs himself, 1930s buildings to be rebuilt after dismantling, Cartier receives compensation on September 27, 2011
Photo of the Day: Night lights on September 27, 2011
Like Shanghaiist on Facebook! on September 26, 2011
China responds to the Dalai Lama’s succession plans on September 26, 2011
Henan sex dungeon, Ctd on September 26, 2011
Today’s Links: Calm after riots in Lufeng, Wikileaks hits Taiwan, Paris Hilton and more on September 26, 2011
It’s a bird… it’s a plane … no, it’s a wingsuit flyer! on September 25, 2011
Dalai Lama may give up reincarnating and start “emanating” instead on September 25, 2011
Lee Kuan Yew: Taiwan’s been independent since 1989 on September 24, 2011
China leads the world in excess female deaths on September 24, 2011
Democracy with Chinese characteristics on September 23, 2011
Subway suicide averted at Songhong Road station on September 23, 2011
Ban on homosexuality in Chinese prisons lifted? on September 23, 2011
Photos: Aftermath of yesterday evening’s JIA Hotel fire on September 23, 2011
Time to say goodbye to Michael Connolly of ShanghaiExpat on September 23, 2011
Breaking News: Huge fire on Wujiang Road on September 22, 2011
Jin Xing says kicked off reality show for being transgender on September 22, 2011
In Shandong: Father and son rescued from dangling rollercoaster on September 22, 2011
Photo of the Day: Suzhou Creek on September 22, 2011
Help keep orphans and disadvantaged kids warm this winter! on September 22, 2011
Around Shanghai: Xiao Nan Guo, urn thieves, landlords who rape tenants, oil smuggling rings and more on September 22, 2011
Watch: Conversation with Han Han on Channel News Asia on September 21, 2011
Wang Shuo: For each day that they can f*ck you, they will f*ck you on September 21, 2011
Is the US falling behind China in education? on September 21, 2011
Gary Locke lays out his vision for the future of the U.S.-China economic and trade relationship on September 21, 2011
Sohu Vice-President Liu Chun slams anti-Japanese productions on September 21, 2011
Watch: Floods inundate Guizhou and Sichuan on September 21, 2011
Today’s Links: Falungong deportations, New Zealand tycoons, a new strain of polio and more on September 21, 2011
Photo of the Day: Shanghai Alley on September 21, 2011
4,645 students in Taiwan break world record for mass violin-playing on September 20, 2011
Confucius Peace Prize nominee James Soong wants to be President of Taiwan on September 20, 2011
Tuesday Timewaster: Chinese food animated on September 20, 2011
Animal activists shut down the Jinhua Dog Meat Festival on September 20, 2011
Chairman Mao’s grandson gets teaching gig on September 20, 2011
NMA: US decides not to sell Taiwan its F16s on September 20, 2011
Today’s Links: National humiliation, foreign languages, Snow Beer, Uyghur tightrope walkers, gun-toting tycoons on September 20, 2011
RIP: Michael Connolly of ShanghaiExpat.com on September 20, 2011
Photo of the Day: Shadow on September 19, 2011
Extra! Extra! Activist nun assaulted, protests against solar plant in Haining, Sichuan Earthquake pig cloned and more on September 19, 2011
Photos: Swill oil factory in Kunming on September 19, 2011
Watch: Shanghai in timelapse on September 19, 2011
Vladimir Putin and Chinese Panchen Lama nominated for Confucius Peace Prize on September 18, 2011
Chinese condoms too small for the women of South Africa on September 16, 2011
Jade is the new gold on September 16, 2011
Yue-Sai Kan has next steps all mapped out for Miss China Luo Zilin on September 16, 2011
Quote of the Day: Yang Hengjun’s response to China’s Libya U-turn on September 16, 2011
In-N-Out definitely *not* coming to Shanghai on September 16, 2011
Amazing Race host Allan Wu receives flak for comments about Shanghai on September 16, 2011
Infographic: The global economy in 2030 on September 16, 2011
Watch: 66 kids squeezed in an 8-seater minivan on September 15, 2011
How to use China Unicom’s 3G network while staying with China Mobile on September 15, 2011
China building churches across Africa on September 14, 2011
Rui Chenggang to Gary Locke: I hear you flew here coach. Is that a reminder that US owes China money? on September 14, 2011
Li Yang of Crazy English not quite repentant after all on September 14, 2011
Chengde, China’s Tibetan theme park on September 14, 2011
Chinese student on 9/11: I was “overjoyed” on September 14, 2011
Is celebrity over-endorsement confusing Chinese consumers? on September 14, 2011
Photos: Shanghai Tourism Festival 2011 on September 14, 2011
Save the Date: Barcamp Shanghai on Sept 24 on September 14, 2011
Huang Yasheng: Does democracy stifle economic growth? on September 14, 2011
Watch: Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong and Beijing on September 13, 2011
Miss China Luo Zilin named 4th runner-up in Miss Universe finals on September 13, 2011
Jay Chou launches mobile app 31SMS in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit on September 13, 2011
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! on September 12, 2011
Li Yang admits to hitting wife, now receiving professional help on September 12, 2011
China’s new “social benefits” for foreigners, Ctd on September 12, 2011
China’s growing footprint in Zambia on September 12, 2011
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: True Believers on September 11, 2011
Huaxi, China’s richest village, builds itself a skyscraper on September 11, 2011
Social benefits for foreigners from Oct 15 on September 11, 2011
Leaked: Flirtatious emails from Canadian foreign affairs parliamentary secretary Bob Dechert to Xinhua journalist on September 11, 2011
Has western media been overly suspicious of Chinese tycoon Huang Nubo’s Iceland venture? on September 10, 2011
Greenpeace China conducts nationwide pesticide test on supermarket veggies and the results are not pretty! on September 10, 2011
Finally, a law to protect women against domestic violence? on September 10, 2011
Ordos: Still empty, still building on September 10, 2011
Pudong’s 77-year-old nude protestor tells her story on September 10, 2011
15-year-old son of military singer Li Shuangjiang detained for road rage assault on September 9, 2011
Zhang Lijia on Ai Weiwei’s Beijing on September 9, 2011
Top 50 of Hurun Rich List 2011 announced on September 9, 2011
Controversy over health ministry guidelines on helping old folks who’ve fallen down on September 8, 2011
Now you can pay for your vending machine purchases with your mobile phone! on September 8, 2011
Blazing fast internet at speeds of up to 100mpbs coming to Shanghai! on September 8, 2011
Looking for work in China? Read this! on September 8, 2011
Around Shanghai: Lonely hearts flashmob at Ikea, centipede found in woman’s ear, and no Mid Autumn full moon! on September 8, 2011
Beijing, the capital of the world? on September 8, 2011
This Saturday: The Living Streets of Shanghai and The Hague on September 7, 2011
Walmart passes off ordinary pork as “organic” on September 7, 2011
Fujian fish drop dead in biblical proportions on September 7, 2011
More to it than meets the eye in China-Libya relations on September 7, 2011
A glimpse at North Korea’s Rason special economic zone on September 7, 2011
Photo of the Day: Siesta on September 7, 2011
Today’s Links: Arms sales, Argentina, Apple, Starbucks, opera singers and more on September 7, 2011
Watch: Gordon Ramsay eats shark’s fin for the very first time on September 6, 2011
Li Yang of Crazy English to get dumped by wife? on September 6, 2011
Pakistan’s Sindh province to make Chinese compulsory in schools on September 6, 2011
How China is stepping up its influence of overseas Chinese-language media on September 6, 2011
Neil Bush’s China business ties on September 6, 2011
Watch: Arirang Festival 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea on September 6, 2011
China hits reverse gear to slow down car sales on September 5, 2011
Beijing propaganda bureau takes control of two influential papers on September 5, 2011
Li Yang of Crazy English accused of domestic violence by laowai wife on September 5, 2011
Cruise ship with North Korean characteristics on September 5, 2011
Photo of the Day: Public announcement on September 5, 2011
Today’s Links: Colgate, CCB, Hossein Sobhaninia, China’s war against poverty and more on September 5, 2011
Finally, closure for Shanghai’s gay bar raid of the year? on September 2, 2011
Watch: Journalist soaked by wave while reporting at Qiantang River on September 2, 2011
Photos: Tide washes over wave-watchers at Qiantang River on September 2, 2011
Today’s Links: Tsai Ing-Wen, Chyi Chin, Jetstar, Apple, Quebec and more on September 2, 2011
Zhang Lijia on the identity of her mixed-race kids on September 2, 2011
China home to half of millionaires in 10 Asian countries by 2015 on September 2, 2011
Watch: Stunt poetry on September 1, 2011
In Pictures: Shoton Festival opens in Tibet on September 1, 2011
Ambassador Gary Locke flies cattle class, Chinese netizens stunned (again) on September 1, 2011
China’s car market, the Prius and climate change on September 1, 2011
15-year-old leaps to her death just before start of new school term on September 1, 2011
Watch: Time for Taiwan - My Beautiful Island on September 1, 2011
Photo of the Day: Feeling at home on August 31, 2011
Iranians not too happy with their made-in-China Qurans on August 31, 2011
A physical keyboard for your iPhone? Yes, why not?! on August 31, 2011
Shanghai Daily: Free access to flower fest for virgins aged 22 and above! on August 30, 2011
Chinese tycoon Huang Nubo wants to buy up 300 square kilometres of Iceland on August 30, 2011
Beijing and the Vatican at war with each other? on August 30, 2011
Tencent apologises to Apple CEO Tim Cook for calling him a “sufferer of homosexuality” on August 30, 2011
Photo of the Day: Street food on August 29, 2011
Today’s Links: Yoga entrepreneurs, detention without trial and imported brides on August 29, 2011
Anhui power company official: “Opposing me is opposing the Party” on August 27, 2011
UBS ranks Shanghai 49th in list of world’s most expensive cities on August 26, 2011
Xinhua’s curious tale of a child porn bust and Chinese-US police joint action (Updated with Manhattan DA press release info!) on August 26, 2011
NYC cops arrest worker at Chinatown funeral shop for “fake” LV and Burberry bags on August 26, 2011
Tibet’s hardline governor Zhang Qingli replaced on August 26, 2011
Woman jumps off burning building in Foshan factory fire on August 25, 2011
Online supermarket SmartDirect is now FoodBox on August 25, 2011
Today’s Links: Electric cars with chauffeurs, China’s rare earths monopoly, airline disputes and more on August 25, 2011
Watch: North Korean kids performing for Chinese tourists on August 24, 2011
Around Shanghai: Unhelpful subway passengers, Xiang Weiyi, unpaid interns, cocktail bars on August 24, 2011
Photo of the Day: Furniture on August 24, 2011
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Fu Ying: The West has become very conceited on August 23, 2011
New flag up at Libyan embassy in Beijing on August 23, 2011
Photos: Demolition of Yichun Bridge in Jiangxi on August 23, 2011
Today’s Links: Made-in-China MLK, Chollywood and Shenzhen’s first gay wedding on August 23, 2011
China “respects the choices of the people of Libya” on August 23, 2011
96% of all page views in China are to web sites hosted within China on August 23, 2011
Business booming at eatery visited by US Vice President Joe Biden on August 22, 2011
Danwei’s Jeremy Goldkorn on internet censorship in China on August 22, 2011
Photo of the Day: Vegetable seller on August 22, 2011
Today’s Links: China’s next-generation leadership, Biden’s ongoing China tour and women that marry for money on August 22, 2011
Week Around the Ists on August 22, 2011
“Get to school happy and gay” on August 20, 2011
Weibo of the Day: The US Embassy on Joe Biden’s cheap meal at local eatery on August 20, 2011
Listen: Kaiser Kuo, Christina Larson and Josh Chin on the Dalian Nimby protests on August 19, 2011
Interview: Crime writer Qiu Xiaolong on Australia Network News on August 19, 2011
Recommendation letter for an ayi on August 19, 2011
Watch: Insane brawl between Georgetown Uni and Bayi Rockets on August 19, 2011
Obama’s brother in Shanghai to promote book on August 19, 2011
Donald Trump: China’s taking the shirt off our ‘grossly incompetent’ President’s back on August 19, 2011
Miss Universe China Luo Zilin prepping for the pageant with help from Yue-Sai Kan on August 18, 2011
Today’s Links: Tudou’s disappointing IPO, CCTV journalist’s use of condoms and the Auckland murder case on August 18, 2011
Mikhail Gorbachev on political reform in China on August 17, 2011
Extra! Extra! One-night-stand portals, flight delays and political turmoil in Nepal on August 17, 2011
Sacked: Railways ministry spokesman Wang Yongping on August 17, 2011
Budget carrier Spring Airlines to fly Shanghai-Beijing on August 17, 2011
Photo of the Day: Convoy on August 16, 2011
Today’s Links: Self-immolations, military movements and local government debt on August 16, 2011
Listen: People of July, by Chuanzi on August 15, 2011
Watch: Jiang Zemin impersonator in action! on August 15, 2011
Police in Xiamen rescue 22 women from forced sex work on August 15, 2011
Week Around the Ists on August 15, 2011
Picture of US Ambassador Gary Locke buying his own coffee burns up the internets on August 13, 2011
Hangzhou independent candidate Xu Yan quits from job after employer faces harrassment on August 12, 2011
Timelapse: I spy a city | Shanghai on August 12, 2011
Lost cell phone reveals embarrassing sext messages between Guiyang official and string of mistresses on August 10, 2011
SAVE THE DATE: Sexy Saturday by Shanghaiist on Aug 13! on August 9, 2011
Photos: Chongqing tears down fortress-like gate on August 9, 2011
Baidu shuts down microblog service on August 9, 2011
Week Around the Ists on August 8, 2011
Happy Chinese Valentine’s Day! 七夕节快乐！ on August 6, 2011
Watch: Snippets from CCTV’s English talent competition on August 6, 2011
Club Angel moves over to Obama Club as its fate hangs in the balance on August 5, 2011
Presentation: Sleeping in Internet Cafes — The Next 300 Million Chinese Users on August 5, 2011
Watch: Yoga for dogs in Hong Kong on August 4, 2011
Photo of the Day: Lights on August 4, 2011
Newly opened gay club Angel to close? on August 3, 2011
Shanghai student charged in court here for murder of taxi driver in New Zealand on August 3, 2011
Read: Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik on China and his time in Shanghai on August 2, 2011
Watch: Muslims celebrate Ramadan in Beijing, China on August 2, 2011
Watch: Chinese swimmer Sun Yang shatters 10-year 1500m freestyle world record on August 1, 2011
Today’s Links: Shanghai’s excellent education system, China’s low roaming rates and violence in Kashgar on August 1, 2011
Photo of the Day: Arteries on August 1, 2011
Week Around the Ists on August 1, 2011
Subway supermarket shopping comes to Shanghai on July 31, 2011
Propaganda bureau starts strangling media coverage of Wenzhou train crash on July 31, 2011
Subway train on Line 10 takes wrong track after line split, then runs backwards! on July 30, 2011
Listen: Family members of Wenzhou crash victims pour their hearts out to Premier Wen on July 30, 2011
Railway signals company shows you how NOT to run a press conference on July 29, 2011
Premier Wen says he’s been ill for 11 days, but was he really? on July 29, 2011
No rise in income tax threshold for expatriates on July 29, 2011
Gang stabs wrong guy, then stabs another on July 29, 2011
Man who lost 5 family members lambasts Ministry of Railways, then makes an about face on July 28, 2011
Even CCTV’s now turning up the heat on the Ministry of Railways on July 28, 2011
Powers-that-be divided on how to handle Wenzhou train crash? on July 28, 2011
Leading independent candidate Xia Shang announces withdrawal from local elections in Shanghai on July 27, 2011
Photos: Train carriages moved hastily away from crash site on July 27, 2011
Today’s Links: China in the sea, Xinhua on Times Square, and a leading house church pastor in jail on July 27, 2011
Police rescue underaged girls from “wife traffickers” in Xuhui on July 27, 2011
Shinkansen expert Satoru Sone: Unbelievable China is disassembling and burying train carriages on July 26, 2011
Where on earth is the driver of the D3115 train? on July 26, 2011
Watch: First eye-witness video of Wenzhou train collision? on July 26, 2011
Airline shares up from Wenzhou rail crash on July 26, 2011
Photo of the Day: The A/C repair man on July 26, 2011
Today’s Links: Running legs, plane incursions, death by lightning and more on July 26, 2011
Child injured in escalator accident at Shanghai Railway Station on Metro Line 1 on July 25, 2011
Media coverage of the Wenzhou train crash: Party mouthpieces VS city dailies on July 25, 2011
Latest on the Wenzhou high-speed rail collision (constantly updated!) on July 25, 2011
Watch: Passengers fall out of toppled train carriage in Wenzhou on July 25, 2011
Photo of the Day: Reading on July 25, 2011
Week Around the Ists on July 25, 2011
Watch: First ever Weibo phone in action on July 23, 2011
Swimmers fried after live wire falls into public pool on July 23, 2011
Report: 72 multimillionaires die of unnatural causes on July 23, 2011
Photo of the Day: Yao Ming’s tears on July 21, 2011
Share your photos with Shanghaiist on Instagram! on July 21, 2011
DaVinci furniture fiasco hits other players in the industry on July 21, 2011
Today’s Links: China’s $3 trillion foreign reserves, Hotan-Pakistan, Romania’s first “Chinatown” and more on July 21, 2011
Watch: Wendi Deng’s Tiger Wife moment on NMA on July 21, 2011
Nifty tool to sync your Twitter and Sina Weibo accounts on July 20, 2011
Watch: Wendi Deng bitchslaps attacker of Rupert Murdoch at hearing on July 20, 2011
New blog on the block on July 20, 2011
Photo of the Day: Whirlpool in Nanjing on July 20, 2011
Around Shanghai: High-rises along the Bund, trolley buses phased out, Manchurian tiger cubs and more on July 20, 2011
Watch: Living in Hong Kong’s tiny apartments on July 20, 2011
Former vice mayors of Suzhou and Hangzhou executed for taking millions in bribes on July 19, 2011
Watch: NMA’s funny take on the Obama-Lama drama on July 19, 2011
AIESEC having trouble gaining recognition from Fudan and Jiaotong on July 19, 2011
Watch: Village kids in rural China dancing on July 19, 2011
Photo of the Day: Dark clouds over Shaoxing on July 19, 2011
Today’s Links: Investigative journalism, independent candidates, Zhang Shangwu, Xinjiang, Iraq on July 19, 2011
Yet another cancellation of a high-speed rail service on July 19, 2011
Beijing-Shanghai flight prices rebound as high-speed rail deemed no threat on July 18, 2011
Watch: A Beijing love song, by Feichang Fresh on July 18, 2011
Photo of the Day: A Christian home in Wuhan on July 18, 2011
Today’s Links: Obama-Lama, another excommunication and the coming out of a gay man in Tianjin on July 18, 2011
Week Around the Ists on July 18, 2011
Guangdong to lead the way in push for small government and stronger civil society on July 16, 2011
Lady Gaga: “Born This Way” no longer banned in China on July 15, 2011
Watch: Boy rescued from river bridge in Wuyuan on July 15, 2011
Make sure you shred your bullet train tickets after use on July 15, 2011
Today’s Links: Fake goods, Ai Weiwei, Jetstar and more on July 15, 2011
He’s alive! Jiang Zemin sends wreath to funeral of former vice mayor Han Zheyi on July 14, 2011
Furniture retailer DaVinci shows you how NOT to run a press conference on July 14, 2011
Now even your contract with your landlord must be “registered” on July 14, 2011
Xiamen Vice Mayor Zang Jiebin now playing hide-and-seek with German media on July 13, 2011
Guess where Jiang Zemin was when the whole world thought he’d died? on July 13, 2011
Infographics: Shanghai among top 10 provinces/cities for online shopping on July 13, 2011
Hospital in Jingan District prescribed wine to patient with liver problems on July 13, 2011
Quote of the Day: Xiamen’s Vice Mayor Zang Jiebin on the internet in Germany on July 12, 2011
Hu Jintao to Japanese kid: I didn’t ask to be Chairman. The people of China chose me. on July 12, 2011
Watch: Yet more floods wreaking havoc in Sichuan on July 12, 2011
ATP tennis tickets now on sale on July 12, 2011
Today’s Links: San Francisco’s Shanghai-made bridge, Yao Ming’s retirement, watermelons growing in the air, disappearing bishops on July 12, 2011
Watch: North Korea commemorates 17th anniversary of Kim Il Sung’s death on July 12, 2011
Eight 10th-graders at music school attempt group suicide on July 12, 2011
80% of airline blankets not washed on July 11, 2011
Watch: Highlights from China’s Got Talent grand finals! (plus special appearance by Susan Boyle) on July 11, 2011
Swedish student at Fudan expelled from China for attempting to organise a “freedom flash mob” on July 11, 2011
Liu Xiang sets new Asian Championships record for 110-metre hurdles on July 11, 2011
Today’s Links: High-speed railway glitches, Spring Airlines, German automakers and more on July 11, 2011
Taxi flag fares to go up 17% starting from tomorrow on July 8, 2011
Shanghai human rights lawyer Li Tiantian expelled from the city for the third time on July 8, 2011
Watch: NMA’s funny take on China’s crackdown on Jiang Zemin rumours on July 8, 2011
Xi Jinping’s three wishes for Chinese football on July 8, 2011
Photo of the Day: The lads on July 8, 2011
Around Shanghai: A/c for Fudan Uni dorms, protective barriers for bus drivers, Shanghai Tower and more on July 8, 2011
Xinhua News Agency: Jiang Zemin’s not dead! on July 7, 2011
Young people in Shanghai start having sex earlier on July 7, 2011
Thursday Timewaster: The art of pronouncing English words in Chinese on July 7, 2011
Censors pull the plug off Shandong provincial news outlet as rumours of Jiang Zemin’s death remain rife on July 7, 2011
Tennis star Li Na rejects government position on July 6, 2011
Watch: Xiaolangdi dam clears out the sand on July 6, 2011
Hubei manufacturer of century eggs raises a stink over CNNGo’s list of revolting foods on July 6, 2011
The Roman Catholic Church and the CCP: Why aren’t they better friends? on July 6, 2011
Watch: Unconventional rescue of a group of people stranded on a collapsed bridge on July 6, 2011
Shanghai’s first power supply cut this summer hits 1,435 industrial users on July 6, 2011
Earth-shattering: CCTV slams Lü Liping for stoking homophobia, gives nod to China’s gay community on July 5, 2011
Photos: 138 US martial arts exponents make pilgrimage to Shaolin Temple on July 5, 2011
The Vatican excommunicates China’s unilaterally ordained Bishop Paul Lei Shiyin on July 5, 2011
Today’s Links: Sulphur emissions, Bing-Baidu, freedom of expression in Hong Kong and more on July 5, 2011
Husband of Hong Kong star Leanne Liu plummets to death near Jiaotong Uni on July 5, 2011
Golden Horse Awards un-invites Lü Liping as Chinese celebrities come out against homophobia on July 4, 2011
Listen: Laowai sings red song Ying Shan Hong [Autotuned!] on July 4, 2011
Father tosses baby out of 14th floor apartment in Minhang on July 4, 2011
Photo of the Day: Self-inflicted pain on July 4, 2011
Today’s Links: President Hu’s 90th anniversary speech, China’s Europe “takeover”, Tashi Rabten and more on July 4, 2011
Week Around the Ists on July 4, 2011
Newly released HIV/AIDS activist Hu Jia speaks up on July 1, 2011
Watch: “Red tourism” makes revolution fun on July 1, 2011
Photo of the Day: Sucking it up on July 1, 2011
Today’s Links: Amnesty International, Alibaba fraud, and a more level playing ground for foreign companies on July 1, 2011
Over 100,000 converge in Chongqing for biggest ever red song fest on June 30, 2011
Club Angel: Shanghai’s latest and largest gay destination on June 30, 2011
Shanghai to “encourage” 4.4 million people to move from downtown to suburbs on June 30, 2011
Today’s Links: Cross-strait relations, toy manufacturing, World Vision, Baidu and more on June 30, 2011
Special mass this evening at the St Ignatius Cathedral on June 29, 2011
Watch: Cockpit view of the Beijing-Shanghai high speed railway on June 29, 2011
Li Yinhe weighs in on the Lü Liping saga on June 29, 2011
Photo of the Day: Jade grasslands on June 29, 2011
Today’s Links: Youku, Jackie Chan, pandas, Ai Weiwei and more on June 29, 2011
Gay groups urge boycott of movies by Lü Liping and Sun Haiying on June 27, 2011
Food for thought: Premier Wen Jiabao’s comments in Shakespeare’s hometown on June 27, 2011
Watch: More anti-China protests in Hanoi, Vietnam on June 27, 2011
Today’s Links: Airbus, Chinese fashionistas, dead Taiwanese pilots, Omar al-Bashir and more on June 27, 2011
Photo of the Day: Decapitated on June 27, 2011
Week Around the Ists on June 27, 2011
Quote of the Day: Law academic He Bing on the spirit of the times on June 24, 2011
Watch: Ode to the Ayi on June 24, 2011
Photo of the Day: Legs on June 24, 2011
Around Shanghai: Rush-hour metro services, scarlet fever, corruption and more on June 24, 2011
China Pavilion reopens in July on June 24, 2011
11 girls in Minhang kindergarten sexually abused by security guard on June 23, 2011
Today’s Links: Ai Weiwei, Amy Chua, fake security guards, fake Peking Duck and more on June 23, 2011
Quote of the Day: Bo Xilai explains why Chongqing is singing red songs on June 22, 2011
Police harrassment forces Beijing Queer Film Festival to return underground on June 22, 2011
Busted: Xiangyang chief justice Fan Haitao and female discipline secretary check into hotel for quickie on June 22, 2011
Former US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman announces presidential bid on June 22, 2011
Sentenced to death: Hunan man who crushed wife and mother-in-law under wheels on June 22, 2011
Today’s Links: Chinese milk, Ryanair, Siemens bribery, pork, Ran Jianxin, Anhui floods on June 22, 2011
Watch: Zhuji, Zhejiang inundated by floods after dykes breached on June 21, 2011
2010 Cologne Gay Games on Baidu search rankings 10 months after the event on June 21, 2011
Zeng Jinyan, wife of jailed AIDS activist Hu Jia, reemerges after short disappearance on June 20, 2011
Car plate prices hit 30-month high on June 20, 2011
Today’s Links: Floods, floods and more floods on June 20, 2011
Week Around the Ists on June 20, 2011
Edison Chen: Lynx makes the babes flock to you like bees to honey on June 18, 2011
China abstains in historic vote on UN resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity on June 18, 2011
Child-molesting singer arrested by police a second time on June 17, 2011
Thursday Timewaster: Dog sniffs guy’s armpit, then passes out on June 16, 2011
100 Chinese tourists drive their own way around North Korea on June 16, 2011
Popular gay mobile app Grindr now back online in China on June 16, 2011
New ruling for restaurants in Shanghai on the use of old cooking oil on June 16, 2011
Around Shanghai: Mario Vargas Llosa, offshore wind, retail rents and jobs for free plastic surgery on June 16, 2011
Air Koryo to fly direct from Shanghai to Pyongyang on June 15, 2011
Watch: Huawei’s lame ad for its all-new MediaPad on June 15, 2011
Heavy military presence in Zengcheng, Guangdong restores order on June 15, 2011
Today’s Links: Hard landing, Google, immigration visas, Suh Kyung-suk and the South China Sea dispute on June 15, 2011
NMA: Notre Dame says No … errr, Yes to China on June 14, 2011
Police return kidnapped kids to buyers on June 14, 2011
Watch: Condoms being made manually on June 13, 2011
2.9% of blood donations in Shanghai in 2010 not quite voluntary on June 13, 2011
Taiwan to allow individual tourists from the mainland from June 28 on June 13, 2011
Week Around the Ists on June 13, 2011
Watch: Floods devastate Hubei province on June 12, 2011
E. coli checks on all flights from Europe on June 11, 2011
Quote of the Day: Guangzhou Vice Mayor Su Zequn on road tolls on June 10, 2011
Today’s Links: ‘Red’ technology, Renren, pole-dancing, independent candidates, Uruguay, Libya on June 10, 2011
Acer asks: Why the hell would you want an iPad? on June 9, 2011
Chinese tourists forced to watch sex shows in Thailand on June 9, 2011
Quote of the Day: Li Yinhe on the Chinese government’s outmoded methods on June 9, 2011
Xintiandi to double in size on June 9, 2011
Today’s Links: Huawei in Sweden, Zeng Jinyan in Shenzhen, education for people with disabilities and more on June 9, 2011
DEHP scare widens in Taiwan and Hong Kong on June 8, 2011
GooApple: The shanzhai iPhone that runs Android on June 8, 2011
Shanghai water supply not affected by Xin’an River chemical spill on June 8, 2011
Yet more controlled drugs found in local pork supply on June 8, 2011
Quote of the Day: National badminton coach Li Yongbo on tennis champion Li Na on June 7, 2011
Sina to launch English version of Weibo to compete head-on with Twitter on June 7, 2011
CBS: Chinese couples go all-out for weddings on June 7, 2011
Today’s Links: Dog meat, chemical spills, falling student numbers, Starwood and more on June 7, 2011
CNN’s Eunice Yoon reporting on China’s historic drought from the dried-up basin of Dongting Lake on June 6, 2011
Grief-stricken parents block road to protest death of son at healthcare center on June 6, 2011
Photo of the Day: Road to nowhere on June 6, 2011
Split in leadership rocks Shouwang Church on June 6, 2011
Watch: A tour of Zhujiajiao, Shanghai’s haven of “grandma dumplings” on June 6, 2011
Week Around the Ists on June 6, 2011
Quote of the Day: Tennis champion Li Na on what it feels like to be winning the French Open on June 4 on June 5, 2011
Li Na stuns Francesca Schiavoni to become first Chinese to win Grand Slams title on June 5, 2011
6-4 on June 5, 2011
Internationally acclaimed bubble artist Fan Yang to delight Shanghai audiences this July on June 3, 2011
Traditional marriage: It’s not really working in China either on June 3, 2011
Tennis: Li Na defeats Maria Sharapova to reach French Open final on June 3, 2011
Watch: ‘One in a million’ white deer born in Shandong Province on June 3, 2011
Around Shanghai: Zongzi, Hainan Airlines, cancer-causing juice, Baoshan fistfights, illegal ambulances on June 3, 2011
Nationwide outrage at video of nurse beating old folks, forcing them to drink urine on June 2, 2011
809 drug cases in Shanghai between January and April on June 2, 2011
Today’s Links: Coca Cola, Li Shuangde, territorial disputes, surging wages and more on June 2, 2011
Shanghai human rights lawyer Li Tiantian interrogated over sex life on June 2, 2011
60% of students in Shanghai short-sighted on June 2, 2011
Prince Philip’s China gaffes on June 1, 2011
Watch: Firefighters rescue boy sandwiched between two walls on June 1, 2011
China’s new national social insurance law may make hiring foreigners significantly costlier on June 1, 2011
Applying for the two-year residence permit on June 1, 2011
Extra! Extra! Tiananmen Mothers, Kungfu Panda 2, Inner Mongolia, Vagina Monologues, foreign interns on May 31, 2011
In Changchun: Giant hole in bridge swallows truck on May 31, 2011
Photo of the Day: Einstein on May 31, 2011
Around Shanghai: A-mei, Ushi, tourist trains, dry weather, bribes and more on May 31, 2011
Quote of the Day: Inner Mongolia propaganda official too busy to entertain media requests on May 30, 2011
Kindergarten poisoner sentenced to death on May 30, 2011
Week Around the Ists on May 30, 2011
Drought pushes prices of vegetables and freshwater fish up significantly in Shanghai on May 30, 2011
Today’s Links: Inner Mongolia unrest, self-immolation in Hunan, and China’s largest lakes drying up on May 30, 2011
It’s official: Taxi fares in Shanghai to rise in July on May 28, 2011
Marrying a billionaire — yes, it can be taught! on May 28, 2011
Watch: Guy builds “iPad 3” with his own hands on May 27, 2011
Watch: Authorities in Zunyi get violent with villagers protesting demolition of their homes on May 27, 2011
The sad story of Jiangxi bomber, Qian Mingqi on May 27, 2011
Man murders woman after sexual intercourse, then fails to commit suicide on May 27, 2011
Brawl on the Bund is back! on May 27, 2011
Today’s Links: LinkedIn, Microsoft, private jets, nuclear fusion, Tang Wei, Thein Sein on May 27, 2011
Photo of the Day: Empty chairs on May 27, 2011
Timelapse: Sleepless City Shanghai on May 26, 2011
Tip: How to eat safely in China on May 26, 2011
Watch: How to carve a Peking duck on May 26, 2011
China Unicom to slash iPhone 3G packages down to as low as RMB66 per month on May 25, 2011
Around Shanghai: Zhang Jun, Infosys, foreign investment, teen arsonists, Los Angeles on May 25, 2011
Watch: Ai Weiwei’s face projected on Chinese consulate in NYC on May 25, 2011
China wants to be Zimbabwe’s BFF on May 24, 2011
113-year-old Guangdong-born woman is Singapore’s “Mother Teresa” on May 24, 2011
Asian University Rankings: 7 mainland China universities make it to top 50 on May 24, 2011
Photo of the Day: Graffiti on May 24, 2011
New non-stop flights from Shanghai to Hawaii on May 24, 2011
Week Around the Ists on May 23, 2011
Hunan man rows to Taiwan on styrofoam boat in bid to defect and join the Kuomintang on May 21, 2011
Quote of the Day: Australian ambassador Geoff Raby on his boss Kevin Rudd on May 20, 2011
Photo of the Day: Loneliness on May 20, 2011
Today’s Links: Pakistan, Three Gorges, foreign reporters, wind power, high speed rail, Ford on May 20, 2011
LGBT groups sign off Douban in protest against homophobic moderation policy on May 19, 2011
Watch: BMW driver throws cash at another driver after scratching her car on May 19, 2011
Man stabs girlfriend, then turns himself in to police on May 19, 2011
Photo of the Day: Biscuit tins on May 19, 2011
Senior company executives at Shenglu Food arrested for tainted buns scandal on May 19, 2011
Macau’s new Galaxy Casino offers an “Asian” experience on May 18, 2011
Today’s Links: Singapore, power crunch, whiskey, HIV/AIDS, Taiwan travel, Yousuf Raza Gilani on May 18, 2011
Professor’s views on condoms, rape and gay marriage kick up maelstrom of debate on May 17, 2011
WSJ: Why Baijiu, China’s devastating firewater, persists on May 17, 2011
Around Shanghai: Male prostitutes, new home sales, plant explosions and imitation guns on May 17, 2011
Listen: Bird shows off its Chinese language skills on May 16, 2011
Watch: Flash floods in Huaihai, Hunan province, wreak havoc on May 16, 2011
Week Around the Ists on May 16, 2011
Today’s Links: Table tennis, Little Sheep, Lang Lang, Alibaba and more on May 16, 2011
Photos: Remembering the Sichuan Earthquake three years on on May 13, 2011
CNN: China to get stealth chopper wreckage from the bin Laden raid? on May 13, 2011
Photo of the Day: Flower on May 13, 2011
China’s Got Talent judge Gao Xiaosong to be charged for drunk driving on May 13, 2011
Should America be afraid of Chinese investments? on May 12, 2011
New food scandal: Carrefour Shanghai relabelling production dates for packaged meat to lengthen shelf live on May 12, 2011
Watch: Robots at the Shanghai International Conference on Robotics and Automation in China on May 12, 2011
Two-year residence permits now available in Shanghai on May 12, 2011
Jiayuan’s date with Wall Street falls flat on May 12, 2011
Today’s Links: Forbidden City theft, Taiwan, Korean pastors, Volkswagen electric cars and more on May 12, 2011
Two-headed baby stuns doctors in Suining, Sichuan on May 12, 2011
50 nabbed in Minhang prostitution raid on May 11, 2011
[NSFW] Artist sentenced to gulag for sexual performance art in Beijing gallery on May 11, 2011
Photos: Chongqing-Auckland International Body Painting Festival 2011 on May 10, 2011
Nifty new Apple Peel-like gadget allows your iPhone 4 to take up to three SIM cards on May 10, 2011
Out-of-court settlement after Apple store clash between foreign employee and customer on May 10, 2011
Today’s Links: Xu Zongheng, Liao Yiwu, porn novels, TD-SCDMA and more on May 10, 2011
Watch: Shuaya performance on China’s Got Talent on May 9, 2011
Singer walks out of solo concert at Shanghai Grand Theatre because audience can’t stop using cell phones on May 9, 2011
Week Around the Ists on May 9, 2011
Photos: Midi Festival Shanghai 2011 on May 9, 2011
Watch: Disabled artist Huang Guofu paints with just his mouth and feet on May 8, 2011
Taxi fares in Shanghai to be upped soon? on May 8, 2011
Photos: Massive queues in Shanghai and Beijing for the iPad 2 on May 8, 2011
Watch: Hot Taiwanese babe is one-girl band on May 7, 2011
Crackdown on Beijing house churches set to widen? on May 7, 2011
Human placentas selling for RMB20 in Guangzhou on May 7, 2011
Today’s Links: Norway, hijackings, Siberia, space stations and index futures on May 7, 2011
Photo of the Day: Scrap on May 7, 2011
Indecent proposal or commercial opportunity? on May 6, 2011
Shanghai courts rule ex-girlfriend of American man entitled to RMB670,000 from apartment on May 6, 2011
Around Shanghai: Poisonous wedding dinners, reversing escalators, iPad 2, credit card scams on May 6, 2011
New procedure for organ transplant under testing on May 5, 2011
Watch: Hong Kong Airlines’ flight attendants receive kungfu training on May 5, 2011
Today’s Links: Gary Locke, Pakistan, Li Fangping, Li Xiongbing, sexual harrassment on May 5, 2011
Photo of the Day: Reflections on May 5, 2011
Man in Guilin beheads wife after she gives birth on May 4, 2011
Around Shanghai: Cancer-causing popcorn, boutique popcorn, Tudou and more on May 4, 2011
Osama bin Laden souvenirs now on sale at Yu Gardens on May 4, 2011
Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng to attend Shanghai International Film Festival on May 3, 2011
Photo of the Day: I used to play here on May 3, 2011
Woman sexually abused in broad daylight in Xuhui District on May 3, 2011
Today’s Links: Osama, high-speed rail, marine surveillance, rising prices on May 3, 2011
Watch: NMA’s animation of Bin Laden’s final moments on May 3, 2011
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: China’s Ghost Cities and Malls on May 1, 2011
Photos: Mass wedding for 400 couples at Tsinghua University on May 1, 2011
Sperm collecting machine: Chinese innovation at its best on April 30, 2011
Deaf celebrity Song Xiaobo complains that Sina Weibo is filtering search results for his name on April 30, 2011
Total number of foreigners in mainland China: 593,832 on April 30, 2011
Today’s Links: Ageing population, tainted food, human rights, Harry Reid, Donald Trump on April 29, 2011
Photo of the Day: The Titanic pose on April 29, 2011
Sun Yat Sen portraits up on Tiananmen Square for the May Day holidays on April 28, 2011
Deported: Six overstaying foreigners cramped into 30 square metre apartment on April 28, 2011
Around Shanghai: A380, Zuoxiao Zuzhou, Yangshan Port, gay nightlife and more on April 28, 2011
Shocking: 29 dead from 2,550 blazes in Shanghai so far this year on April 28, 2011
Watch: Henan man climbs ladder of razor-sharp knives on April 28, 2011
IMF: “Age of America” to end in 2016 when China becomes world’s #1 economy on April 27, 2011
NMA: Chinese-American food chain Panda Express to invade China on April 27, 2011
Kunming-Singapore high speed rail to be completed by 2020 on April 27, 2011
Watch: China’s pirated and pornographic DVD destruction party on April 27, 2011
Photo of the Day: The wedding factory on April 27, 2011
Around Shanghai: Freak deaths, corruption, power shortage, counterfeit liquor, organ donation on April 26, 2011
Global Times editor in chief Hu Xijin blames “foreign forces” for invading online poll on April 25, 2011
Watch: China Calling — Alberta’s new relationship with the Chinese on April 25, 2011
Week around the Ists on April 25, 2011
Today’s Links: Lower fees for truck drivers, high-speed trains heading off the rails and shifting attitudes on shark’s fin soup on April 25, 2011
Photo of the Day: Rocket on April 25, 2011
Shanghai police nab man for killing woman and having sex with her corpse on April 25, 2011
State Council to government portals: Provide timely, accurate info or else! on April 25, 2011
Two Shanghainese men jailed for raping French intern on April 23, 2011
Diplomatic tussle between Croats and Italians over the opening of Yangzhou’s new Marco Polo Memorial Hall on April 23, 2011
South Korea names third ambassador to China in as many years on April 22, 2011
Wikileaks: China, Iran, chemical warfare and Caspian gas on April 22, 2011
Today’s Links: Bordeaux wines, drunk drivers, Jon Huntsman, tax cuts, Facebook and more on April 22, 2011
Photo of the Day: Shanghai slumber on April 22, 2011
Seen at the Shanghai Auto Show on April 22, 2011
Quote of the Day: Dexing party secretary Chen Ronggao on how to handle petitioners on April 21, 2011
Massive strike by truck drivers at Shanghai ports yesterday, mainstream media silent again on April 21, 2011
Singer Li Na first Chinese celebrity to tell gay youths that “It Gets Better” on April 21, 2011
CNN: Why foreign carmakers are creating Chinese brands on April 21, 2011
Photos: “Half-Brain Boy” Hou Guozhu gets a new skull on April 20, 2011
Watch: Max Mok getting busted for smoking marijuana on April 20, 2011
Today’s Links: Guangming, Baojun, Julia Gillard, Liu Xiaoyuan and more on April 20, 2011
Hundreds gather outside Chinese consulate in NYC to protest detention of Ai Weiwei on April 19, 2011
Photo of the Day: Life’s a beach! on April 19, 2011
MoFA to foreign correspondents: Please attend our book-burning session on April 19, 2011
Al-Jazeera’s Ezzat Shahrour: The Arab People Have 100,000 Questions for Chinese Media on April 19, 2011
Video: Weifang International Kite Festival 2011 on April 19, 2011
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr: Made-in-China iPad to blame for disappearing American jobs on April 19, 2011
In a first, Shanghai-born Ming Dynasty bureaucrat and scientist Xu Guangqi to be beatified on April 18, 2011
Today’s Links: Lewis Hamilton, Auto Shanghai, Max Mok, NMA, diploma mills and more on April 18, 2011
Photo of the Day: On the way on April 18, 2011
Week Around the Ists on April 18, 2011
Photos: Singapore Day 2011 in Century Park, Shanghai on April 17, 2011
Watch: Man drives two bumper cars in Taizhou simultaneously on April 17, 2011
Yang Hengjun finally breaks the silence on his disappearance in Guangzhou on April 17, 2011
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: John Garnaut — Is China becoming a mafia state? on April 17, 2011
Transcript: President Hu Jintao’s keynote speech at the Boao Forum for Asia 2011 on April 17, 2011
No taxi fare hike in Shanghai for now on April 16, 2011
Orville Schell: US must learn how to work with a more ‘combative’ China on April 15, 2011
CNN: Spring Airlines spreads its wings on April 14, 2011
Showdown between police and crowds in Jiuting after chengguans rough up motorists; Shanghai media silent on April 14, 2011
Today’s Links: Ban on time travel TV dramas, BRICS, steroid meat and more on April 14, 2011
Photo of the Day: Spirits on April 14, 2011
Scantily-clad woman stabbed and left to die outside Holiday Inn on Changshou Road on April 13, 2011
Here’s what vandalism by a math geek looks like! on April 13, 2011
Watch: 700 kids in rural Chongqing dance to Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous” on April 13, 2011
Watch: More smoking kids puffing away! on April 13, 2011
Today’s Links: Shenzhen’s Summer Universiade, Spanish debt, misbehaving mayors and more on April 13, 2011
Photo of the Day: Phantom buildings on April 13, 2011
Say hi to Shanghai’s new Vice Mayor, Jiang Ping on April 13, 2011
Massive steamed bun recall in Shanghai after investigative CCTV report on April 12, 2011
New Vatican-approved bishop consecrated in Jiangmen as other dioceses coast along without spiritual leadership on April 12, 2011
Around Shanghai: Facelift for Pudong’s ancient towns, licenses for street food vendors and baby cheetahs for the Wildlife Park on April 12, 2011
Charts of the Day: Comparing Chinese provinces with countries on April 11, 2011
Online lecture link-up between Fudan, Harvard and the University of Tokyo on April 11, 2011
Photo of the Day: Dead end on April 11, 2011
Today’s Links: Church raids, tit-for-tat human rights reports and Caucasian blood on April 11, 2011
Student stabs mom at Pudong airport upon returning from Japan on April 9, 2011
NMA: Mainlanders flock to Hong Kong and Taiwan to watch world’s first 3D porn film “Sex and Zen” on April 9, 2011
In Gansu: More tainted milk, more dead children on April 8, 2011
Watch: The Great Firewall of China, explained on April 8, 2011
Now on sale in Pudong: Glow-in-the-dark pork! on April 8, 2011
Transcript: Farewell speech by outgoing US ambassador Jon Huntsman in Shanghai on April 8, 2011
Today’s Links: Earthquake prediction, Disneyland, wartime martyrs, Zhou Haiying and more on April 8, 2011
Quote of the Day: Baoshan mayor Wu Song on the difference between being a uni chancellor and a mayor on April 7, 2011
Did inspiration for the design of the China Pavilion come from Criminal Minds? on April 7, 2011
Watch: Ai Weiwei’s ominous Dan Rather interview 10 days before disappearance on April 7, 2011
One-child policy to be abolished in Shanghai? on April 7, 2011
Listen: Kazakh musician Yerbolat Myrzaliev on the kobyz on April 7, 2011
Expats, keep your job info updated! on April 7, 2011
Photo of the Day: Street food on April 7, 2011
Huangpu police rebut “rumours” surrounding gay bar raid as one detainee plans to sue on April 5, 2011
Watch: North Korean kindergartener guitar prodigies in action on April 4, 2011
Week Around the Ists on April 4, 2011
Police raid new gay bar on the Bund, dozens detained on April 3, 2011
Chinese-Australian blogger Yang Hengjun resurfaces, derides MoFA spokeswoman Jiang Yu on April 1, 2011
Blackberry’s App World to go live in China soon on April 1, 2011
Man blows 150,000RMB on billboard to seek justice for wife who died in childbirth on April 1, 2011
Onslaught by high-speed railway claims first casualty: CAAC cancels Wuhan-Nanjing flights on April 1, 2011
German sinology expert Tilman Spengler “not a friend of the Chinese people”, denied visa on April 1, 2011
Beware the toxic shrimp! on April 1, 2011
Today’s Links: Tourism, G20, Qihoo, Qingming and the illegal organ trade on April 1, 2011
Man rapes 10-year-old girls at day care centre to “stay young” on March 31, 2011
Transcript: Speech by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at the G20 Nanjing conference on March 31, 2011
Committee to Protect Journalists: Mainstream journalists also targeted in China crackdown on March 31, 2011
Hunan court finally gets down to business on grisly gay sado-masochistic murder case on March 31, 2011
The state of Sino-US relations, according to a carnival float in Germany on March 31, 2011
Headline of the Month: “Opinion poll shows people want opinion polls to matter” on March 31, 2011
Pet behaving weirdly? See strange things in the sky? Let the government know… it might be an earthquake! on March 30, 2011
Watch: Teacher performs push-ups on knives on March 30, 2011
Three Filipino drug mules executed in Shenzhen, China on March 30, 2011
Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker: “Dangerously wrong” to view China as threat on March 30, 2011
10,000 dressed in red for the 90th anniversary of the CCP in Chongqing on March 30, 2011
Watch: Graphic video of traffic accidents put up by police in Heze, Shandong on March 30, 2011
Today’s Links: Obama’s Libya speech, Ai Weiwei, LePad, stressed kids and why America no longer gets Asia on March 30, 2011
More flights from Shanghai to Sydney and Melbourne on March 30, 2011
Quote of the Day: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu on the whereabouts of Yang Hengjun on March 29, 2011
CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout speaks to Isaac Mao on March 29, 2011
Global Times: “Accuracy should come before politics in reporting on China” on March 29, 2011
Chinese-Aussie writer Yang Hengjun disappears in Guangzhou after reporting he was tailed by 3 men on March 29, 2011
Tuesday Timewaster: The world in 30 years on March 29, 2011
Railway Minister: Beijing-Shanghai railway fares to be cheaper than flights on March 29, 2011
Trees lining Maoming North Road make way for subway on March 29, 2011
Watch: Same-sex wedding on the streets of Wuhan, China on March 29, 2011
Photo of the Day: Boxed in on March 29, 2011
Adam Minter: The NYT bureau chief’s wife doth not protest on March 28, 2011
UK inventor Sir James Dyson: Chinese students are stealing our secrets on March 28, 2011
Han Han wonders aloud if Baidu CEO Robin Li’s dad is Li Gang on March 28, 2011
NYT issues non-correction note on Shakespeare censorship story on March 27, 2011
Chinglish of the Day: Shanghai hotel spa promises to warm your nether regions in winter on March 27, 2011
End of an era: BBC ends its Chinese radio service on March 26, 2011
Check it out: 2nd generation Yosion Apple Peel 520, the device that transforms your iPod into an iPhone! on March 26, 2011
John Garnaut of the Sydney Morning Herald on cronyism in Chongqing on March 26, 2011
Listen: Where did the Internet/salt go? by Sinica on March 26, 2011
It’s not a bird. It’s not a plane. It’s the Shanghai Police! on March 26, 2011
Chinese scientists discover way to turn homosexuality on and off in male mice on March 26, 2011
Photos: Warehouse fire in Heqing Town darkens sky over Pudong on March 25, 2011
South Korean sex scandal diplomats to be “disciplined” on March 25, 2011
Quote of the Day: Billionaire Chen Guangbiao on his “violent philanthropy” on March 25, 2011
Donald Trump: China is an “absolute abuser of the United States” on March 25, 2011
Around Shanghai: Crappy internet, Japanese food imports and plagiarising professors on March 25, 2011
Breaking News: NYT report unleashes epidemic of China expats calling each other and quoting the Bard on March 24, 2011
Shanghai’s No. 1 DJ, according to a Facebook ad on March 24, 2011
Watch: Chinese workers bussed out of quake zone in Onagawa, Japan on March 24, 2011
Today’s Links: A new columnist for the NYT, a new airport for Beijing, and new owners for French vineyards on March 24, 2011
Photo of the Day: His & hers on March 24, 2011
New nuclear plant coming to Shandong, China in April on March 24, 2011
Couple in court to avoid gaining custody of son on March 24, 2011
Now even Shakespeare’s getting censored in China? on March 23, 2011
Penis Size vs National IQ: See how China stacks up! on March 23, 2011
Watch: Helicopter lands on university campus to pick up student on March 23, 2011
China to outsource production of human milk to cows soon on March 23, 2011
Today’s Links: Zhang Ziyi, Annette Lu, luxury advertising, retirement age, Gmail on March 23, 2011
Photo of the Day: Contrast on March 23, 2011
Taiwanese writer to criss-cross China kissing the land in every province on March 23, 2011
NHK: Japanese man fears Chinese wife did not escape tsunami on March 22, 2011
Frustrated Chinese sexologist Li Yinhe: The Net Nanny is going insane on March 22, 2011
Han Han on Muammar Gaddafi: “In the name of the moon, annihilate him” on March 22, 2011
Spotted: Mystery unicyclist in Zhuhai, China on March 22, 2011
Man appeals against death sentence for 116 rapes, 91 thefts and 23 robberies on March 22, 2011
Education fiefdoms in the Chinese capital on March 22, 2011
32 women detained by Henan police for writing gay fiction for porn site on March 22, 2011
Don’t mess with the Shanghainese Tiger Wife! on March 21, 2011
Another foreigner fined and deported for tampering with visa on March 21, 2011
Donald Trump: China knows how to play the game a lot better than our leaders on March 21, 2011
On Sarah Palin’s China remarks on March 21, 2011
Seoul shrouded in radioactive dust from China on March 21, 2011
Today’s Links: Frances Adamson, Richard Daley, Han Han and more on March 21, 2011
Sarah Palin warns of China’s rise on maiden trip to India on March 20, 2011
Panic buyers storm shops again to demand refund for overpriced salt on March 20, 2011
Fons Tuinstra: Why China’s internet censorship needs to fail on March 20, 2011
Shanghai in “no danger” even under worst-case scenario on March 19, 2011
One week left to audition for The Amazing Race: China Rush II! on March 19, 2011
Two in Shanghai punished for spreading nuclear radiation rumours on March 19, 2011
Local government refutes “rumours” of Zhejiang man dying from salt overdose on March 19, 2011
Have a website in China and want to prevent it from getting shut down? Read this! on March 19, 2011
Around Shanghai: SISU sophomore suicide, evacuees from Japan, recruitment headaches and gay marriage the Chinese way on March 19, 2011
A nice little salt anecdote on March 18, 2011
Photos: Salt, salt and more salt on March 18, 2011
1st Chinese fatality confirmed in Japan quake, but lots more remain missing on March 18, 2011
Watch: Capital Airlines’ shanzhai version of Cebu Pacific’s safety dance with Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” on March 18, 2011
US Embassy: It’s still safe to stay in China on March 18, 2011
Today’s Links: Convenience store robbers, consumer satisfaction and Filipino drug traffickers on March 18, 2011
Chart of the Day: Groupon’s top competitors in China on March 18, 2011
Watch: Japanese dog in quake region refuses to leave its injured friend on March 18, 2011
Tweet of the Day on March 17, 2011
Viral Video: Rich Shanghainese woman makes a scene in piano store on March 17, 2011
Photos: Stampede for salt all across China on March 17, 2011
Thursday Timewaster #2: NMA takes on high-profile douchebags that made jokes out of the tsunami on March 17, 2011
Thursday Timewaster: UCLA student Alexandra Wallace’s “Asians in the Library” rant on March 17, 2011
Japanese Consulate-General in Shanghai now accepting cash donations on March 17, 2011
Today’s Links: New nuke plans suspended, healthcare plan up for scrutiny and more on the gender equality debate on March 17, 2011
Extra! Extra! Poisonous pork, property markets, pay hikes and a passenger rush from Japan on March 16, 2011
1,100 trees to make way for the Nanjing metro on March 16, 2011
Watch: Heating pipe explosion in Beijing sends massive plume of smoke in the air on March 16, 2011
Has China found a new Susan Boyle in farmer Zhu Zhiwen? on March 16, 2011
Beijing authorities shut down St Patrick’s Day parade on March 16, 2011
Overheard on a Hong Kong message board: “Chinese people need not fear the radiation!” on March 16, 2011
Li Yinhe slams NPC representative Zhang Xiaomei’s proposal to send women back into the kitchen on March 16, 2011
Today’s Links: Chinese reactions to the Japan quake on March 16, 2011
Li Yang of Crazy English now tweeting parenting advice, anti-Japanese statements and praise for the CCP on March 15, 2011
Sichuan earthquake survivors to the people of Japan: Jia you! on March 15, 2011
Nuclear crisis escalating in Japan, but don’t start packing your bags just yet! on March 15, 2011
100 Wenzhou students missing in Ishinomaki, Japan after deadly tsunami on March 15, 2011
Quake-damaged submarine cables slow down internet access between China and the United States on March 15, 2011
China to New Zealand: More compensation for our Christchurch Earthquake victims, pretty please on March 14, 2011
Quote of the Day: Yunnan transport chief Yang Guangcheng on vehicles for civil servants on March 14, 2011
Today’s Links: The Japan earthquake on March 14, 2011
Global Times editors flood Shanghaiist’s mailbox over “Hao Leifeng” on March 10, 2011
CNN: Shanghai TV journalist Xuan Kejiong making a difference in China on March 10, 2011
Today’s Links: The China Price, unhappy survivors of the Jingan Fire, HKJA, Starbucks instant coffee on March 10, 2011
Watch: How news is manufactured in China on March 10, 2011
Italian man tries to marry boyfriend’s mom for long-term residency rights, ends up getting detained and deported! on March 8, 2011
The Global Times’ Hao Leifeng says Charlie Sheen is Exhibit A for westerners’ lack of filial piety on March 8, 2011
Today’s Links: It’s International Women’s Day! on March 8, 2011
Watch: Nick Vujicic speaks to Lu Yu about a life without limbs on March 7, 2011
Week Around the Ists on March 7, 2011
Ad of the Week: Subaru pisses off China with image of feminised Mao on March 7, 2011
A quick roundup to round #3 of the non-event that must not be named on March 7, 2011
Blast from the Past: Shanghai’s Oriental Pearl Tower under construction in 1993 on March 5, 2011
Li Tie of The Times Weekly: Gay marriage will lead us down the slippery slope towards legalising polygamy and bestiality on March 4, 2011
Sign up as a Volunteer Professional with Hands On Shanghai! on March 4, 2011
Chinese Ambassador to Greece Luo Linquan: We helped 1,100 non-Chinese get the hell out of Libya on March 4, 2011
UNBLOCKED: Wordpress and Typepad on March 4, 2011
Pssssst! Shanghaiist is getting a makeover! on March 4, 2011
Today’s Links: Shanghai Theater Academy, Sina Weibo and cheaper iPads on March 4, 2011
Attention, Singaporeans! Sign up for Singapore Day 2011! on March 3, 2011
Extra! Extra! Mistress Day, male hustlers and mobile Big Brothers on March 3, 2011
Weibo of the Day: Lian Yue on NPC representative Li Danyang’s internet proposal on March 3, 2011
Around Shanghai: Schoolgirl suicides, the 80 year old cobbler and plastic surgery for rescued child beggars on March 3, 2011
Infographic: Index of potential unrest on March 3, 2011
Watch: Child beggar hits his abuser on March 3, 2011
Caption this! on March 2, 2011
Today’s Links: 50-center tweets, severed tongues and new rules for foreign journos on March 2, 2011
Can Ed Wang help the NFL break into the Chinese market? on March 1, 2011
Photo of the Day: Highway to heaven on March 1, 2011
Youku and Tudou don’t want you to know the president sang a certain ode to a certain flower on March 1, 2011
Today’s Links: Jasmine #2, Wen’s webchat, gay conmen and the Christchurch quake on February 28, 2011
Listen: Chinese acapella sextet with Gong Linna on February 26, 2011
NMA: Oral sex raises cancer risk on February 26, 2011
“Wangfujing” joins list of sensitive terms alongside “Jon Huntsman”, “Hillary Clinton” and “Jasmine” on February 25, 2011
LinkedIn unblocked in China after barely a day on February 25, 2011
Beijing’s Wangfujing morphs into a construction site on February 25, 2011
In Pictures: Emotional homecoming to the motherland for Chinese residents in Libya on February 25, 2011
LinkedIn most likely blocked because of postings related to a certain non-revolution on February 25, 2011
LinkedIn now blocked in China on February 25, 2011
Chinese envoy to Taiwan Chen Yunlin pelted with eggs and flowers, almost fist-punched in Kaohsiung on February 24, 2011
US ambassador Jon Huntsman now a sensitive term on Chinese microblogs on February 24, 2011
Did Kim Jong Un hold his binoculars upside down? on February 24, 2011
Photo of the Day: Triptych on February 24, 2011
Video of US Ambassador Jon Huntsman at “Jasmine Revolution” protests in Beijing hits the Chinese interwebs on February 24, 2011
Listen: Blind busker in Taipei touches hearts with rendition of Teresa Teng’s “I Only Care About You” on February 23, 2011
Today’s Links: Alibaba executives resign, Baidu searches for lost kids, and bye bye Best Buy! on February 23, 2011
Quote(s) of the Day: Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi invokes Tiananmen on February 23, 2011
Xinhua tries that blackface stunt (again) on February 22, 2011
Asia Pacific’s best paid politicians: President Hu’s not one of them, but Donald Tsang and Ma Ying Jeou are on February 22, 2011
Photo of the Day: Shy on February 22, 2011
EF wants you to learn Chinese in Beijing on February 22, 2011
Was US ambassador Jon Huntsman present at the Jasmine non-Revolution in Beijing? on February 21, 2011
Week Around the Ists on February 21, 2011
Today’s Links: The Jasmine non-Revolution on February 21, 2011
Belgian artist Wim Delvoye tattooing pigs in China (again) on February 19, 2011
Quote of the Day: Fang Binxing, China’s “father of the Great Firewall”, on his use of the VPN on February 18, 2011
Watch: Snowfall timelapse on February 18, 2011
Over 80,000 students take art exams in Shandong Province on February 17, 2011
Watch: Girl with only five fingers plays the piano on February 17, 2011
Global Times: “Sperm bank faces stiff inspection” on February 17, 2011
Gay and lesbian couples stage kiss-in in Beijing on Valentine’s Day on February 16, 2011
Kim Jong Il hits the big 69 as his son and eventual successor receives China’s blessing on February 16, 2011
Watch: Chinese amputee boy holds chopsticks, writes with his feet on February 16, 2011
Week Around the Ists on February 14, 2011
Watch: Caochangdi, the new socialist village on February 14, 2011
Today’s Links: Liu Zhijun, Esprit, Egypt and the RMB on February 14, 2011
This week in Shanghaiist on February 13, 2011
The mystery of the Chinese posters in Egypt and Tahrir Square’s message for China on February 12, 2011
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason pulls Tibet, rainforest and whale ads on February 12, 2011
Listen: 《你在哪里》Where are you? by Gong Linna and Robert Zollitsch on February 11, 2011
Shocking: Shanghai not China’s most expensive city for housing on February 11, 2011
Photos: Charred remains of the 5-star hotel in Shenyang gutted by CNY fireworks on February 11, 2011
Quote of the Day: Michele Bachmann on the real daddy of the USA on February 11, 2011
Today’s Links: Blind activists, sexy spies, Taiwanese generals, plagiarising professors and murderers in the family on February 11, 2011
My big fat Chinese wedding in Dong’an, Henan on February 10, 2011
Watch: Hunky semi-naked ABC guy performs ring acrobatics on China’s Got Talent on February 10, 2011
Watch: The tearful reunion of Peng Gaofeng and his long-lost son on February 10, 2011
Tech-savvy volunteers create Android application to help fight child trafficking on February 10, 2011
New Zealander beats breast cancer with treatment in China on February 10, 2011
Jiaotong Uni students create Aeviou, a Swype-like app for Chinese input on February 10, 2011
Weibo reunites father with kidnapped son after three long years on February 9, 2011
Today’s Links: Designer murses, SMS’es, luxury helicopters and higher rent! on February 9, 2011
1,000-year-old temple in Fujian Province goes up in flames after getting hit by stray Chinese New Year fireworks on February 8, 2011
A New York Jew in China: Growing Old in China on February 8, 2011
Exposed: The ad agency responsible for the Groupon Super Bowl tragicomedy on February 8, 2011
Groupon blows up $3 million and its China dreams with Super Bowl ad featuring Tibet on February 7, 2011
CNN: Elderly Chinese abandoned on New Year on February 7, 2011
Week Around the Ists on February 7, 2011
Must-learn Cantonese word of the day: 公主病 (Gung Jyuh Behng) on February 7, 2011
Shanghaiist’s favourite song banned by the China Basketball Association on February 7, 2011
Today’s Links: China visas, Egypt, green growth and a new record for Chinese railways on February 7, 2011
Watch: The story of He Changti, a 19-year-old fireworks victim on February 6, 2011
Photo of the Day: Spring on February 5, 2011
Watch: BTV’s Spring Festival disaster featuring Numa Numa vs Super Mario Bros on February 5, 2011
Yet another Shanghai timelapse video on February 4, 2011
Did you know Vietnam celebrates the Year of the Cat instead of the Rabbit? on February 4, 2011
Watch: Raising a rascal rabbit on February 4, 2011
Today’s Links: Spring Festival, online censorship, Henry Kissinger and Caucasian mummies from Xinjiang on February 4, 2011
Top stories in January 2011 on February 4, 2011
South Korean student commits suicide at Jiaotong University few days prior to Spring Festival on February 3, 2011
Watch: Egyptians and Tunisians in China speak out on February 3, 2011
Photos: This was once somebody’s home on February 2, 2011
Sign on public bus: Please spit out the window on February 2, 2011
Yet another Shanghai timelapse video on February 2, 2011
Today’s Links: China’s ‘open’ internet, the art of bribing, and high praise for Jon Huntsman on February 2, 2011
How to take your own picture if you’re travelling alone this Chinese New Year on February 1, 2011
US ambassador to China Jon Huntsman sends in his resignation on February 1, 2011
Trailer: Warriors of Qiugang on February 1, 2011
CNN fails to find Tiger Mom in the land of Tiger Moms on February 1, 2011
Week Around the Ists on January 31, 2011
Out of this world: The Huangguoshu Waterfall in Anshun, Guizhou on January 31, 2011
Today’s Links: Private helicopter flights, Google China, Karmapa Lama and Li Gang’s son in jail on January 31, 2011
Quote of the Day: Guangzhou Vice Mayor Su Zequn on the Jingan fire on January 30, 2011
RIP Nora Sun on January 30, 2011
Luoyang’s new RMB3 million jet-powered water cannon spews four tonnes of water per minute on January 30, 2011
Kim Clijsters wins Australian Open as Li Na cracks under pressure on January 29, 2011
Listen: Gong Linna’s “Perturbed” choir in action on January 29, 2011
Shanghai Daily wants your blood to help save someone but won’t say exactly who it’s for! [Updated] on January 29, 2011
Today’s Links: Exorbitant Chinese New Year dinners, college hitchhikers and Shanghai companies taking over the world on January 29, 2011
Photos: Winter training for troops in Bortala, Xinjiang on January 28, 2011
Martin Jacques: Understanding the rise of China on January 28, 2011
High speed subway trains for Shanghai on January 28, 2011
Shortlived stay at 696 Weihai Road for RainbowSpace, the Shanghai LGBT Centre on January 28, 2011
Watch: Li Na beats Caroline Wozniacki to become first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final on January 27, 2011
Tonight: Opening of Cantina Agave Jinqiao! on January 27, 2011
Photo of the Day: Freedom on January 27, 2011
Today’s Links: Sneaky hypermarts, Hollywood, minimum wage, Davos, religious freedom on January 27, 2011
A peek inside Beijing’s oldest bathhouse on January 26, 2011
Jet Li takes on Singaporean citizenship on January 26, 2011
Matchmaking event for Muslims at a mosque in Luoyang, Henan on January 26, 2011
Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration Bureau launches English-language website for visa renewals on January 25, 2011
Timelapse: Back and Forth on January 24, 2011
Week Around the Ists on January 24, 2011
Today’s Links: ICBC, religion, Gao Zhisheng, Fudan Uni, Guo Jingjing on January 24, 2011
North Korean soccer fanatics in their sportiest outfit at the Asian Cup qualifiers in Qatar on January 23, 2011
This week in Shanghaiist on January 23, 2011
Chinese Tiger Mom Amy Chua to Joy Behar: I’m not backing down on January 22, 2011
Stephen Colbert takes on Rush Limbaugh for racist Chinese impersonation on January 22, 2011
Quote of the Day: Barbara Streisand on why she was invited to dinner with Hu Jintao on January 22, 2011
NMA: Barack Obama gives Hu Jintao the red carpet treatment on January 21, 2011
Donald Trump: China is our enemy on January 21, 2011
Shanghai: Home to the slowest internet in all of China on January 21, 2011
Chinatown, Spencer Dodington and Kelley Lee on CNN on January 21, 2011
Budget airline Jetstar to link Hangzhou to Singapore on January 19, 2011
Wednesday WTF: Chinese farmer catches ping pong balls with chopsticks on January 19, 2011
Quote of the Day: Jim Rogers on Jim Chanos on January 19, 2011
Today’s Links: DangDang, ShangDown, Hu Jia, General Electric and the Shanghai census on January 19, 2011
Watch: Hu Jintao jets into Washington on January 18, 2011
Week Around the Ists on January 17, 2011
Glenn Beck: China’s Rise = America’s Fall on January 17, 2011
Check it out: Taobao’s online supermarket now open in Shanghai! on January 17, 2011
Today’s Links: Fake monks, toll dodgers, Silicon Valley complaints and Chinese troops in North Korea on January 17, 2011
This week in Shanghaiist on January 16, 2011
Watch: Mini workers on January 16, 2011
World Bank: India to grow faster than China in 2012 on January 15, 2011
Extra! Extra! Excitement surrounding President Hu’s visit to the US on January 14, 2011
2010 a bumper year for Shanghai-based airlines on January 14, 2011
Chart of the Day: China’s high-speed rail network on January 14, 2011
Fancy dinner in my bathroom? on January 14, 2011
Today’s Links: Wind power, pensions, Tajikistan, Tibet, Yiwu and Chinese visas on January 14, 2011
Amy “Tiger Mom” Chua explains herself on the Today Show, now #6 on Amazon on January 14, 2011
Julian Assange: China the “technological enemy” of Wikileaks, not the US on January 13, 2011
Confucius statue unveiled near Tiananmen Square on January 13, 2011
Watch: Chinese iPhone band in action on January 13, 2011
This is what winter training for Chinese soldiers looks like on January 12, 2011
Top 10 Chinese internet catchphrases for the year 2010 according to Baidu on January 12, 2011
Club Med opens first China resort on January 12, 2011
Police put a halt to the opening of Shanghai’s first capsule hotel on January 12, 2011
Quote of the Day: Liang Bei on marrying up (and marrying down) on January 11, 2011
15 employees left at MySpace China to swat flies on January 11, 2011
Watch: Shanghai Girls, Uncensored & Unsentimental on January 11, 2011
Hunan kids bring their own coal burners to school to beat the freeze on January 10, 2011
Week Around the Ists on January 10, 2011
Watch: Sidewalk butcher shop on the streets of Hengdian on January 10, 2011
Today’s Links: Chinese moms, chess champions and car plates on January 10, 2011
This week in Shanghaiist on January 9, 2011
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: A New York Jew in China on January 9, 2011
Check it out: Shanghai’s first capsule hotel [Updated] on January 8, 2011
Today in History: Premier Zhou Enlai dies on January 8, 2011
Cosmetic surgery helps 29-year-old man who looks like a 70-year-old on January 7, 2011
Photo of the Day: Double Happiness on January 7, 2011
Watch: Chinese winter swimmers brave icy waters on January 7, 2011
China’s leper colonies in the spotlight on January 7, 2011
China’s hajj diplomacy bringing Beijing and Riyadh closer on January 7, 2011
Thursday Timewaster: Bigger breasts for flat-chested Chinese women on January 6, 2011
Anal rape not against the law in China (!) on January 6, 2011
Nationwide marriage database to make things difficult for evil adulterers on January 6, 2011
Watch: Two Chinese men set new record for full body ice contact endurance on January 6, 2011
Today’s Links: Liu Binyan, People’s Daily Online, Disneyland Shanghai, Walmart China on January 6, 2011
Studs, the city of Shanghai wants your sperm! on January 5, 2011
(Possibly shanzhai) Segways on Tiananmen Square on January 5, 2011
Will US ambassador to China Jon Huntsman make a 2012 presidential bid? on January 5, 2011
Watch: The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, a Chinese winter wonderland on January 5, 2011
Chongqing Satellite TV makes “revolutionary” move, replaces prime-time dramas with communist propaganda on January 5, 2011
Quote of the Day: Szeto Wah on democracy in Hong Kong and China on January 3, 2011
RIP Southern Barbarian Pudong: We barely knew you! on January 3, 2011
Week Around the Ists on January 3, 2011
Photo of the Day: 49th day of the Jiaozhou Road fire on January 2, 2011
Granddaughter of Sun Yat-Sen severely injured in Taiwan on January 2, 2011
Busted: CCTV’s RMB77 low-income tenant, 2011’s first internet star? on January 2, 2011
CBS mistakes Taipei for Hong Kong on January 1, 2011
Happy New Year! on January 1, 2011
Shanghaiist’s top 10 videos for 2010 on December 30, 2010
UK Education Secretary Michael Gove: Time for a “cultural revolution just like the one they’ve had in China” on December 29, 2010
Today’s Links: Korean unification, crackdown on VOIP services and “insecure” Chinese consumers on December 29, 2010
Watch: Dawn above the cloud sea on December 29, 2010
“Beat you to death and dig a hole to bury you.” on December 28, 2010
Former village leader allegedly held under truck by police on Christmas Day while truck rolls over him on December 28, 2010
Mesa-Manifesto to be evicted? on December 28, 2010
Week Around the Ists on December 28, 2010
Quote of the Day: Li Xiguang on the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula on December 27, 2010
A true Christmas love story that will make the heart of any jaded China expat bleed! on December 26, 2010
Papa Ratzi prays for “persecuted” faithful of China in Christmas address on December 26, 2010
Watch: Christmas made in China on December 26, 2010
Merry Christmas from Shanghaiist! on December 24, 2010
Watch: Lanzhou guy gulps down a bowl of lamian in 13 seconds on December 24, 2010
Check it out: Vending machine for live hairy crabs! on December 24, 2010
China votes to retain the right to summarily execute gays and lesbians on December 23, 2010
Follow Shanghaiist on Sina Weibo! on December 23, 2010
Caption this! on December 23, 2010
It’s going to be a white Christmas in Shanghai! on December 23, 2010
Infographic: Chinese, the new dominant language of the internet on December 23, 2010
Crazy laowai gets hammered on the Guangzhou subway on December 23, 2010
Mark Zuckerberg in China, cont’d on December 22, 2010
Watch: Chinese character light graffiti on December 22, 2010
Wednesday WTF: Starf*cks, to go please on December 22, 2010
Meet: Arthur Jones, The Sole Man on December 22, 2010
Photo of the Day: Guangzhou’s RMB3 billion gay tower on December 22, 2010
Swimming Santa Claus at the Shanghai Aquarium wants you to stop eating shark’s fins on December 22, 2010
Tuesday Timewaster: China’s most awesome hurdler on December 21, 2010
Tweet of the Day: Kaifu Lee on hiring practices on December 21, 2010
Watch: “A Jewish Girl from Shanghai”, China’s first homegrown Jewish animation movie on December 21, 2010
Have you ever tried “Chindian” or “Chinjabi” cuisine? on December 21, 2010
China’s “father of the Great Fire Wall” gets a taste of his own medicine on December 20, 2010
Spotted: Mark Zuckerberg in Beijing on December 20, 2010
Week Around the Ists on December 20, 2010
Quote of the Day: Anonymous princeling according to Wikileaks on December 20, 2010
Top 10 Chinese internet catchphrases for the year 2010: How many of them do you know? on December 20, 2010
Watch: What Chinese people think of Jews on December 20, 2010
Around Shanghai: Mediamarkt, party flyers, postcards, airport shuttle, Shanghainese on December 18, 2010
The world’s oldest profession gets a new name in China and a thumbs up from Li Yinhe on December 18, 2010
Did you hear about the sex show club in Shanghai’s Jingan District? on December 18, 2010
Organised mourning at Fudan University for Anhui policeman who rescued mountain climbing team on December 17, 2010
Watch: 7-Up’s China Christmas campaign on December 17, 2010
Spotted in Shanghai: Buddhobama on December 8, 2010
Watch: R.I.P! Shanghai won’t forget. on November 20, 2010
Where we’ll be today: ShanghaiPRIDE Family Day on November 6, 2010
Watch: Public roads become rivers in Wuhan on July 24, 2010
China votes against granting LGBT group consultative status at the U.N. on July 23, 2010
Watch: Typhoon Conson in Hainan and floods in Hubei on July 20, 2010
Listen: 《感动每一刻》”Every Touching Moment”, the Singapore pavilion theme song on July 6, 2010
Spotted: “Obama Classic Supermarket” on Nanjing West Road in Shanghai on June 30, 2010
Watch: Shanghai Expo in under 3 minutes on June 26, 2010
Watch: Video postcard from Shanghai and Hong Kong on June 24, 2010
Tuesday Timewaster: Curious sheep in rural Henan on June 22, 2010
Watch: Scenes from Shanghai’s Sanlin Market on June 16, 2010
Watch: What make-up can do to a woman on June 16, 2010
Watch: Children in Shanghai on June 12, 2010
Watch: One man’s video postcard from Shanghai on June 10, 2010
BarCamp Shanghai is back! on May 28, 2010
Hot off the press: Another Foxconn employee jumps to his death on May 27, 2010
Foxconn’s HR website vandalised by mischievous hacker on May 26, 2010
Watch: Shattered Dreams 幻灭 on May 23, 2010
Shanghai Daily: Czech pavilion commissioner-general now a happy man on May 22, 2010
What’s the best place in China to eat exotic foods like hippopotamus, kangaroo tail and deer’s penis? on May 21, 2010
Foxconn confirms beatings as yet another employee plunges to his death on May 21, 2010
City Weekend harmonises its account of what happened at Velvet Lounge on May 21, 2010
Listen: The amazing sounds of a Chinese flute on May 21, 2010
Virtual cockpit for flight simulation on sale at Craigslist’s Shanghai listings on May 21, 2010
AP: China school attacks prompt self-defense classes on May 21, 2010
Foxconn security guards caught beating factory workers on May 20, 2010
What does one do in Shanghai when a public toilet just can’t be found? on May 20, 2010
How to protect yourself from evil businesses in China double-charging your credit card on May 20, 2010
“China’s Got Talent” mailbox hacked into, confidential documents and $400,000 production manual stolen on May 20, 2010
What 99.99% of you will never get to see at the Shanghai Expo on May 20, 2010
Watch: Hanvon executives smash effigy of Apple at launch of TouchPad on May 20, 2010
Better Shitty, Better Life in Urumqi, Xinjiang on May 19, 2010
Czech media catch up with the Czech pavilion’s angry commissioner-general on May 19, 2010
Teenaged girls freed after being kept naked and shackled in secret underground chamber for almost a year on May 19, 2010
Going (shanzhai) bananas on May 19, 2010
Hot now in Xinjiang: KFC circumcision parties on May 19, 2010
Tweets of the Day on May 19, 2010
What you’ll see inside the Indian pavilion at Shanghai Expo on May 19, 2010
Leaked: Angry email by Commissioner General of the Czech pavilion to the Steering Committee of Expo 2010 on May 18, 2010
Toilet Chinglish on May 18, 2010
Watch: ‘Prince of the Tightrope’ walks across Beijing’s Olympic Stadium on May 18, 2010
Photos: Great Global Kiss-in Shanghai on May 17, 2010
Shanghai police question two passengers over cab driver’s death on Nanjing Rd on May 17, 2010
China’s Got Talent, but transgender (and overweight) talent’s not welcome on May 17, 2010
Watch: Farmer Wu Yulu and his robot creations at Shanghai’s Rockbund Art Museum on May 17, 2010
Increased reporting on house churches among Chinese media on May 17, 2010
Week Around the Ists on May 17, 2010
This Week in Shanghaiist on May 16, 2010
Where we’ll be tonight: Great Global Kiss-in Shanghai on May 15, 2010
Multilingual undergrad Chinese ayis and illegal Filipino maids on May 15, 2010
Watch: Hip-hop flash mob dance-off in downtown Kunming on May 15, 2010
Shanghai Expo may be the world’s most expensive and largest expo but will it be the most well attended? on May 14, 2010
Sign up for China’s Got Talent! on May 14, 2010
Tweet of the Day on May 14, 2010
China Daily: “Shanghai a world-class city? Please.” on May 14, 2010
Pucker up for the Great Global Kiss-in Shanghai this Sunday! on May 13, 2010
Property dispute behind the latest school attack in China? on May 13, 2010
More than 200 students in Jiangsu kindergarten in hospital for food poisoning on May 13, 2010
What you’ll see at Shanghai Expo’s Palestinian pavilion on May 13, 2010
How to survive in China as a foreigner on May 13, 2010
Want to get free tickets to the Shanghai Expo? Here’s how. on May 13, 2010
Today in History: Sichuan earthquake strikes, killing 70,000 people [May 12, 2008] on May 12, 2010
Tourboarding: Language exchange meets Couchsurfing for Shanghai Expo visitors on a budget on May 12, 2010
KFC, meet MFC on May 12, 2010
Stop investing in metals and place all your money in garlic right now on May 12, 2010
Shanghai Shenhua owner Zhu Jun to buy over Liverpool? on May 12, 2010
Photo of the Day: Jingan Temple on May 12, 2010
Quick video tour of the Shanghai Expo on May 12, 2010
Spotted: Mickey Mouse crucified at a China mall on May 11, 2010
Shanghai’s Russian community meets in St Nicholas Church for Victory Day service on May 11, 2010
Any takers for this 1.2 million RMB persian rug at Shanghai Expo’s Iran pavilion? on May 11, 2010
Quote of the Day: Zhang Chunxian, Xinjiang governor on May 11, 2010
Watch: Europe Day at the Shanghai Expo on May 11, 2010
Another one bites the dust: File-sharing service Dropbox now blocked in China on May 11, 2010
Smoking in indoor public places to be banned in 2011 on May 10, 2010
Chinese acupuncturist sticks 206 state flags on head to celebrate the Shanghai Expo on May 10, 2010
Breaking News: Shanghai Expo has a clubbing partner on May 10, 2010
Leading HIV/AIDS activist Wan Yanhai flees to the US on May 10, 2010
Will we get those 70 million visitors they promised us? on May 10, 2010
Week Around the Ists on May 10, 2010
Watch: Shoe thrown at Ren Zhiqiang in Dalian on May 10, 2010
Today in History: 10,000 students cycle to Tiananmen Square in a protest for press freedom [May 10, 1989] on May 10, 2010
This Week in Shanghaiist on May 9, 2010
Blast from the Past: Shanghai street kids, 1920s on May 9, 2010
Watch: Journey as Destination on May 8, 2010
NYC cop to CCTV journalist: “Do you need someone to speak your language?” on May 7, 2010
Christianity, Uyghurs and Xinjiang on May 7, 2010
Another look at the US pavilion at Shanghai World Expo on May 7, 2010
Tweet of the Day on May 7, 2010
Spotted: Armless Haibao on May 7, 2010
Watch: Aftermath of the Chongqing tornado on May 7, 2010
Anonymity on the Chinese internet to be a thing of the past? on May 6, 2010
Now available at the Shanghai Expo: Overpriced halal food for Muslim visitors on May 6, 2010
Shanghai World Expo: Pavilion of the Day on May 6, 2010
Blast from the past: Kim Jong Il and his good ol’ Chinese friends on May 6, 2010
Watch: Korea’s cutesy charm offensive at the Shanghai Expo on May 6, 2010
Happy 50 Cent Day! on May 5, 2010
Meet the Shanzhai China pavilion on May 5, 2010
Sexy, superfit D-cup personal fitness trainer wanted on May 5, 2010
Tweet of the Day on May 5, 2010
Watch: The European Commission’s re-imagination of EU-China relations on May 5, 2010
The Shanzhai TV Tower on May 4, 2010
ZOMG! 1 US Pavilion = 4 Obama Clubs! on May 4, 2010
Will we get to see Kim Jong Il at Shanghai Expo’s DPRK pavilion? on May 4, 2010
Imprisoned Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit allowed family visits on May 4, 2010
Watch: Ants milling about in Beijing on May 4, 2010
See the Little Mermaid at the Shanghai Expo live! on May 3, 2010
Most creative Chinese invention ever on May 3, 2010
An idea for the Shanghai Metro on May 3, 2010
Oriental Morning Post: 200,000 people at the Expo opening day all HIGH on May 3, 2010
China’s online population now bigger than population of the United States on May 3, 2010
Chinese man eats 1,500 light bulbs over 42 years on May 3, 2010
Week Around the Ists on May 3, 2010
Photo of the Day: The ‘dying’ man outside the UK Pavilion on May 3, 2010
This Week in Shanghaiist on May 2, 2010
New Zealand pavilion opens with Maori blessing ceremony on May 2, 2010
Man in Sichuan dies after friends insert eel up his arse as a joke on May 1, 2010
Christianity, homosexuality and China on May 1, 2010
ChinaAid: 7th Day Adventists in Jinan evicted from church on May 1, 2010
Watch: Fiery finale of the Shanghai Expo opening ceremony on May 1, 2010
Watch: Silk Road Timelapse on April 30, 2010
City Weekend: Bars told to close at 2am during Shanghai Expo on April 30, 2010
Cagley & Tanner: We did not design the tacky part of that new club named after the US president on April 30, 2010
Jarrett Wrisley to open a bar and restaurant in Bangkok on April 30, 2010
Shanghai Police: No mass closures, no mass raids during Expo on April 30, 2010
Big Buses give tourists opportunity to fill their lungs with Shanghai smog while checking out the city on April 30, 2010
Thursday Timewaster: The walking dog on April 29, 2010
Three-Self Patriotic Movement seeks closer ties with the anti-gay Anglican Global South on April 29, 2010
Spotted: Cute souvenir at the North Korean pavilion on April 29, 2010
Cat saved 224 hours after the Yushu earthquake on April 28, 2010
Do you know what you’re putting in your mouth? on April 28, 2010
Robert Dessaix can now visit China again on April 28, 2010
Obama Club: The videos you’ve been waiting for! on April 28, 2010
Face of the Day: Bishop Paul Meng Qinglu on April 28, 2010
Denmark’s Little Mermaid now at the Shanghai Expo on April 27, 2010
Watch: China Contrasts on April 27, 2010
Shanghai Expo: No queueing at the Japan pavilion? on April 26, 2010
Is nightlife going to suck during the Shanghai Expo? on April 26, 2010
Week Around the Ists on April 26, 2010
Chinese mayor sacked for ignoring kneeling villagers on April 26, 2010
Introducing the Shanzhai Skyscraper: The solution for architects unable to complete projects on time on April 26, 2010
Biggest sandstorm in 17 years hits Gansu province as visibility drops to almost 0 metres on April 26, 2010
Watch: I Like People on April 24, 2010
Tiananmen dissident Chai Ling now a Christian, has “hope for bringing God’s love and freedom to the people of China” on April 23, 2010
Most creative protest ever: 50 cent bills rained on Yunnan’s super censor Wu Hao on April 23, 2010
Help Shanghaiist choose a Shanzhaipad! on April 23, 2010
Watch: The UK Pavilion up close on April 23, 2010
Obama Club: Not just another cheesy karaoke club! on April 23, 2010
Tonight: Do your bit for victims of the Qinghai Yushu earthquake! on April 23, 2010
This week in Gay China: Grisly gay sex murders, gay matchmaking and gay faux marriages! on April 23, 2010
Quote of the Day: Han Han on Haibao’s buttcrack on April 23, 2010
Watch: Lang Lang plays “Flight of the Bumblebee” on iPad on April 23, 2010
Sichuan Quake Relief: Governmental response and speed of military mobilisation in Yushu “incredible” on April 22, 2010
Watch: National day of mourning for victims of the Qinghai Yushu earthquake on April 22, 2010
Spotted: Falungong messages on a 1RMB note on April 22, 2010
Protesting against your landlord the Shanghai way on April 22, 2010
Photo of the Day: Dancing in Harbin on April 22, 2010
Watch: Shanghai — Cycles on April 22, 2010
Shanghai’s mostly hotly anticipated nightlife venue Obama Club launches website on April 21, 2010
China’s favourite robot-inventing farmer is coming to the Shanghai Expo! on April 21, 2010
Top leader of China’s Protestant church attends conference of anti-gay Anglican bishops in Singapore on April 21, 2010
Better City, Better Life on first day of Shanghai Expo trial run on April 21, 2010
Lewd logo spotted on a China bus on April 21, 2010
British woman wakes up from bout of severe migraine and starts speaking in Chinglish on April 21, 2010
National day of mourning declared for today, public entertainment banned for 24 hours on April 21, 2010
Watch: Shanghai window cleaners in action on April 21, 2010
The Onion: China To Overtake U.S. As World’s Biggest Asshole By 2020 on April 20, 2010
Photo of the Day: Science of the Times on April 20, 2010
Watch: A Tibetan woman in Yushu mourns for her dead mother on April 20, 2010
Free tickets to the Expo available today! on April 20, 2010
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong: China wants its “share of the sunshine” on April 20, 2010
Ai Weiwei: Social media a great agent of social change in China on April 20, 2010
China Eastern joins SkyTeam ahead of Shanghai Expo on April 20, 2010
Watch: War of Internet Addiction, winner of the Tudou Film Festival 2010 on April 20, 2010
Happy One Night Stand Day! 419快乐！ on April 19, 2010
Photo of the Day: Behind bars on April 19, 2010
Evangelist Luis Palau and anti-gay Democrat Rev. James Meeks save 500 Chinese souls in Hangzhou on March 31, 2010
The Google.cn / Google.com.hk lockdown has begun: ALL search queries now end in a connection reset on March 30, 2010
Watch: Yao Ming says no to shark’s fin soup on March 28, 2010
Google welcomes Chinese netizens to Hong Kong’s uncensored search experience on March 23, 2010
Watch: Tibetan festival at Beijing’s Lama Temple on March 19, 2010
ChinesePod CEO Hank Horkoff now says Ken Carroll and Steve Williams no longer work for his company on March 18, 2010
Evangelist Luis Palau to preach to 20,000 in Hangzhou, China this month on March 5, 2010
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: They Chose China on February 28, 2010
China wants to host the Winter Olympics on February 28, 2010
Photo of the Day: One year on on February 20, 2010
China wins its first ever Olympic gold in figure skating on February 17, 2010
Watch: Chinese New Year in Beijing, China on February 16, 2010
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square on February 7, 2010
Spotted at the Beijing airport: US missionary Robert Park on February 7, 2010
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Inside Fighting China on January 31, 2010
Photo of the Day: Coal on January 31, 2010
ZOMG! Maker of Chinese iPad clone P88 to sue Apple for cloning its tablet! on January 29, 2010
Germany’s gay Foreign Minister was in China with his partner, but did anyone notice? on January 29, 2010
Another Tiananmen student leader jailed 9 years, (no) thanks to the Hong Kongers on January 21, 2010
World’s tallest and shortest men meet, and this time only one of them’s Chinese on January 19, 2010
Hot off the press: Mr Gay China pageant shut down by police in Beijing on January 15, 2010
Still no internet or SMS in Xinjiang but you can attend Orthodox church services if you like! on January 15, 2010
What Baidu will look like once Google is gone from China on January 14, 2010
Quote of the Day: Jeremy Goldkorn, editor of Danwei.org on January 13, 2010
Think it’s cold in Shanghai? Wait till you watch this! on January 12, 2010
China’s six saucy sex scandals of the half-decade on December 31, 2009
Kenneth Tan: 5 big gay China events that made international headlines on December 31, 2009
Some relief for victims of KaiEn English fiasco as ChinesePod CEO downplays Ken Carroll’s role on December 19, 2009
What’s happening around China this World Aids Day on December 1, 2009
Yunnan government blows ¥120,000 to open “gay bar” in Dali… minus the drinks! on December 1, 2009
Follow Team Shanghaiist on Twitter on November 20, 2009
62 year old Guangzhou man is New York City’s Sad Panda on November 19, 2009
Watch: Dylan Chen behind the scenes of Shanghai Pride on November 13, 2009
Ordos: That’s where we’re off to next! on November 13, 2009
Interview: Beijing Queer Film Festival on November 11, 2009
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: An Hour with Lee Kuan Yew —The Charlie Rose Show on November 8, 2009
Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew pisses off Chinese netizens on November 4, 2009
Just how welcome are Uyghurs in their own country? on October 11, 2009
Facebook traffic from China shrivels up on October 10, 2009
Timelapse: Miniature City Shanghai on October 5, 2009
Timelapse: China’s 60th National Day Parade on October 2, 2009
Donate to victims of Typhoon Ondoy aka Ketsana on September 30, 2009
How one Chinese mingong lives in Singapore’s swanky Orchard Road district on September 30, 2009
Watch: Top 10 Chinese language lesbian films on September 30, 2009
Club D2 presents Shanghai’s first gay cruise party on August 14, 2009
Video: Zhapu Road in motion on August 11, 2009
Awesome timelapse video of one man’s 4,500km walk from Beijing to Urumqi on August 10, 2009
Li Yinhe: Not accepting blood donations from gay people is akin to fascism on August 1, 2009
What the Chinese are reading about the Xinjiang riots on July 14, 2009
Declaration of the Anonymous Netizens 2009 on June 24, 2009
Li Yinhe on homowives on June 24, 2009
Quote of the Day: Qin Gang (秦刚), Foreign Ministry spokesman on June 18, 2009
Music Video of the Day: Jewelz & Charlie - Spacer Woman 2009 on June 18, 2009
Tonguetwister Challenge on June 8, 2009
Chinese Twitter clone Fanfou temporarily unavailable, promises to be back up by June 6 on June 3, 2009
Banned: Supposedly detoxifying chickens bitten to death by poisonous snakes on June 3, 2009
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Four Great Rivers on May 10, 2009
Update: Daft Punk scam on May 5, 2009
Quote of the Day: Jackie Chan, superstar on April 18, 2009
China Telecom’s 3G to be faster than your ADSL at home? on April 1, 2009
After quick recovery from lightning strike, Singapore’s Merlion may meet the Little Mermaid at Shanghai World Expo 2010 on March 30, 2009
Character of the Day: The grass, mud, and horse become one on March 23, 2009
Chinese man sings across six octaves… on March 8, 2009
China’s hairiest man to record a rock album soon? on March 5, 2009
CCTV says no to commie homo-loving sons of guns on March 2, 2009
Trippy Thursday Timewaster: Jumpman on February 26, 2009
PWNED: Guangdong government officials hard at work on two-week ‘study trip’ to South Africa, Turkey, Egypt and Dubai on February 26, 2009
Tuesday Timewaster: Wall Street Fighter on February 24, 2009
Tuesday Timewaster: Woman goes berserk after missing her plane at the Hong Kong International Airport on February 17, 2009
Monday Muse: The future on February 16, 2009
See you guys tonight at the Shanghaiist Valentine’s Party! on February 14, 2009
Shanghaiist Valentine’s Party: Rendezvous with us on top of the world this Saturday night on February 13, 2009
Get naughty with Shanghaiist this Valentine’s! on February 10, 2009
New CCTV headquarters in Beijing up in flames… stray fireworks to blame? on February 9, 2009
Shoe thrown at Premier Wen Jiabao at Cambridge University on February 3, 2009
Week Around The Ists on February 2, 2009
Hengyuanxiang returns with more horrendous advertising on February 1, 2009
Today’s Links on January 31, 2009
Han Hong up for some (b)romance with Nicholas Tse on January 30, 2009
Hoofy & Boo’s on Chinese counterfeits and piracy on January 30, 2009
Around Shanghai on January 30, 2009
Photo of the Day: Aftermath on January 29, 2009
Dear President Obama… on January 29, 2009
Osama bin Laden spotted in Beijing on January 29, 2009
Recommended Reads on January 28, 2009
Quote of the Day: Oded Shenkar on January 27, 2009
Kevin Rudd wishes you a Happy Chinese New Year on January 27, 2009
Today’s Links on January 27, 2009
No Comment TV: Chinese New Year in Beijing on January 26, 2009
Photo of the Day: Moving forward on January 26, 2009
Week Around The Ists on January 26, 2009
World leaders send Lunar New Year greetings to China on January 26, 2009
One killed in police post blast on Wuning Nan Lu on January 25, 2009
Zhuhai Police sexes it up on January 24, 2009
Video: The Longchang Apartments on January 23, 2009
28cm drill bit removed from worker’s brain on January 23, 2009
The Chinese contemporary art market bubble goes pop on January 23, 2009
Photo of the Day: Bliss on January 22, 2009
Chinese volunteers donate 100 tonnes of rice to Obama’s step-grandmother and her 82 AIDS orphans on January 22, 2009
China-made US flags to be banned soon? (and no, not by China) on January 22, 2009
Video: President Obama’s inaugural address with Chinese subtitles on January 22, 2009
Now illegal: Blogging about the private lives of government officials on January 21, 2009
Not everyone’s going home this Spring Festival on January 21, 2009
This week in HIV/AIDS-related news on January 21, 2009
China’s largest instant messaging service QQ now available in English on January 21, 2009
Third H5N1 bird flu death in a month on January 21, 2009
Tuesday Timewaster: Super squeaky safe sex from Durex on January 20, 2009
Beware of cakes from Christine, Marco Polo and Pucci Bakery on January 20, 2009
How Tibetan serfs were liberated, according to the CCP on January 20, 2009
Ad Campaign of the Week: Jin Si Ping — Drugs for sufferers of Parkinson’s disease on January 19, 2009
Week Around the Ists on January 19, 2009
Shanghai lawmakers move to ban tobacco ads masqueraded as patriotic slogans on January 19, 2009
Marks and Spencer gives China boss the boot on January 19, 2009
Entrepreneurial Chinese bus drivers and the things they do on January 19, 2009
Obama’s half-brother Mark Ndesandjo helps raise RMB250,000 for orphans in Shenzhen charity event on January 18, 2009
Photo of the Day: The DVD selling cat on January 16, 2009
India meets China in Chandni Chowk on January 16, 2009
Video: Manchukuo (Manchuria) in 1938 on January 16, 2009
Chinese-grown Starbucks coffee: The next big thing? on January 15, 2009
Face of the Day on January 15, 2009
Bryanboy spotted in Beijing on January 15, 2009
Chinese farmer invents walking, talking, rickshaw-pulling robot on January 14, 2009
Ad Campaign of the Week: Mengniu — Happy “Niu” Year on January 14, 2009
Girl cries and whines, gets car from boyfriend on January 14, 2009
Video: Jimmy Carter meets Wen Jiabao on January 14, 2009
Tuesday Timewaster: Touch My Body (Tuts My Barreh) — Karaoke Fail on January 13, 2009
If you bought lottery recently read this… on January 13, 2009
China acts to curb antibiotics abuse on January 13, 2009
Zhang Ziyi makes first public appearance since beach photo scandal on January 13, 2009
Over 2.3 billion trips to be made over Spring Festival season on January 12, 2009
Week Around the Ists on January 12, 2009
RMB9 billion worth of hongbao’s to be distributed to 74 million of the poor on January 12, 2009
Today’s Links on January 12, 2009
Ghosts of Empire: Peking on January 10, 2009
RMB50 bill recreated with eggs on January 9, 2009
Around the Blogosphere on January 9, 2009
Video: Tibetan Plateau in peril on January 9, 2009
Plunging into icy waters on January 8, 2009
Fancy a graduate ayi? on January 8, 2009
Video: Mass rally in Pyongyang, North Korea on January 8, 2009
Those sexy photos of Zhang Ziyi topless on the beach canoodling with her fiance Vivi Nevo… on January 7, 2009
Shanghai skyline recreated in dice and poker chips on January 7, 2009
Weird times, weird people on January 7, 2009
Best and worst party flyers in 2008 on January 7, 2009
Angry protestors, timid policemen on January 6, 2009
Today’s Links: Guangzhou girl found dead in fridge, Google and Baidu deemed ‘vulgar’ and thrifty youngsters on January 6, 2009
3G licenses to be issued before Spring Festival on January 6, 2009
If you’re feeding your dog Optima, stop right now and read this on January 5, 2009
Week Around the Ists on January 5, 2009
Around Shanghai on January 5, 2009
Photo of the Day: Freedom on January 4, 2009
2009 is China’s ‘Year of Friendship’ with North Korea on January 3, 2009
Rocket that hit school in Beersheba was made in China, says Israeli Defence Forces on January 3, 2009
Top stories on Shanghaiist in 2008 on January 2, 2009
Adult entertainment studio Harmony Films wants to offer ‘Kappa Girl’ a real job on January 2, 2009
CCTV rings in the new year on January 2, 2009
Your favourite stories in December on December 31, 2008
16 year old Sichuan girl to attend Obama inauguration on December 31, 2008
Student accused of cheating in English test jumps from 5th floor to prove his innocence on December 31, 2008
This is what a luxury dildo factory in China looks like on December 31, 2008
Note from the Editor on December 30, 2008
Ad Campaign of the Week: Motorola Ming8 GPS on December 30, 2008
The Dark Knight: It ain’t coming to China, but who cares? on December 30, 2008
Around the Blogosphere on December 30, 2008
The mysterious deathbed confession of the Kunming bomber on December 29, 2008
Weird matchmaking party for 25 year old woman who claims to have cycled over 2,000 kilometres from Guangzhou to Shanghai on December 29, 2008
Week Around the Ists on December 29, 2008
Man charged for gay sex operation in Nanjing on December 29, 2008
KFC Hong Kong serves food from the trash on December 27, 2008
Did ChinesePod steal The Radical Show? on December 27, 2008
Chinese nationalism and indoctrination 101 on December 27, 2008
Happy Holidays from Shanghaiist! on December 25, 2008
Christmas behind bars in Shanghai on December 25, 2008
Cafe bombed in Kunming on December 24, 2008
Photos: Yao Ming vs Yi Jianlian in New Jersey on December 24, 2008
Around Shanghai on December 24, 2008
Video: Partying Henan style on December 24, 2008
Face of the Day on December 24, 2008
Music Video: Frenchman in Shanghai on December 23, 2008
Discrimination against Hepatitis B carriers in China on December 23, 2008
Shepherd keeps flock in line by showing them wolf picture on December 23, 2008
Shocking video of rollerblading teen getting rolled over by a bus on December 23, 2008
Around the Blogosphere on December 23, 2008
‘Kappa Girl’ detained by Shanghai police on December 22, 2008
Bomb threats at Shanghai’s Ikea and Lujiazui district? on December 22, 2008
China’s first face transplant recipient dead on December 21, 2008
Video: Life in Huaxi, China’s richest village on December 19, 2008
Is the global financial crisis making people work harder in the office? on December 19, 2008
500 days to the Shanghai World Expo on December 19, 2008
Photos: Beautiful Thing & A Pink Tie Affair on December 18, 2008
Newsflash: Foreign affairs spokesman Liu Jianchao has a sense of humour on December 18, 2008
The Star Spangled Banner in Chinese on December 18, 2008
Today’s Links: Isetan closes Huating outlet, China fights Somali pirates, Uyghur terrorists sentenced to death on December 18, 2008
The highly profitable public toilet at the Shanghai Railway Station on December 17, 2008
What Chinese civil servants do when no one’s watching on December 17, 2008
12 month multiple-entry F visa available again… on December 17, 2008
In conversation with Zhang Lijia on December 17, 2008
Around the Blogosphere on December 17, 2008
Shanghai Daily reports that it is the most widely-read English-language publication among foreigners in Shanghai on December 16, 2008
Trailer: Chandni Chowk to China on December 15, 2008
More than meets the eye in China Eastern’s management shakeup on December 15, 2008
Spotted on CCTV: Innovative Chinese enterprises on December 15, 2008
Android phones appearing in China soon: Lenovo Ophone, Qiji i6, Sciphone Dream G2 on December 13, 2008
Gong Li walks away from citizenship question in Beijing on December 13, 2008
China rushes to protect food safety by holding 312 tonnes of Irish pork on December 12, 2008
SWITCH ON - Electronic sounds and visuals from Switzerland and China on December 12, 2008
Caption this on December 12, 2008
Boycott? What boycott? Auchan sale brings in crowds and chaos on December 11, 2008
Question: What do Sarah Palin and Edison Chen have in common? on December 11, 2008
Video: The art of jiaozi making on December 11, 2008
Daily direct flights from Shanghai to Taipei from next Monday on December 11, 2008
Robert Scoble visits Wuxi’s Seagate factory on December 11, 2008
Chinese Muslims celebrate Eid Al Adha, Feast of the Sacrifice on December 10, 2008
Group of Shanghai petitioners air grievances in Hong Kong on December 10, 2008
Today’s Links: Barbie, Jesse and the eye-raising arrest of a CCTV journalist on December 10, 2008
End of 40 year long territorial dispute between Russia and China brings trade benefits on December 9, 2008
Photo of the Day: Sausage and eggs on December 9, 2008
Sarkozy pisses off China together with a host of EU leaders by meeting the Dalai Lama on December 8, 2008
Around Shanghai: Library for foreigners, Biotherm chaos, freak deaths, private jet hub on December 8, 2008
Hans Rosling on the rise of China on December 7, 2008
Surfing Hainan 2009 Open on December 6, 2008
Beautiful Thing: First gay play for Shanghai on December 6, 2008
Photos: Souldancing’s 2nd Anniversary on December 5, 2008
Shanghai startup Qifang.cn wins World Economic Forum honour on December 5, 2008
Photo of the Day: Meat market on December 5, 2008
Current TV: Chinatown, Africa on December 4, 2008
Today’s Links: Attack on Belgian TV crew, appliance subsidies and police protests on December 4, 2008
Your favourite stories in November on December 4, 2008
News report on Obama’s half-brother Mark Ndesandjo in Shenzhen, China on December 3, 2008
The Yang Shiqun Case: Political science students report their lecturer to the PSB for ‘counter-revolutionary’ ideas on December 3, 2008
China Daily not hot on the Shanghai Tower on December 3, 2008
Photo of the Day: The street tailor on December 3, 2008
Stranded Chinese tourists return home from Thailand on December 1, 2008
Chinese grenades found on terrorists in Mumbai on December 1, 2008
The Red Chinese Battle Plan of 1964 on December 1, 2008
Opinionist: I know it’s only rock’n’roll (but they don’t like it)—the sequel… on November 30, 2008
New eye exercises for Chinese students, but just as useless as before on November 29, 2008
Siamese twins successfully separated in Shenzhen on November 28, 2008
Gay penguins in Harbin, China steal eggs from straight penguins on November 28, 2008
Around the Blogosphere: Thanksgiving in China, Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and Yoko Ono’s exhibition on November 28, 2008
Fudan student wins the CCTV Cup English Speaking Contest on November 28, 2008
Chinese consulate-general in Mumbai located less than 100m away from hotel blast; No casualties reported as yet on November 27, 2008
Shanghai tourism bureau orders suspension of all Thailand-bound trips; Up to 1,000 Chinese tourists stranded on November 27, 2008
Video: Used tea repackaged and resold in Guangzhou on November 27, 2008
British couple establishes fund for babies with respiratory problems in Shanghai on November 27, 2008
Guangzhou cabbies hit the streets on November 26, 2008
Over half of prostitutes in Beijing not using condoms on November 26, 2008
China growth may slow down to 19-year low on November 25, 2008
Photo of the Day: The fight for your attention on November 25, 2008
Fresh air at RMB50 per bottle on November 25, 2008
Shanghai’s F1 Grand Prix to be extended past 2010 after all on November 25, 2008
Chinese Democracy: Has it been banned? on November 25, 2008
CCTV on job jitters in China and in the US on November 24, 2008
Meizu M8 to hit the market soon? on November 24, 2008
Quote of the Day: Unnamed official on forced demolition on November 24, 2008
Video: Douchebag caller redux on November 23, 2008
Breaking News: Shanghai’s giant bottle opener named world’s “Best Tall Building” on November 23, 2008
Baidu scandal makes it to CCTV on November 23, 2008
PLA-inspired erotica art on November 22, 2008
Video: Road accident in Shanghai caught live on camera on November 22, 2008
You could be the next owner of SH Mag! on November 21, 2008
The Onion: China’s Andy Rooney has funny opinions on how great China is on November 21, 2008
Guangzhou Grafitti on November 21, 2008
Video: Raul Castro sings for Chairman Mao on November 21, 2008
Listen: “RMB 3 million foreign douchebag in Shanghai” on November 20, 2008
China fights Tibet propaganda battle with Google Ads on November 20, 2008
Robert Scoble visits China and learns that Thomas Friedman was right on November 20, 2008
Photo of the Day: The female trash collector on November 20, 2008
Updates on the Diana O’Brien murder trial on November 20, 2008
So this is what dinner and dance looks like at Chinese companies on November 19, 2008
Video wishes from China to US President-Elect Barack Obama on November 19, 2008
Video: Woman types 520 Chinese characters per minute on November 19, 2008
Shanghai the top city driving growth in emerging markets worldwide on November 19, 2008
‘Kappa Girl’ fired for sex video on November 18, 2008
Parents blame Shanghai Business School for death of their daughters on November 18, 2008
Photo of the Day: Home is where the heart is on November 18, 2008
Life of the post-80’s generation in China on November 17, 2008
China’s slowing economic growth and its growing social divide on November 17, 2008
Today’s Links: Olympic ticket scalper jailed, noxious coal fires and unaccounted melamine deaths on November 17, 2008
The China 2.0 Tour swings by Shanghai on November 14, 2008
Meet the Transformers Hyperwiz on November 14, 2008
Four students at Shanghai Business School jump to death to escape from burning dorm room on November 14, 2008
Chinglish, homophobia and silly sailors on November 13, 2008
Al-Jazeera: Road to recovery painful for Sichuan earthquake victims on November 13, 2008
Photo of the Day: Staying cool in Shanghai on November 13, 2008
Filipino maid ordered to leave China on November 13, 2008
Time to update your temporary residence permit on November 13, 2008
Six months after the Sichuan earthquake on November 12, 2008
Video: Shenhua fans burn Guo’an mascot on November 11, 2008
RMB15 hairy crabs: A sign of tough times in Shanghai? on November 11, 2008
Video: Capoeira in Beijing on November 11, 2008
Photo of the Day: Workout on November 11, 2008
Video: New shopping street in Nanjing home to all your favourite brands on November 10, 2008
US says attacks on White House, Obama and McCain networks came from China on November 10, 2008
Liu Xiang set for tendon surgery in the U.S. on November 8, 2008
Shanghaiist Halloween Party redux on November 7, 2008
Video: Massive county government building in Tongbai, Henan on November 7, 2008
China, the U.S. elections and Obama’s win on November 6, 2008
34 dead and 1.17 million people affected in Guangxi’s flood of the century on November 6, 2008
Photos: Shanghaiist Halloween Party on November 5, 2008
Spotted: A ‘cash recycling machine’ on Huaihai Lu on November 5, 2008
Video: Shanghaiist Halloween Party on November 5, 2008
Video: Street Fighter Redux on November 4, 2008
Around the Blogosphere: Chongqing cabbie strike, a 1.9 million phone bill and the Dalai Lama in hell on November 4, 2008
Job Ad: Native German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese and Italian interns wanted for TheNetCircle on November 4, 2008
Your favourite stories in October on November 4, 2008
Congo to re-examine its US$5bn dollar deal with China? on November 3, 2008
Shenzhen official dismissed after allegedly forcing 11 year old girl into toilet on November 3, 2008
10 men in Singapore die from illegal China-made sex pills on November 2, 2008
Cholera outbreak in Hainan on November 2, 2008
See you all tonight at the Shanghaiist Halloween Party @ Shanghai Studio! on October 31, 2008
China’s quality authority springs to action; finds problems with Japanese food imports on October 31, 2008
Melamine: It’s possibly in just about everything you eat here on October 31, 2008
Shanghaiist Halloween Party: John McCains and Sarah Palins to get ONE free drink on us! on October 30, 2008
Photo of the Day: The happy lamian maker on October 30, 2008
Disney wants to teach your children English on October 30, 2008
Beijing’s ‘civilisation index’ shoots to all-time high in the year of the Olympics on October 30, 2008
Did you know you can get group discounts on apartment purchases? on October 30, 2008
Quote of the Day: Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore on October 29, 2008
How would China vote in the U.S. elections? on October 29, 2008
Spotted: Fake Water Cube in Chongqing on October 29, 2008
Around Shanghai: Melamine eggs, murder for love and an expatriate suicide on October 29, 2008
Tuesday Timewaster on October 28, 2008
Download the ultimate Great Firewall Firefox extension on October 28, 2008
Today’s Links: Chaos reigns in financial markets, Dalai Lama loses hope and Pope Benedict urges Chinese bishops on on October 28, 2008
Video: Trip to the baijiu factory on October 27, 2008
Funeral for film director Xie Jin in Shanghai attracts 10,000 on October 27, 2008
Accounting firm Lehman Brown to finally change its name? on October 26, 2008
Tonight: Microshelter — The Final One on October 25, 2008
Overheard: Fight between Japanese and Chinese students at the Shanghai International Studies University on October 24, 2008
Photo of the Day: Simplicity on October 24, 2008
Video: Chinese snake oil for erectile dysfunction on October 24, 2008
Shanghaiist Halloween Party: Tell your friends on Facebook! on October 23, 2008
Chinese dissident Hu Jia wins the Sakharov Prize on October 23, 2008
More melamine mania: Chocolate sex toys, processed egg products, Lotte biscuits, dead dogs on October 23, 2008
Yet another toy factory goes bust; Shenzhen government picks up the tab for lost wages on October 23, 2008
Video: Chinese envoy Zhang Mingqing jostled in Tainan on October 23, 2008
Today’s Links: Slowing port growth, growing digital ad spend and Guns N’ Roses on October 23, 2008
Military relations between China and the U.S. on October 22, 2008
NASDAQ to seek Shanghai listing? on October 22, 2008
Valid criticism vs China bashing on October 22, 2008
Around Shanghai: Dongtan, Lewis Hamilton, Xie Jin, Yang Jia on October 22, 2008
Mass matchmaking session at the Luwan Stadium on October 21, 2008
Xinhua has “the whole truth” on toy factory closures on October 21, 2008
Open Web Asia: Asian technology firms can show the way forward on October 21, 2008
Another weirdo on the Shanghai subway on October 21, 2008
Photo of the Day: The building previously known as the Sino-Soviet Friendship Hall on October 21, 2008
Overheard: Two window cleaners fall to death at Huamao Building on October 20, 2008
Gun control in China on October 20, 2008
Today’s Links: Ex Beijing vice mayor sentenced to death, Olympic media freedoms to be maintained and two nuclear power plants for Pakistan on October 20, 2008
Chengdu man snips off 12 year old son’s penis on October 20, 2008
Shanghaiist Halloween Party: Those not in costume will be labeled terrorists! on October 18, 2008
Ad of the Week: “Grandma-proof” by Lenovo on October 17, 2008
Hairong Tiantian bares all at Dashanzi on October 17, 2008
Around Shanghai: White rabbits, Wall Street professionals and bomb hoaxers on October 17, 2008
Photo of the Day: Watching the world go by on October 16, 2008
Faye Wong makes first appearance since miscarriage on October 16, 2008
China extends its influence in East Timor on October 16, 2008
The great financial fallout Chinese bailout? on October 15, 2008
Student starts fight with six policemen in Harbin, gets beaten to death on October 15, 2008
Today’s Links: Crane collapse, Shanghai air merger and universal healthcare on October 15, 2008
Quote of the Day: Robert Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor on October 14, 2008
Africa in Shanghai on October 14, 2008
Video: Tsingtao Beer in Qingdao on October 14, 2008
Photo of the Day: Thirst on October 14, 2008
Angelo leaps from Arch to A Future Perfect on October 13, 2008
Aric Queen to tell the story of his exile from Shanghai on October 13, 2008
QAF Beijing on long distance relationships on October 13, 2008
This Week on Shanghaiist on October 12, 2008
EU Trade Commissioner UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson drinks Chinese milk, then gets diagnosed with kidney stone 9 days later on October 11, 2008
Shanghaiist: Thank you to our advertisers on October 11, 2008
Newsflash: ATM’s in China can’t tell real money from fake on October 10, 2008
Sex education for first graders in China on October 10, 2008
Job Ad: Kickass interns wanted for Shanghaiist on October 10, 2008
Photo of the Day: Photo shoot on Moganshan Lu on October 10, 2008
Deluded Shanghai expats and the modelling gigs they get on October 9, 2008
Gay expat teen in Shanghai shares his coming out story with the world on Youtube on October 9, 2008
Free introductory tours for Shanghai newbies on October 9, 2008
Today’s Links: Guns N’ Roses, happy Shanghai seniors and the possible merger of Dazhong and Jinjiang taxis on October 9, 2008
New way to get yourself from Shanghai to Mumbai on October 8, 2008
150,000 homeless children on the streets of China on October 8, 2008
Your favourite stories in September on October 8, 2008
Angry Korean gamer cusses at Chinese gamers on October 7, 2008
Indian national falls to his death at Marks and Spencers Shanghai on October 7, 2008
Photo of the Day: Fearlessness on October 7, 2008
Fireworks explosion kills man in Century Park on October 6, 2008
Al-Jazeera on child abductions in China on October 6, 2008
China launches first willing manned mission into space on October 4, 2008
Video: Midi Festival in Beijing on October 4, 2008
Around Shanghai: Marks & Spencers opens, a new Suzhou Creek and yet another tallest building on Puxi on October 3, 2008
New Zealander skateboards 12,000km from Switzerland to Shanghai on October 3, 2008
Teacher beats student with metal bar, then throws her out of the window on October 2, 2008
Case closed on age of Chinese female gymnasts on October 2, 2008
Today’s Links: Tourism boom in Beijing, Taiwanese demand apology and the sharp rise of HIV/AIDS on October 2, 2008
Video: Flag-raising on Tiananmen Square on 59th National Day on October 2, 2008
Elton John’s Aida kicks off 11 city China tour in Shanghai on October 1, 2008
Ritz and Lipton also hit by the melamine crisis on October 1, 2008
Around the Blogosphere: Human flesh search engines, street art by handicapped beggar and fake mass incidents on October 1, 2008
Photo of the Day: Calligraphy on October 1, 2008
17 tourist destinations in Sichuan province reopen for the National Day holiday on September 30, 2008
Cadbury, Oreo’s, M&M’s and Snickers pulled off the shelves in Hong Kong while Chinese quality officials drink milk to assuage public fears on September 30, 2008
Bringing green power to rural Xinjiang on September 30, 2008
Extra! Extra! Special food for senior leadership, Pyongyang prize for Chinese film, and alleged Ramadan repression on September 29, 2008
Video: China’s first spacewalk on September 29, 2008
This Week on Shanghaiist on September 28, 2008
Photos: 2nd Annual Drag Party @ Shanghai Studio on September 28, 2008
Shanghaiist: Thank you to our advertisers on September 27, 2008
Xinhua does it again: Space mission report hits the Internet before launch of Shenzhou 7 on September 26, 2008
Up to 5% of Shanghai infants could have kidney stones on September 26, 2008
Danish lawmakers pissed off at Little Mermaid’s six-month move to Shanghai on September 26, 2008
Sanlu spoof ads on September 26, 2008
Filipino drug mules arrested at Pudong airport on September 26, 2008
Use of melamine rampant in the Chinese feed industry on September 26, 2008
6.0 quake shakes Tibet, no casualties reported as yet on September 25, 2008
Photo of the Day: Numbers on September 25, 2008
Around Shanghai: Guilt-torn rapists, arctic expedition teams and Paris-style bicycle rentals on September 24, 2008
Explosive Chinglish of the Day on September 24, 2008
Till death do us part on September 24, 2008
Lift on curbs on visas obtained via Hong Kong on September 23, 2008
Around the Blogosphere: Empty milk shelves, Kashgar in the fasting month and the state of expat advertising on September 23, 2008
The environmental legacy of the Olympics? on September 23, 2008
Singapore finds melamine in White Rabbit candies; Chinese dairy products now banned across Asia and Africa on September 22, 2008
Entrepreneurial Chengdu mom offers to breastfeed your baby for RMB300 per day on September 22, 2008
Video: Geishas on Nanjing Lu on September 22, 2008
Shanghai thunderstorm kills one, injures 14 in Pudong and Nanhui districts on September 21, 2008
Photo of the Day: Weihai Lu street scene on September 21, 2008
First the tainted milk, now toxic chairs? on September 20, 2008
Shanghaiist: Thank you to our advertisers on September 20, 2008
Will the China Investment Corp get a slice of Morgan Stanley? on September 19, 2008
Crisis hits the liquid milk industry — Starbucks China stops working with Mengniu; All Yili products now recalled in Hong Kong on September 19, 2008
Paralympian He Junquan inspires the nation on September 19, 2008
Around Shanghai: Real estate jitters, food safety and that recent chemical leak on September 18, 2008
5 countries where locals don’t let Google win, and China is one of ‘em on September 18, 2008
Shanghai one of five most improved places for gay tolerance on September 17, 2008
Around the Blogosphere: Modern-day Uyghur Christians, classic Chinese TV ads and relaxed visa policies on September 17, 2008
Video: China in a world without water on September 17, 2008
World’s smallest man meets world’s leggiest woman on September 17, 2008
The Sanlu milk scandal widens on September 17, 2008
China may raise retail electricity rates on September 16, 2008
Photo of the Day: Vanishing street scene on September 16, 2008
QAF Beijing: Homophobia on September 15, 2008
China-bashing in Israeli media on September 15, 2008
Obama and McCain air China views through AmCham China on September 15, 2008
Today’s Links: Bus mishaps, the Shanghai Tourism Festival and the resignation of Shanxi governor on September 15, 2008
Video: Anxious parents queue up to return poisoned infant milk powder on September 13, 2008
Shanghaiist: Thank you to our advertisers on September 13, 2008
Taking the millionaire out of the Millionaire Fair on September 12, 2008
Self immolation on the Bund on September 11, 2008
Israel’s lone medallist Shahar Zubari calls the Chinese “scum” on September 11, 2008
Ramadan restrictions in Xinjiang? on September 11, 2008
Today’s Links: Inflation, infectious diseases and invasion rumours on September 11, 2008
Shanghai to blare first ever city-wide air raid sirens since 1949 on September 10, 2008
Photo of the Day: Hanging on on September 10, 2008
Tattooed Louis Vuitton pigs banned from contemporary art show in Shanghai on September 9, 2008
China’s first seven star hotel to be built in Sanya, Hainan on September 9, 2008
Zhang Lijia: Socialism is great on September 9, 2008
Game over for Attica? on September 8, 2008
France24: Education discrimination against children of migrant workers on September 8, 2008
Today’s Links: Paralympics, Disneyland and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on September 8, 2008
NoComment TV: The Paralympic Games open in Beijing on September 8, 2008
Photo of the Day: Couple on the Bund on September 6, 2008
Shanghaiist: Thank you to our advertisers on September 6, 2008
CCTV camera captures the mysterious death of 8 year old girl on September 5, 2008
Final Reminder: Shanghaiist Happy Hour at Sasha’s tonight! on September 4, 2008
Video: Chinese Paralympians go for gold on September 4, 2008
Quote of the Day: Guo Jingjing, Olympic diving queen on September 4, 2008
Around Shanghai: Fake doctors, scat collectors and tattooed Louis Vuitton pigs on September 4, 2008
Sneak peek at the Meizu M8 (finally) on September 3, 2008
Chinese manufacturers kill producers of Ramadan lanterns and keffiyeh’s in the Mid East on September 3, 2008
Gong Li: Now a Singaporean? on September 2, 2008
Beneath Shangri-La’s superficial calm on September 2, 2008
Today’s Links: Kaifeng Jews, legless dissidents and stranded tourists on September 2, 2008
Is the iPhone finally coming to China? on September 1, 2008
Around Shanghai: Fat pay packets, the Paralympic flame and Confucian culture on September 1, 2008
Your favourite stories in August on September 1, 2008
More on the Bank of China terrorism case on August 31, 2008
Photo of the Day: Power nap on August 30, 2008
More on the trial of accused cop killer Yang Jia on August 30, 2008
Video: Counterstrike in Beijing’s Jianwai SOHO complex on August 29, 2008
Pussies will soon fly in Sichuan province on August 29, 2008
Today’s Links: The Paralympics, a Tsinghua University website hack and a Chinese journalist working for a German broadcaster gets the sack on August 29, 2008
Finally, a quick way to get famous in Shanghai on August 28, 2008
A Tibetan woman goes to the Olympics on August 28, 2008
312 HIV-positive travellers found through random blood checks at border crossings on August 28, 2008
NoComment TV: Beijing returns to normal after the Olympics on August 28, 2008
Heroes and villains of the Beijing Olympics on August 27, 2008
Just one day after the Olympics closes, the counterfeits are back on August 27, 2008
Photo of the Day: Upside down on August 27, 2008
WFC sightseeing hall to open this Saturday on August 26, 2008
Superstitious numerologists draw connection between China’s medal count and the Sichuan earthquake on August 26, 2008
Videos: Steve Parry, Lang Lang, Jack Ma, Su Fei on August 26, 2008
Video: Fireworks at the closing ceremony of Beijing Games on August 25, 2008
Recommended Reads: Beijing’s Olympic report card on August 25, 2008
The Beijing Olympic closing ceremony set to “dazzle” tonight with David Beckham, Leona Lewis, Jimmy Page and a cast of 7,000 on August 24, 2008
Al-Jazeera on Islam in China on August 24, 2008
Sexy Beijing on matchmaking parents on August 24, 2008
The Beijing Olympic Village recreated with cards on August 22, 2008
Exclusive video of Michael Phelps’ 100M Butterfly Win on August 21, 2008
Quote of the Day: Tang Jie, a fen qing on August 21, 2008
Exploding lunch boxes are all the rage now on August 21, 2008
Today’s Links: Creative protestors, lovelorn weightlifters and the death of Hua Guofeng on August 21, 2008
NBC gives Americans a beginner’s course in all things Chinese on August 20, 2008
How the Olympic medals were made on August 20, 2008
Foreign prisoners support the Beijing Olympics too on August 20, 2008
Videos: Chinese retirees, troublemaker rockstars and Olympic souvenirs on August 20, 2008
Photo of the Day: Lightning storm on August 20, 2008
Video: Shanghai Moves on August 19, 2008
Sexy Beijing: Women in the Olympics on August 19, 2008
Chinese basketballers lose tempers after a 91-77 defeat by Greece on August 18, 2008
Youngsters representing the 56 Chinese ethnic groups were fake too? on August 18, 2008
Videos: Brian Williams, Dara Torres, Michael Phelps on August 18, 2008
Today’s Links: Crotch kicks, confiscated Bibles and kiddie gymnasts on August 18, 2008
Athlete Watch: The young, the old and the controversial on August 16, 2008
Two great Olympic jokes circulating in Beijing on August 14, 2008
Video: Olympic pin trading on August 14, 2008
25 killed in Xinjiang bus accident on August 14, 2008
Journalist roughed up after Tibet protest near Olympic park; FCCC demands apology from Chinese authorities on August 14, 2008
Videos: Patriotic youth, abandoned children and China’s long march to modernity on August 13, 2008
The Onion: Deadly virus sweeping across China is Olympic fever, not avian flu on August 13, 2008
Detained Christian dissident Hua Huiqi makes his escape after guards fall asleep on August 13, 2008
Videos: Phelps, politics, protests on August 12, 2008
Gay media coverage of the Olympics on August 11, 2008
Ai Weiwei on the Bird’s Nest on August 11, 2008
Dvir Bar-Gal on Jewish Shanghai on August 11, 2008
When the world’s fittest all gather in one place and there aren’t any condoms… on August 10, 2008
Chinese man kills an American tourist, injures another, and leaps to his death at Beijing’s Drum Tower on August 9, 2008
First gold medal of the Games goes to Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic on August 9, 2008
Olympic video reports from the news networks on August 9, 2008
Videos: The Beijing Olympics on August 9, 2008
The Beijing Olympics: Was the world impressed with China’s coming out party? on August 9, 2008
And the best Olympic live blog award goes to… on August 9, 2008
Watch the Olympics online on August 8, 2008
Turkestan Islamic Party releases second video warning of Olympic attacks on August 8, 2008
ESPN roundtable with Beijing-based journalists on August 8, 2008
Photo of the Day: Borat in Beijing on August 8, 2008
Current TV: China’s rich women on August 8, 2008
See you all at the Shanghaiist Happy Hour @ Sasha’s on August 7, 2008
Let the Games begin… on August 7, 2008
Xinjiang police apologise for roughing up Japanese reporters on August 7, 2008
Video: The earthen roundhouses of Fujian Province on August 7, 2008
All subway stores in Shanghai to close for a month from today on August 5, 2008
Photo of the Day: You don’t always need doors to get where you’re going on August 5, 2008
Oops of the Day: Yahoo and the New York Times on August 4, 2008
Empty suitcase found at Tesco’s Putuo outlet causes bomb scare on August 4, 2008
Attack on Xinjiang police station leaves 16 cops dead and another 16 injured on August 4, 2008
Shanghai government denies suspension of F visa applications on August 4, 2008
Video: The growing divide on August 4, 2008
Finally you can pay for your air tickets with your foreign credit card on Ctrip on August 4, 2008
Windows Underground fires its manager over his decision to hire Chinese bands on August 2, 2008
Sexy Beijing: Ben Ming Nian on August 2, 2008
Shanghaiist: Thank you to our advertisers on August 2, 2008
Friday Time-waster: The Beijing Olympics — Are they a trap? on August 1, 2008
Your favourite stories in July on August 1, 2008
Photo of the Day: Funky Grandma on her PSP on August 1, 2008
Disney Shanghai to include media deal? on July 31, 2008
Tongren Lu to close for the Olympics? on July 31, 2008
Carrefour caught for “illegal” use of Olympic emblems on July 31, 2008
Top earners in the Chinese sports world on July 31, 2008
Photo of the Day: Pride of Sichuan? on July 30, 2008
More abnormal transportation incidents in Kunming, Yunnan Province on July 29, 2008
China sends troops to Darfur, Sudan on July 29, 2008
Video: Working China on July 29, 2008
Videos: Forced evictions in Ji’an, Jilin Province on July 28, 2008
Shanghai, 1980 on July 28, 2008
Photo of the Day: South Gate, Xi’an on July 28, 2008
Turkestan Islamic Party takes credit for Shanghai and Kunming bus blasts, and warns of more to come; China denies claims on July 26, 2008
Video: Freedom of speech on July 26, 2008
Fusing Tones: A look at the Shanghai jazz scene on July 26, 2008
HK reporter and cameraman taken away after Olympic ticketing kerffufle in Beijing on July 25, 2008
Beijing News recalled from newsstands for carrying subversive picture on July 25, 2008
Photo of the Day: I’m on the top of the world on July 25, 2008
Yet another Xinhua Photoshop blooper? on July 24, 2008
Anti-terrorism exercise by the Bund on July 24, 2008
Today’s Links: Kendra Zanotto, Dashan and Tsering Woeser on July 24, 2008
The Great Olympic Meltdown: Beijing hotels slash rates after foreign tourists fail to show up on July 23, 2008
Miracle surgery in Taiwan saves legs of Jiangsu elephantiasis patient on July 23, 2008
First ever kidnapping case involving a foreigner heard in Shanghai on July 23, 2008
Photo of the Day: Sweltering Shanghai on July 23, 2008
One World, One Dream on July 22, 2008
Around Shanghai: The Hongqiao Transport Hub, freak accidents, and a new sex culture research centre on July 22, 2008
Kunming bus blasts ‘man-made, deliberate sabotage’ on July 21, 2008
Aide to Gordon Brown a victim of honeytrap operation by Chinese intelligence? on July 21, 2008
Photo of the Day: Street in Kaifeng on July 21, 2008
Racial profiling at Shanghai’s Tomorrow Square? on July 19, 2008
Photo of the Day: Wife, I’m still bigger than you! on July 18, 2008
Exclusively for China: The Meizu M8 iClone on July 18, 2008
Coming in October: M1NT Shanghai, an exclusive club for millionaires and billionaires on July 18, 2008
Man detained five months in China’s first sexual harrassment case on July 16, 2008
Photo of the Day: Sleepy Shanghai on July 16, 2008
France24: Obesity — China’s growing epidemic on July 15, 2008
150 Indian medical students left stranded at Pudong and other airports on July 15, 2008
Will Miss China have a chance to be the next Miss Universe? on July 14, 2008
Taiwan protests China’s move to change its Olympic name on July 14, 2008
Price of Olympic yuan bills shoot up hundredfold on July 13, 2008
Are you ready for the Jackie Chan Museum, Shanghai? on July 12, 2008
Chinese cheerleaders with fans and nunchuks on July 12, 2008
The lights are back on for 56.com on July 11, 2008
Photo of the Day: The concrete jungle on July 11, 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy to attend the Beijing Olympics after all on July 10, 2008
Jihad in China — 5 “Muslim terrorists” shot dead in Urumqi, Xinjiang on July 10, 2008
Shanghai social security may include foreigners on July 9, 2008
Nude beach in Sanya? on July 9, 2008
Photo of the Day: The cobbler on July 9, 2008
Canadian model found dead on Chongming Island on July 8, 2008
Blackouts as Shanghai sizzles on July 7, 2008
People, if you really have to use translation software… on July 7, 2008
China the next animation leader? on July 7, 2008
Opinionist: Sichuan quake — Tipping point for a new China? on July 5, 2008
First China flight lands in Taipei on July 5, 2008
Photo of the Day: Last man standing on July 5, 2008
More savage stabbing in Shanghai on July 4, 2008
Photo of the Day: One world one dream? on July 3, 2008
Your favourite stories in June on July 3, 2008
Weng’an: The aftermath on July 2, 2008
The Net Nanny pokes Facebook? on July 2, 2008
Seattle Times interview with Bill Gates 2.0, full-time philanthropist on July 2, 2008
Man with knife goes on rampage in Shanghai police station, kills at least 5 officers on July 1, 2008
Yao Ming to recover in time for the Olympics? on July 1, 2008
Photo of the Day: Umbrellas on July 1, 2008
More on the Weng’an, Guizhou riots on July 1, 2008
And Shanghai Disney is off yet again… on June 30, 2008
Shanghainese woman sentenced to 11 years jail for running Kabul brothels on June 30, 2008
New China-made turboprop MA600 launched amid great fanfare on June 30, 2008
Pudong Disneyland ‘a done deal’ on June 29, 2008
Riot in Weng’an County, Guizhou Province on June 29, 2008
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Gay love story on A Date with Lu Yu on June 29, 2008
Jesus in China on June 28, 2008
Over a dozen roads flooded in Shanghai yesterday on June 28, 2008
Well, they did say this was going to be a green Olympics… on June 28, 2008
Draft of new ethical standards for teachers on June 27, 2008
Nanjie: China’s last Maoist village still? on June 27, 2008
International school teacher reportedly deported from China for putting Tibet logo on personal website on June 26, 2008
Forgiveness in unexpected places? on June 26, 2008
China 2.0: Shaolin Temple, Baixing.com and free wireless in Beijing on June 26, 2008
China’s Green Beat: Excessive packaging on June 25, 2008
Ad of the Week: Mentos on June 25, 2008
Beijing hotel housing the Olympic media centre now in deep sh*t on June 24, 2008
Richard Gere travels to Tibet… in a Fiat Delta on June 24, 2008
Tornado rips through Lingbi, Anhui on June 24, 2008
Religion in China: Underground churches and the halal food market on June 23, 2008
Fancy your own personal flying machine? on June 21, 2008
Man who held girlfriend hostage at knife point yesterday shot dead on June 21, 2008
Revealed: Zhao Bandi, the man behind the Kung Fu Panda protest on June 21, 2008
The list of China and Asia advisors for Obama and McCain on June 21, 2008
The Li Pengfei Scandal: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned on June 20, 2008
Photo of the Day: School on June 20, 2008
CCTV interview with Sichuan reporter Wang Qian and wife of Chen Jian on June 19, 2008
1,202 bikini-clad ladies break Guinness record in Guangzhou on June 18, 2008
Floods kill 55 in southern China; 1.27 million across nine provinces forced to flee on June 16, 2008
Photo of the Day: Always room for more on June 16, 2008
WSJ: The great women of China on June 15, 2008
Video: Golfer Zhou Xunshu on the Omega China Tour on June 13, 2008
Media Gossip: Time out on Time Out; That’s Beijing repossessed? on June 12, 2008
Just in case you didn’t know how to pronounce Beijing… on June 12, 2008
Olympic Music Video: We Are Ready on June 11, 2008
Ad of the Week: Anta on June 11, 2008
Recommended Reads: Funeral for panda, China’s carbon footprint, and a post-quake religious boom on June 11, 2008
Phoenix TV: The Running Teacher “morally corrupt”? on June 10, 2008
Shanghai now world’s 24th commercial centre on June 10, 2008
Photo of the Day: In the land of dreams on June 10, 2008
Video: Beijing Olympics, One World One Dream on June 9, 2008
Around the Blogosphere: Empty hotel rooms, history of the Chinese Yuan and Muslim weddings in China on June 9, 2008
Happy Dragon Boat Festival on June 8, 2008
The most shameless hotpot restaurant in Chongqing? on June 7, 2008
Opinionist: Ching Cheong on press freedom and Hong Kong’s role in China on June 7, 2008
Mianyang now a ghost town on June 7, 2008
Go ahead, buy your Olympic tickets, but you may not get your China visa on June 6, 2008
Time to fly to Europe (and other air travel updates) on June 6, 2008
Photo of the Day: Love on June 6, 2008
Quote of the Day: Janice Man (文詠珊) on June 5, 2008
Go Olympics! Go China! 奥运加油！中国加油！ on June 5, 2008
All for the Olympics: Man sticks 2008 needles in his head on June 5, 2008
Extra! Extra! 56.com shutdown, 184 aftershocks in 24 hours and the running teacher on June 4, 2008
After the earthquake, it’s time to get harmonious again, people! on June 4, 2008
Sexy Beijing: The McDonaldisation of China on June 4, 2008
Beijing Olympic key chain souvenir cruel to fish? on June 4, 2008
19 years ago today… on June 4, 2008
Russia catches the Chinese contemporary art fever on June 4, 2008
Photo of the Day: The Guard on June 4, 2008
Tonight: Shanghai premiere of Boomtown Beijing @ Arch on June 3, 2008
The Shanghai Beat: Graffiti Shanghai on June 3, 2008
Behave during the Olympics… or else on June 3, 2008
Video: Taxi driver Zhou Senlin on June 2, 2008
Art: Spectral Memory by Wu Gaozhong at the Zendai Museum on June 2, 2008
Lesbian blood donors call for amendment in blood donation regulations on June 2, 2008
Al-Jazeera: China’s ban on plastic bags come into force on June 2, 2008
Around Shanghai: Cranes collapse, new Aussie CG and prophets of doom on June 2, 2008
Your favourite stories in May on June 1, 2008
Video: Pieces of Shanghai on June 1, 2008
Adoption inquiries soar in the US after Sichuan earthquake but China says priority will be given to domestic adoption on May 30, 2008
Sharon Stone eats her words and apologises; Dior China drops her on May 30, 2008
Photos from Chengdu and Dujiangyan on May 29, 2008
Videos: Celebrities engaged to rally the troops; Jet Li criticises the use of donation rankings on May 29, 2008
Around Shanghai: Random police checks, generous teachers and dressing down for summer on May 29, 2008
Photo of the Day: There’s always room for some more on May 28, 2008
The Singapore government robs Sichuan earthquake victims of RMB2.4 million? UPDATED on May 27, 2008
Today’s Links: Kneeling officials, traumatised pandas and the one-child policy relaxed on May 27, 2008
Current TV: Orphaned parents, orphaned children on May 26, 2008
Sharon Stone on the Sichuan earthquake and karma; Zhang Ziyi pissed off on May 26, 2008
Strong aftershock destroys 70,000 homes and leaves another 200,000 in danger of collapse on May 26, 2008
Around Shanghai: Torch relay, quake patients and a pilgrimage to Sheshan on May 24, 2008
If you’re thinking about adoption… on May 24, 2008
Photo of the Day: The eternal rivalry on May 23, 2008
Video: Shanghaiist Earthquake Benefit on May 23, 2008
Online lynch mobs find second post-quake target; Liaoning girl detained by the police on May 22, 2008
Miracle survivors saved 179 and 196 hours after quake on May 21, 2008
NoComment TV: Scuffles, makeshift classrooms, massive graves and an exodus from Chengdu on May 21, 2008
The case of the First Lady’s mysterious extra legs on May 21, 2008
Wedding photo shoot during the Sichuan quake on May 21, 2008
24 City: New Jia Zhangke movie filmed in Chengdu on May 21, 2008
More notes from the field on May 20, 2008
Student pranks, earthquakes and internet manhunts on May 20, 2008
Google harnesses the power of technology to help those affected by the earthquake on May 20, 2008
Emotions flow freely on first of three national mourning days on May 20, 2008
What China Twitterers said about the 3 minute “silence” that just took place on May 19, 2008
Heroic tales of motherly love emerge on May 19, 2008
Online implications for the three days of national mourning; Public entertainment venues to shut? on May 19, 2008
Requests from the field and Chengdu fundraisers on May 19, 2008
The heart-rending story of Chen Jian on May 19, 2008
Quote of the Day: Premier Wen Jiabao (温家宝) and Chinese netizens on May 19, 2008
Earthquake Updates: 32,477 dead, foreign rescue teams, lakes burst, three days of national mourning and suspension of Olympic torch relay on May 18, 2008
Probe into why close to 7,000 classrooms were destroyed begins; Day of reckoning to arrive soon on May 17, 2008
Missing foreigners: An update on May 17, 2008
More Sichuan earthquake video clips from NoComment TV on May 16, 2008
Westboro Baptist Church: “Thank God for the Great Killer Earthquake” on May 16, 2008
Video News: The smell of death, the British tourists at Wolong and the shift to a recovery mission as time runs out on May 15, 2008
This is what an earthquake feels like on May 15, 2008
Evangelist Franklin Graham outgives entire nations to the relief effort on May 15, 2008
Recommended Reads: The earthquake on May 15, 2008
Celebrity Power: Jackie Chan and Li Yuchun on May 15, 2008
Sichuan Earthquake: List of missing foreigners so far on May 15, 2008
Scene from Xinjian Primary School at Dujiangyan, Sichuan on May 15, 2008
AP: Moment of silence before torch relay on May 15, 2008
Foreigners missing after the great China quake on May 15, 2008
Great sorrow, great grief in Sichuan Province on May 14, 2008
Premier Wen Jiaobao with a loudhailer on May 14, 2008
Police seek information on Yangpu bus explosion suspect on May 14, 2008
Photo of the Day: A prayer for China on May 14, 2008
HFMD Watch: 27,500 cases and 34 deaths on May 12, 2008
Two quick visa updates for Africans and students on May 12, 2008
Today’s Links: The rise of pro-China youth, China’s religious character and China’s first jumbo jet manufacturer on May 12, 2008
Evangelist Franklin Graham “hopes to do more for China” on May 10, 2008
Lovers commit suicide at Xujiahui’s Grand Gateway on May 10, 2008
Opinionist: Lee Kuan Yew on China on May 10, 2008
Photo of the Day: Slide on May 10, 2008
Video: Kid sports Olympic hairstyle on May 9, 2008
Shanghaiist: Thank you to our advertisers on May 9, 2008
Ching Cheong interview with RFA on May 9, 2008
Ad of the Week: Reminder from your friendly neighbourhood PSB on May 9, 2008
Westboro Baptist Church to picket the Beijing Olympics against a “godless, filthy, sodomite China” on May 8, 2008
Superman spotted on the Shanghai subway on May 8, 2008
Today’s Links: More cancelled events, more HFMD infections and Sino-Japanese meetings on May 8, 2008
Hong Huang speaks to MSNBC on Chinese nationalism on May 7, 2008
Why the Shanghai bus exploded (according to one Hong Kong tabloid with a fabulous graphic team) on May 7, 2008
HFMD infections balloon to 12,164 and now in Beijing on May 7, 2008
Photo of the Day: Erhu busker on May 7, 2008
China visa updates on May 6, 2008
Current TV: Burberry hits China on May 6, 2008
Recommended Reads: Meetings with Dalai Lama envoys, the bus blast and the China Philharmonic’s performance for the Pope on May 6, 2008
Paul French on why Tom Doctoroff is wrong about China on May 5, 2008
HFMD in at least six provinces and on the rise on May 5, 2008
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: The Olympic Torch on 101 East on May 4, 2008
Photo of the Day: Civilisation and trash on May 4, 2008
France24: Chinese student at Ecole Polytechnic on May 3, 2008
Shanghaiist: Thank you to our advertisers on May 2, 2008
Defy: I don’t watch CCTV on May 2, 2008
Video News: 100 days to a smoke-free Olympics, Mia Farrow in Hong Kong and second wives on May 2, 2008
Photo of the Day: Taichi Sunrise on May 1, 2008
China Tech News: Google.cn blocks “Carrefour”, junk text messages, spam mail on May 1, 2008
Your favourite stories in April on May 1, 2008
Durex: Lots of sex but few orgasms for the Chinese on April 30, 2008
Raw footage: Rescue work at train collision site in Zibo on April 30, 2008
Dish of the Day: Braised enterovirus in claypot on April 30, 2008
Happy and harmonious torch relay through Pyongyang on April 29, 2008
Today’s Links: Train crashes, Made-in-China “Free Tibet” flags and the fight against piracy on April 29, 2008
Video News: Torch protestors, Olympic merchandising and China’s business with Africa on April 28, 2008
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Olympic music videos on April 27, 2008
Good news for UK F visa applicants? on April 24, 2008
The Chinese people have no use for Wikipedia (and other tech news) on April 24, 2008
Sexy Beijing meets up with Qiu Xiaolong 裘小龙 on April 24, 2008
Photo of the Day: Abortion, ultrasound on April 24, 2008
Video News: The land of cars, deadly roads and anti-western sentiment on April 23, 2008
Videos: James Blunt in Shanghai on April 23, 2008
Attack on an American volunteer by anti-Carrefour mob in Zhuzhou, Hunan: UPDATED on April 22, 2008
Carrefour China website down on April 22, 2008
Video: Anti-CNN protest in Los Angeles on April 22, 2008
Anti-French, anti-Carrefour fury bubble over all across China on April 22, 2008
Chinese hackers strike again; another CNN website down on April 21, 2008
Photo of the Day: No entry on April 21, 2008
Photos: Chinese students show their love for the motherland at Place de la République in Paris on April 21, 2008
Artistic rendition of the state of Sino-US relations by one Chinese netizen on April 19, 2008
Shanghaiist: Thank you to our advertisers on April 19, 2008
CNN report on its site outtage in China yesterday on April 19, 2008
Current TV: Get Rich Quick in China on April 19, 2008
Dragon TV claims 5 million MSN Messenger users “heart” China on April 18, 2008
More updates on the Chinese visa situation on April 18, 2008
Foreign students to be exiled during the Olympics? on April 18, 2008
CNN website blocked in China; Chinese hacker groups likely to blame? on April 18, 2008
France24: The ‘cancer village’ of Xiditou on April 18, 2008
Current TV: Branded New China on April 18, 2008
No more Hong Kong and Macau visa runs? on April 17, 2008
Olympic mascots on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on April 17, 2008
Photo of the Day: Water Characters on April 17, 2008
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Jack Cafferty’s China remarks and CNN’s apology on April 16, 2008
This Friday: Art World Project @ Art Labor on April 16, 2008
(L) China: Nationalist netizens on MSN Messenger “heart” China on April 16, 2008
Photos: Live Mic Musical @ Kathleen’s 5 last Saturday on April 15, 2008
Friday Night Underground: Online TV show about Shanghai’s live music scene on April 15, 2008
Oops of the Day 2: Jack Cafferty, CNN commentator on April 15, 2008
Celine Dion on the Olympics, the dreams of children and world peace on April 14, 2008
Nationalist netizens call for boycott of Carrefour and other French brands on April 14, 2008
Ad of the Week: Coca Cola feat. Tibetan monks on April 14, 2008
Today’s Links: Internet manhunts, Paralympian heroes and seven-star luxury hotels on April 14, 2008
Chinese workers flood into Russia on April 13, 2008
Photo of the Day: inDUSTry on April 11, 2008
China organises second media tour to Gansu; Tibetan monks disrupt tour again on April 10, 2008
Kevin Rudd delivers Olympics message in Beijing; Richard Gere and Desmond Tutu criticise China in San Francisco on April 10, 2008
The Hard Hat Show: Beijing’s Xiefangde Temple to go on April 10, 2008
The Olympic flame now in San Francisco, IOC mulls cancellation of remaining international leg of torch relay on April 9, 2008
Crackdown on wine importers begins; ASC Wines’ managing partner detained on April 7, 2008
Lifestyles of the rich and famous and how it affects your brand on April 7, 2008
Just how creative is your ad agency? on April 7, 2008
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: China Press Freedom on 101 East on April 6, 2008
The Olympic torch relay: SMG vs BBC on April 6, 2008
Yao Ming back in China to see the doc on April 5, 2008
Getting your F visa: Even magic won’t work now! on April 4, 2008
Photo of the Day: In case of emergency… on April 4, 2008
Imprisoned: Hu Jia, Chinese rights activist on April 3, 2008
Current TV: China’s secret workers on April 3, 2008
HARDtalk interview with Liu Mingkang on April 3, 2008
Recommended Reads: Xinjiang protests, the Olympics and Celine Dion on April 3, 2008
The multiple-entry F visa goes on holiday for the Olympics on April 1, 2008
Current TV: Three Gorges Dam Journey on April 1, 2008
Al-Jazeera: China’s environmental economics on April 1, 2008
Your favourite stories in March on April 1, 2008
Video News: Kathmandu protests continue, Olympic torch handed over to the Chinese and panda diplomacy on March 31, 2008
A big gay crackdown in Beijing? on March 31, 2008
Photos: Shanghai Huxi Mosque 沪西清真寺 on March 31, 2008
China celebrates its status as world’s number one air polluter on March 29, 2008
Yet another Darlie fake on March 29, 2008
Young Tibetan monks storm news briefing for international media in Lhasa on March 28, 2008
Around Shanghai: Chen Liangyu on trial, plummeting vegetable prices and earlier subway trains on March 28, 2008
Activists from Reporters Without Borders disrupt Olympic flame ceremony on March 25, 2008
Videos: Maroon 5 live in Shanghai on March 25, 2008
Photo of the Day: Painting the future on March 25, 2008
Al-Jazeera: Interview with Tenzin Wangmo Dunchu on March 24, 2008
Tibet Update: Press freedom, Nancy Pelosi and an ensuing PR battle on March 23, 2008
Photo of the Day: Come back the sun! on March 21, 2008
Quote of the Day: Zhang Qingli 张庆黎 on March 18, 2008
Around Shanghai: The ayi-stepmother, dirty water dispensers and ‘sextortion’ on March 18, 2008
Air New Zealand a ‘flying sweatshop’ for its Shanghai crew? on March 18, 2008
Current TV: Yushan Island, a Chinese paradise on March 18, 2008
Tibet hot topic in Taiwan elections, mainland-based Taiwanese businessmen rush home to vote on March 18, 2008
Photo of the Day: New building near Xintiandi on March 18, 2008
Current TV: Holdem China on March 17, 2008
Recommended Reads: Tibet, Tibet and Tibet on March 17, 2008
YouTube blocked in China, Tibet content likely to blame on March 15, 2008
Chaos continues in Dharamsala and Lhasa on March 15, 2008
Photo of the Day: At the bus stop on March 15, 2008
Al-Jazeera: Tibetan activists condemn Beijing Olympics on March 14, 2008
Today’s Links: Everest tourism, shoddy steel and the boxer shorts rebellion on March 14, 2008
Quote of the Day: Yang Jiechi (杨洁篪) on March 13, 2008
Photo of the Day: At the Longhua Temple on March 13, 2008
Around Shanghai: Museum rush, P2P lawsuits and green belts on March 12, 2008
The WFC is falling apart! on March 11, 2008
Photo of the Day: The passageway on March 11, 2008
Today’s Links: Exiled Tibetans trek home, international schools and Olympic worship on March 10, 2008
Flash mob outside the Sofitel on Nanjing Lu yesterday on March 9, 2008
China tightening F visa applications? on March 9, 2008
The lone woman protestor on March 8, 2008
The fallout from Björk’s “Tibet” call on March 8, 2008
Happy International Women’s Day! on March 7, 2008
Around Shanghai: Australian hostages, Disneyland and SMS for porn on March 7, 2008
Bai Ling fined US$200 on March 7, 2008
Meizu booth at CeBIT shut down by German police on March 7, 2008
Photo of the Day: Flyovers at Weihai Lu on March 6, 2008
What they’re saying about the NPC: Sohu vs RFA on March 6, 2008
What they’re saying about the NPC: Xinhua vs SCMP on March 6, 2008
Today’s Links: The military budget, Australian hostages in Xi’an and smog measures on March 6, 2008
Say hello to the HiPhone on March 5, 2008
Björk’s “Tibet, Tibet” caught on Youtube on March 5, 2008
Around Shanghai: Druggie celebs, Expo hospital and sustainable development on March 5, 2008
The pitch at the Shanghai Stadium sucks… on March 4, 2008
Did Björk actually root for Tibetan independence in her Shanghai concert? on March 4, 2008
Photo of the Day: The Demon Barber of Xi’an on March 4, 2008
David Beckham raises a stir in Shanghai on March 3, 2008
So this is how the Chinese military police train in winter… on March 3, 2008
Today’s Links: Landscape lights, banned exhibitions and Firefox in China on March 3, 2008
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Shanghai Opera Dreams, by Discovery Channel on March 2, 2008
Sexy Beijing: Riding China on March 1, 2008
Your favourite stories in February on March 1, 2008
Photo of the Day: The Shanghai Grand Theatre on February 29, 2008
Busker in Wuhan plays the flute through his nostrils… on February 29, 2008
Around Shanghai: Nanhui explosion, Maglev demonstration and the Plum Blossom Festival on February 29, 2008
Beijing Airport’s new Terminal 3 the largest building in the world? on February 28, 2008
Now available: Edison Chen T-shirts! on February 28, 2008
Olympic diver Guo Jingjing slammed by the Chinese media on February 27, 2008
The pet cremation experience of one Shanghaiist reader on February 27, 2008
Recommended reads: STDs on the rise, religious freedom and closure of the largest plastic bag factory on February 27, 2008
Someday, China may look back at the Edison Chen scandal and thank the man for its privacy laws on February 26, 2008
More on the Bund makeover on February 26, 2008
Photo of the Day: Street scene in Chongqing on February 26, 2008
Celebrity Gossip: Jolin Tsai’s gaffe, Gillian Chung mobbed in Beijing, Edison Chen hit by Nicolas Tse? on February 25, 2008
Today’s Links: Football foul play, direct flights to Taiwan and classical music on February 25, 2008
Around Shanghai: Young designers, the New York Philharmonic and Disneyland on February 24, 2008
Average starting pay for graduates looking up, says People Daily on February 23, 2008
How much truth is there in The Truth about Nanjing? on February 23, 2008
Ching Cheong makes first comments after release on February 22, 2008
Photo of the Day: A clean dining experience on February 22, 2008
Edison Chen stuns Hong Kong by quitting showbiz on February 21, 2008
Al-Jazeera on the Yilishen ant farming scandal on February 21, 2008
Edison Chen sex scandal: Witchhunt hits China on February 21, 2008
Around Shanghai: Public defibrillators, supermarket confusion, later marriages and free entry to museums! on February 21, 2008
This is a Golden Award Winner in the China International Photography Arts Expo 2007… on February 20, 2008
Taiwan vs China on Kosovo on February 20, 2008
Yet another tallest skyscraper for Shanghai? on February 20, 2008
Catholic China: Beijing woos the Pope, a new bishop for Hong Kong and a nun’s gay crusade on February 19, 2008
Chinese cricket and golf, Olympic journalism and fake ski slopes on February 19, 2008
Meet the hip hop grannies… on February 19, 2008
Recommended Reads: Steven Spielberg’s Olympic pullout, the US spy satellite shootdown and the ‘Teddy’ row teacher on February 19, 2008
China, the world’s largest producer of gold on February 18, 2008
Photo of the Day: Art exhibit at Zendai Museum of Modern Art on February 18, 2008
A visual feast: Spring Festival in Chinatowns around the world on February 13, 2008
Recommended Reads: Chinese espionage, a new internet purge and the gagging of Olympians on February 13, 2008
Jolin Tsai, Maggie Q, Vincey Yeung sucked into Edison Chen scandal; Gillian Chung admits involvement on February 12, 2008
China, the world’s greatest nation of smokers on February 10, 2008
Released: Yu Huafeng of the Southern Metropolis News on February 10, 2008
China in Motion: Spring Festival fireworks and festivities on February 10, 2008
From Hong Kong with Love: Sex education dolls on February 8, 2008
Sexy Beijing’s Sufei goes to Hong Kong on February 8, 2008
Old Baidu ad: We know China better on February 8, 2008
The Edison Chen sex scandal rages on with more pictures released by mystery man on February 7, 2008
Happy Chinese New Year! on February 6, 2008
Tidbits: Dumplings, MP3s, online videos and kosher food on February 6, 2008
ShanghaiExpat.com reported to the Shanghai internet police? on February 6, 2008
Released: Ching Cheong, journalist on February 5, 2008
Edison Chen, Bobo Chan, Gillian Chung and Cecilia Cheung embroiled in Hong Kong’s biggest sex photo scandal ever on February 5, 2008
Yet more stuff that they’re not showing you on telly on February 5, 2008
Photo of the Day: On the way on February 5, 2008
Angry migrant workers occupy Pearl Lam’s Contrasts Gallery on February 4, 2008
Parasitic twin removed from belly of Xinjiang baby girl on February 4, 2008
Recommended Reads: More winter chaos, more poisonous dumplings and more Taiwan issues on February 4, 2008
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Prisoners in Freedom City on February 3, 2008
Shanghai: A utopia of courtesy? on February 3, 2008
China air travel watch on February 2, 2008
About.com: Now in China as Abang.com on February 2, 2008
Headliners: Kim Jong-Il, Hu Jia and the Panchen Lama on February 1, 2008
Your favourite stories in January on February 1, 2008
Hint Magazine calls it a day on January 31, 2008
Reuters: Olympic construction deaths, rising food prices on January 31, 2008
Recommended Reads: Chinese New Year, AIDS and Olympic politics on January 31, 2008
Sexy Beijing: What the Chinese think of Hilary and Obama on January 30, 2008
Al-Jazeera on the winter chaos and energy crunch on January 30, 2008
Reuters: Power shortage, winter standstill on January 28, 2008
Recommended Reads: The winter chill, the Olympic frenzy and mobile surveillance on January 28, 2008
Photo(s) of the Day: It’s snowing in Shanghai! on January 27, 2008
Opinionist: Back to the Future on January 26, 2008
Current TV: The Real Ting on January 26, 2008
Reuters: The dragon economy, Ice bar in Harbin and China Mobile on January 25, 2008
Air Asia: Another way to get your ass out of China on January 25, 2008
Photo of the Day: Girl at the end of the tower on January 25, 2008
Retail revamp at Hongqiao Airport? on January 24, 2008
Stock market tremors in China on January 24, 2008
Huang Qingnan speaks to Radio Free Asia on January 24, 2008
Recommended Reads: Migrant schools, beggar crackdowns and corrupt billionairesses on January 24, 2008
Digital Roaming: Chinatrackers.com on January 23, 2008
Probe into Olympic deaths on January 23, 2008
And here come the Olympic cheerleaders on January 23, 2008
Photos: Partying with Richard Branson at Attica on January 22, 2008
Photos: Leprosy village in Jiudaoyakou village in Yunnan Province on January 22, 2008
Extra! Extra! Suicide notes, internet censorship and artificial islands on January 21, 2008
Al-Jazeera on the Maglev uproar on January 21, 2008
Recommended Reads: Gordon Brown, China Eastern and the land rush on January 21, 2008
BBC on inflation in China on January 19, 2008
Photo of the Day: Jing’an Temple on January 19, 2008
Current TV: Olympic ushers on January 18, 2008
Subway voyeurs are watching you on January 18, 2008
Today’s Links: Iran, Gordon Brown and Kung Fu on January 18, 2008
Breaking News: Pudong gas blast injures 5 on January 17, 2008
Will Playboy come to China? on January 17, 2008
Spotlight on Gay China on January 17, 2008
Gold and silver at the Shanghai Mint on January 17, 2008
Reuters on China’s English fever on January 16, 2008
Ad of the Week: Citroen vs. Chairman Mao on January 16, 2008
1000th day of Ching Cheong’s imprisonment on January 16, 2008
Yet more Maglev protests on January 16, 2008
Yoga and Sino-Indian relations on January 16, 2008
The view from the top of Shanghai’s (yet to be finished) tallest skyscraper on January 15, 2008
Sexy Beijing: Food inflation on January 15, 2008
Reuters: Hunting parks and winter swimming on January 15, 2008
Al-Jazeera on Manmohan Singh’s China visit on January 14, 2008
Maglev protest videos on January 14, 2008
Today’s Links: English menus, gambling and the Taiwan election on January 14, 2008
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Will Chinese cars take over the world next? on January 13, 2008
Anti-maglev protests derailed on January 12, 2008
Al-Jazeera on China’s new plastic bag ban on January 12, 2008
SH Mag’s revamp on January 10, 2008
Cameltoe Alert at Shanghai Daily on January 10, 2008
Shanghai mayor Han Zheng to stay on on January 10, 2008
Man picks up a fight by flashing his sword salami on January 9, 2008
Photo of the Day: Two Tibetan girls from Korla on January 9, 2008
Reuters: Harbin’s 24th ice festival heralds Beijing Olympics on January 9, 2008
China Eastern vote update on January 8, 2008
The tussle over China Eastern and a slice of Shanghai on January 8, 2008
Today’s Links: Job-related crimes, the one-child policy and ‘hukou’ suicide on January 8, 2008
US televangelist Pat Robertson prophesies: China will be the largest Christian nation on earth on January 7, 2008
Reuters: Young Chileans go crazy for Chinese classes on January 7, 2008
Recommended Reads: Censorship, the building frenzy and the great big clean-up on January 7, 2008
Shanghaiist Sunday Show 2: Seoul Train on January 6, 2008
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Tibet Refugees on Al-Jazeera on January 6, 2008
Shanghaiist’s totally shameless appeal on January 5, 2008
Reuters looks at the Shichahai sports school on January 5, 2008
Watch out for the Benazir Bhutto virus! on January 5, 2008
And while we’re on the topic of Chinese youth… on January 5, 2008
Education: Confucianism, jobless grads and starting pay on January 5, 2008
Chinese soccer team promises to enter World Cup on January 5, 2008
Photo of the Day: Your holiday is over. Sardine can time! on January 5, 2008
Video: Land dispute clashes in Baima village, Guangdong on January 4, 2008
A more humane way to die? on January 4, 2008
Chinese Googlers a completely different breed on January 4, 2008
Scenes in a dog abbattoir on January 4, 2008
Li Yinhe on the recent porn crackdowns on January 4, 2008
Fire engulfs 12-storey Urumqi building, three firemen killed on January 3, 2008
Halal restaurants in Shanghai on January 3, 2008
‘Godless’ China to be world’s biggest supplier of Bibles? on January 3, 2008
Get thee behind me, Net Nanny! on January 3, 2008
Life is like a roller coaster… on January 3, 2008
Time to file those annual tax returns! on January 2, 2008
The Shanghai Cowboy on January 2, 2008
Erotic filmmakers banned from movie awards on January 2, 2008
China’s booming sex industry on January 2, 2008
Some great environmental news to start the new year with on January 2, 2008
What does President Hu have in common with Mother Teresa and Miss Universe? on January 1, 2008
Baidu loses CFO, beats record companies on January 1, 2008
Top stories for the year 2007 on January 1, 2008
Happy 2008! on January 1, 2008
First South China tiger to be born outside China on December 31, 2007
Your favourite stories in December on December 31, 2007
New subway lines open on December 31, 2007
Reuters: Buddhist symphony and Taiwanese expatriates on December 31, 2007
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Chinese Film Odyssey on December 30, 2007
Harmonious China on December 30, 2007
Harmonious Olympics on December 30, 2007
China Tech Talk: Scientist wages, “internet love” and 47 million bloggers! on December 29, 2007
Rest in Peace Benazir Bhutto on December 29, 2007
The last 5 hours of a death row inmate on December 29, 2007
Street styles: Shanghai vs Beijing on December 28, 2007
What one pet seller did to escape from the evil clutches of the city cops on December 28, 2007
Recommended Reads: Christmas, women and bling on December 28, 2007
Timelapse Shanghai: Racing towards 2008 on December 27, 2007
The farmer on the renminbi on December 26, 2007
Hunan girl born with heart outside body receives treatment in Shanghai on December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas, Shanghai! on December 25, 2007
Current TV: The Big Move on December 25, 2007
Christmas in Shanghai on December 24, 2007
It’s Christmas, folks! And the man of the moment is… on December 24, 2007
Recommended Reads: Cemeteries, carbon-neutral hotels and Louyi Veiten on December 24, 2007
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Children of Blessing on December 23, 2007
Intern with Shanghaiist! on December 22, 2007
Yao Ming wishes you a merry Christmas on December 22, 2007
Photo of the Day: Shanghai South Railway Station on December 22, 2007
Around Shanghai: quarantine forms, population density and a new TV channel on December 21, 2007
Re-education through labour? on December 21, 2007
Orange fog alert and lousy airport/airline services on December 20, 2007
Photo of the Day: Shanghai Upskirt on December 17, 2007
Timelapse Shanghai: In the subway and on the highway on December 15, 2007
Recommended Reads: Air transport, currency concerns and drugs on December 14, 2007
Tags and new views! on December 13, 2007
China remembers the Nanking Massacre on December 13, 2007
Photo of the Day: The busiest patient ever on December 13, 2007
Wenzhou blaze kills 21 on December 12, 2007
WSJ: Nary a white strand of hair in the Politburo Standing Committee on December 12, 2007
What they’re saying about CCTV9 anchor Edwin Maher on December 12, 2007
Christmas in Shanghai starts today… on December 11, 2007
Ad Campaign of the Week: The Greenfamily Youth Association of Environment Protection on December 11, 2007
Near stampede at Jiangxi job fair on December 11, 2007
Shanghaiist “not too friendly to China” on December 10, 2007
Blue Frog opens with a big bang in Macau on December 10, 2007
Recommended Reads: 50 million Bibles, underground money and politically correct beauty pageants on December 10, 2007
Lust, Caution sweeps away seven Golden Horse awards on December 9, 2007
Photo of the Day: The Shanghai Transrapid Maglev on December 9, 2007
Hubei tourists riot in Macau on December 8, 2007
China Daily: Foreign reporters eager to present real China on December 8, 2007
Wenzhou University security guard beats dog to death on December 8, 2007
Where we’re going tonight: Microshelter on December 8, 2007
Interview: DJ Dex aka Nomadico of Underground Resistance on December 7, 2007
Photo of the Day: Keyboard on a building on December 7, 2007
Baidu’s MP3 search now banned in the US and Germany on December 7, 2007
Good morning Shanghai! on December 7, 2007
One Lujiazui is not enough for Shanghai… on December 6, 2007
Deaf boy with withered right hand paints on the streets for RMB5 on December 6, 2007
Lei Feng is alive in New York!… on December 6, 2007
Today’s Links: Disneyland, Greenpeace and Kittyhawk on December 6, 2007
Photo of the Day: The Lonely Seat on December 5, 2007
Facebook brings you ALL the gossip in town on December 4, 2007
China’s World Aids Day media circus: Was it all a show? on December 4, 2007
Amputee does Chinese calligraphy with his head on December 4, 2007
Recommended Reads: The Hong Kong elections, fake lunar pictures and China business on December 4, 2007
Golddiggers for the love of Ayi on December 3, 2007
China’s first Miss World on December 3, 2007
Bloody student riot at the Hefei PLA Artillery Academy on December 3, 2007
Your favourite stories in November on December 3, 2007
Where we’re going tonight: Shanghai Studio on December 1, 2007
Write for Shanghaiist! on December 1, 2007
SCAA Pet of the Week: Peanut on December 1, 2007
China makes it to the Naked News on December 1, 2007
Yet more Engrish… on November 30, 2007
The HIV/AIDS confusion and circumcision on November 30, 2007
Recommended Reads: The Dalai Lama, Sino-US relations and China business on November 30, 2007
Sexy Beijing meets 42nd Street on November 29, 2007
Curious Shanghai II: Medicine vending machine next to the city’s biggest fake market? on November 29, 2007
Curious Shanghai I: Bad English in JinJiang Park on November 29, 2007
The Red Laowai releases latest single on November 29, 2007
More labour chaos… this time in Shanghai on November 29, 2007
Panda-monium on November 29, 2007
Martyrs for migrant workers on November 28, 2007
Andy Lau, the hero in Chengdu on November 28, 2007
Stock check on November 28, 2007
Photo of the Day: Plane refueling in Changsha, Hunan on November 28, 2007
Recommended Reads: The Chinese craze, the Pudong blast, the lifestyles of the rich and famous and political gossips on November 27, 2007
Breaking news: Furong Jiejie now looking for hunky laowai boyfriend! on November 27, 2007
Shanghai the 8th most expensive Asian city for expats on November 27, 2007
Today’s Links: The great French harvest, the worst World Cup draw ever and the “tidal wave” of counterfeit goods on November 27, 2007
China’s translation crisis on November 26, 2007
2007 Toray Cup Shanghai International Marathon on November 26, 2007
Pudong gas blast hits international headlines on November 26, 2007
Photos: Jinjiang Park on November 26, 2007
Par for China: From peasant farmer to security guard to … pro golfer? on November 25, 2007
Stars descend on Shanghai for MTV gala on November 24, 2007
Evangelists with Chinese characteristics on November 24, 2007
Explosion at Pudong gas station on November 24, 2007
Shanghai Hooters on November 24, 2007
China’s brutal zoos on November 24, 2007
Today’s Links: Landslides, lawsuits and condoms on November 24, 2007
Totally useless video for the weekend on November 24, 2007
Paris Hilton’s Shanghai Surprise on November 23, 2007
Achtung, Achtung! Shanghai sinking on November 23, 2007
More China tech talk on November 23, 2007
Photo of the Day: The Tangshanpeng Wind Farm on November 23, 2007
Public pocket pinball on November 22, 2007
Foreign correspondents roughed up on November 22, 2007
Current TV: China’s blood sellers on November 22, 2007
Al-Jazeera: People & Power — Moving China on November 22, 2007
Today’s Links: Golfing in China, the iron clash and the Beijing AIDS epidemic on November 22, 2007
Record number of Chinese Muslims on Haj on November 21, 2007
The Red Laowai on November 21, 2007
China tech tidbits on November 21, 2007
Shanghai’s Hilton hotel not good enough for Paris on November 21, 2007
Around Asia: Facebook bans, student gang rapes and DVD raids on November 21, 2007
China 15 years ago on November 20, 2007
Major cosying up between China and Singapore on November 20, 2007
Today’s Links: Tiger cannibalism, Spiderman and Roger Federer on November 20, 2007
Photo of the Day: Leaves on November 19, 2007
1933: From slaughterhouse to lifestyle house on November 17, 2007
Sex lives of Chinese farmers and firemen on November 17, 2007
Weekend tidbits: Gold in sewage, Indian billionaires and the Dalai Lama on November 17, 2007
The revitalisation of Taikang Lu on November 16, 2007
In the news: Democracy with Chinese characteristics on November 16, 2007
Information Times: Chinese lovers rushing to imitate sexual positions found in Lust, Caution on November 15, 2007
Jiangxi girl just can’t wear clothes on November 15, 2007
Photo of the Day: Shop window on Ningbo Lu on November 15, 2007
China to revise law on HIV+ foreigners on November 14, 2007
More on the cooking oil stampede: “Time-limited” promotions now banned on November 14, 2007
Ladies, be careful what you tie your hair with, you might get a sexually transmitted disease on November 14, 2007
Yet another Gay Shanghai video on November 14, 2007
Employers, read this on November 14, 2007
Around Asia: The ‘most flexible’ man, child sex and Asia’s most desirable city on November 14, 2007
Photo of the Day: Browsing on November 13, 2007
Shanghai is China’s second most harmonious society! Yippee! on November 12, 2007
Say Goodbye to your Golden Week, people on November 12, 2007
Xinjiang commies, Xinjiang executions on November 12, 2007
Shaolin Pepsi ad on November 12, 2007
Three dead in Chongqing Carrefour stampede on November 12, 2007
Today’s Links: GHB toys, Hong Kong’s Olympic spending and Beijing’s taxi subsidies on November 12, 2007
Hairong Tiantian just can’t seem to keep her clothes on on November 10, 2007
Is Yahoo a moral pygmy? on November 10, 2007
Roundup: The Bible controversy, Tony Blair and the Blogger Conference on November 10, 2007
Photo of the Day: The women of Naxi, Yunnan on November 9, 2007
Beijing slams Catholic News Agency for “blatant lie” on November 8, 2007
Just who on earth are we supposed to believe? on November 8, 2007
Current TV: Art says no to Mao on November 8, 2007
And now they want your blood! on November 8, 2007
Chinese bureaucrazy on November 8, 2007
Breaking News: Li Yuchun wears skirt! on November 8, 2007
Today’s Links: Currency concerns, IPO’s and drug addicts on November 8, 2007
Urban Yoga with Master Duncan Wong on November 7, 2007
Photo of the Day: Darkness on November 7, 2007
Around Asia: Hong Kong triad t-shirts, emergency in Pakistan and the imbalanced boy-girl ratio on November 7, 2007
Yahoo China takes jibe at Baidu with latest banner ad on November 6, 2007
Coming soon: The world’s biggest ferris wheel on November 6, 2007
Photo of the Day: Capetown Apartments on Wukang Lu on November 6, 2007
Useless links to beat the Monday Blues on November 5, 2007
Today’s Links: A million what-if’s, subsidies for rural transport and Chinese military openness on November 5, 2007
Made in China: Bollywood on November 3, 2007
Saturday Tidbits: Mont Blanc, one child policy and the ongoing Shi Tao saga on November 3, 2007
Photo of the Day: A dongba from the Naxi tribe in Yunnan on November 3, 2007
Made in China: Australia’s Channel 7 vs. Al-Jazeera on November 2, 2007
Your favourite stories in October on November 2, 2007
Video: The Shanghaiist Halloween Party on November 2, 2007
The Shanghai Show: Dance like nobody’s watching! on November 2, 2007
Kevin Rudd as Chairman Mao on November 2, 2007
OMG, Facebook is available in Chinese on November 1, 2007
And finally, the freaky Halloween pictures! on November 1, 2007
Today’s Links: The Olympic ticket fiasco, Sino-ASEAN relations and the Alibaba IPO on November 1, 2007
Youtube unblocked! on October 31, 2007
Photo of the Day: Fashion victim in Suzhou on October 31, 2007
Facebook to enter China? What next? on October 31, 2007
Pollution, birth defects, breast cancer, Mask Week on October 31, 2007
China says Canada-Dalai Lama meeting “disgusting”; Dalai Lama quotes Mao on October 31, 2007
Around Asia: Singing presidents, straitjacket elections and the Asian space race on October 31, 2007
Budding directors look here on October 30, 2007
Pecha Kucha 8: Speakers wanted! on October 30, 2007
Causing a Commotion: Sabra photo shoot, Luotuo Xiangzi and Shenzhen crime on October 30, 2007
Grafitti strikes Yangpu on October 30, 2007
Shanghai impressions: Dianshanhu, Dishuihu, The Shanghai Show and subway news on October 29, 2007
Netizens react to Li Lianyu’s homecoming party on October 29, 2007
Today’s Links: Yu Zhengsheng, Sonia Gandhi and more disputed islands on October 29, 2007
Shanghaiist Halloween Party: TONIGHT!!! on October 27, 2007
Photo of the Day: Forbidden fruit on October 27, 2007
A nobody in the palace, but a hero back home on October 26, 2007
Sufei’s Shanghai trip Part 2 on October 26, 2007
More bragging rights for China as it launches its first lunar orbiter on October 25, 2007
Photo of the Day: Cash is King on October 25, 2007
Entertainment News: The Mummy, Buscemi, the World Series and Jackie Chan on October 24, 2007
100,000 Shanghai youths sent to Xinjiang on October 24, 2007
The party is over, people, Blogspot is reblocked on October 24, 2007
Around Asia: The coming flood, Asian newspapers and record number of Chinese Muslims on Hajj on October 24, 2007
Youtube remains blocked but nobody seems to care on October 23, 2007
Catch the rugby hunks at MAO this Thursday! on October 23, 2007
Meet Mr Tofu Carver on October 23, 2007
Opening tonight: Made in Shanghai on October 23, 2007
Photo of the Day: Nokia and the face society on October 23, 2007
Shanghaiist Halloween Party: Get your Halloween costumes NOW! on October 22, 2007
And the biggest fan of Chinese airlines is… on October 22, 2007
The women that make your children’s toys on October 22, 2007
Today’s Links: Shanghai’s love of luxury, the party leadership reshuffle and China’s surplus of sons on October 22, 2007
Where we’re going tonight: ARCH on October 21, 2007
Shanghaiist Halloween Party @ Shanghai Studio: Are you ready? on October 20, 2007
We’re Shanghai’s Blog of the Year! on October 20, 2007
Blogger reactions to the Youtube block and other weird stuff happening on October 19, 2007
Liu Xiang-lookalike steals the limelight at NBA game on October 19, 2007
Singapore Season presents Little Toys by Mark Chan on October 19, 2007
Today’s Links: Tycoon buys “Shanghai Island”, religion for the Olympics and China, the land of millionaires on October 19, 2007
Give us back our Youtube! on October 18, 2007
Boys from the Shanghai Rugby team strip for charity! on October 18, 2007
17th Party Congress update: Top buzzwords and the science of claps on October 18, 2007
EF now teaching Mandarin too? on October 18, 2007
Photo of the Day: The Xujiahui Cathedral on October 18, 2007
Shanghai in Motion: The 3pm school rush, salsa at Xintiandi and the scrapped Special Olympics song on October 17, 2007
McDonald’s gets into the Olympic fever on October 17, 2007
Around Asia: Pro-junta rallies, gay rights and democracy gaffes on October 17, 2007
The party has just begun and the world is watching on October 16, 2007
China Tech Talk: P2P, gaming and bi-cultural competence on October 16, 2007
Photo of the Day: Stairway to Heaven on October 16, 2007
RIP: Guest on October 15, 2007
New record sale of a Chinese contemporary painting: US$5.9 million on October 15, 2007
Oh yeah, Shanghai Daily toes the party line on October 15, 2007
Around the Blogosphere: Paper-cutting skills, press conferences and (political) fevers on October 15, 2007
Today’s Links: New CCP leadership, expansion of Xinjiang national park and Olympic kitchen trash treatment on October 15, 2007
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Brits get rich in China! on October 14, 2007
Chinese reactions to Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize on October 14, 2007
It’s a pig’s life, dammit! on October 13, 2007
Arty Saturday: Yuichi Hibi, Rita Portugal Lima and Liuli China on October 13, 2007
Photo of the Day: The Thinker on October 13, 2007
China in motion: Snow in Shaanxi, Citroën Transformers and Fenghuang Gege on October 12, 2007
Today’s Links: Sex ads, Starbucks cups and the Tiananmen generation on October 12, 2007
Extra! Extra! Chick Corea, sneaky billionaires and Yu Garden in Hamburg on October 11, 2007
Shanghai Daily: ‘Crazy English’ guru a bit crazed on October 11, 2007
Tudou now bigger than Youtube? on October 11, 2007
The MC Hammer School of English on October 11, 2007
Photo of the Day: Ramadan in China on October 11, 2007
This is what the former Starbucks outlet in the Forbidden City looks like now on October 10, 2007
Sexy Beijing’s Sufei revisits Shanghai on October 10, 2007
Restrictions on the employment of foreigners: Will it hit Shanghai next? on October 10, 2007
Around Asia: Heart transplants, the Pakistani election and .asia domain names on October 10, 2007
Shanghai in motion: Lewis Hamilton, Rain and Nanjing Lu on October 9, 2007
People, we live in the world’s second least green and livable city on October 9, 2007
Eagle-eyed Chinese intern spots US$282.6 million error in Nassau County books on October 9, 2007
Photo of the Day: Golden numbers for the Golden Week on October 9, 2007
Keanu Reeves sighting at Yu Yuan on October 8, 2007
Worst of Typhoon Krosa over but some Taiwanese expats still unable to return to Shanghai on October 8, 2007
Today’s Links: Hong Kongers rally for democracy, Typhoon Krosa and the ‘Made in India’ challenge on October 8, 2007
DPRK to attend Shanghai World Expo 2010 on October 6, 2007
Fresh coffee: From Yunnan to your door on October 6, 2007
Bound for glory? on October 6, 2007
Photo of the Day: Psychedelic Chinoiserie on October 5, 2007
650 pairs of twins descend upon Beijing for Twins’ Day on October 5, 2007
Free Burma, YES, but is it right to blame Beijing? on October 4, 2007
One world, One internet on October 4, 2007
Today’s Links: Web addiction, Olympic pigs and Neanderthals on October 4, 2007
New documentary: China’s stolen children on October 3, 2007
“Lovely” Chinese teachers rejected by rowdy British students on October 3, 2007
Around Asia: Power struggles, coup leaders and see-through frogs on October 3, 2007
These yangrouchuan sellers know their marketing on October 2, 2007
Photo of the Day: Beggar on Jiujiang Lu on October 2, 2007
Your favourite stories in September on October 2, 2007
Sanya, the dream holiday destination? on October 2, 2007
Scene at Tiananmen this morning on October 1, 2007
Made in China: Western cattle, western wine on October 1, 2007
Germany beats Brazil 2-0 on October 1, 2007
Today’s Links: Steroid enablers, bra ads and Taiwanese independence on October 1, 2007
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: The Unseen China on September 30, 2007
Piano house in Huainan, Anhui on September 30, 2007
The most kickass pool players, and one’s barely two years old! on September 29, 2007
Liu Xiang disappoints Shanghai fans on September 29, 2007
The Special Olympics are coming to Shanghai on September 28, 2007
The Shanghai Show: Huang-poo on September 28, 2007
Hu Jia surveillance video, Gao Zhisheng detained again on September 28, 2007
Today’s Links: Housing market bubbles, sinking water tables and yet more toy recalls on September 28, 2007
Dongtan — Shanghai’s great green leap forward? on September 27, 2007
SCAA Pet of the Week: Peanut on September 27, 2007
Photo of the Day: The flyovers near Weihai Lu on September 27, 2007
We’re staying home this National Day holiday on September 26, 2007
If you can’t have your own wax statue made… on September 26, 2007
Around Asia: Indonesian ‘Little People’, Malaysian lawyers hold rare demo and police beat protestors in Myanmar on September 26, 2007
Hairong Tiantian sheds her clothes (again) on September 25, 2007
This Week in Swinging Shanghai on September 25, 2007
God hates China? on September 25, 2007
Photo of the Day: Art deco building on Fujian Lu on September 25, 2007
Simply over the moon on September 24, 2007
A slice of life in rural Tibet on September 24, 2007
Today’s Links: Mattel’s apology, Merkel’s meeting with the Dalai Lama and yet another mine blaze on September 24, 2007
And suddenly they’re all coming to China on September 20, 2007
Photo of the Day: New street signs at Xujiahui on September 20, 2007
Soon… more choices in English-language propaganda on September 19, 2007
A new dawn in Sino-Australian relations? on September 19, 2007
Vault and Volar bartenders do us proud! on September 19, 2007
Typhoon Wipha coming to town? on September 19, 2007
Dates to watch out for: Mid-Autumn Festival, Special Olympics and the Shanghaiist Halloween Party! on September 19, 2007
Around Asia: Backpacker blues on Khaosan Road, North Korean school in Mongolia and Chinese tourists in North Korea on September 19, 2007
CNBC anchor Erin Burnett on why China is the best friend of the US on September 18, 2007
Harmonious blogging for a harmonious China on September 18, 2007
Today’s Links: Pork bans, kung fu peacekeepers and Internet OD on September 17, 2007
Freedom at last for yet another journalist and pastor on September 17, 2007
Brazil capsize China at the FIFA Women’s World Cup on September 16, 2007
Big Brother Australia contestant dies from drug overdose in Beijing on September 16, 2007
Dirty water … and dead party chiefs? on September 15, 2007
Photo of the Day: Sport is for everybody! on September 15, 2007
Finally a nudist park in China? on September 14, 2007
Headliners: Zhao Yan, Xiao Zejiang and David Lancashire on September 14, 2007
SCAA Pet of the Week: Bitsy on September 14, 2007
A day in the life of a magician on September 13, 2007
Sexy figures to chew on from Durex on September 13, 2007
Crabs grab the headlines on September 13, 2007
Look who’s eating your instant noodles! on September 12, 2007
Photo of the Day: Sweeping away her blues on September 12, 2007
Around Asia: Sex, bombs and space ports on September 12, 2007
Extra! Extra! Hi-speed railways, more hacking and the Toilet Bowl Award on September 11, 2007
19 year old mom seeks kind-hearted soul to adopt her baby on September 11, 2007
Your chance to be an Olympic torch bearer! on September 11, 2007
Oops! The Telegraph can’t tell Hu Jintao and Chen Liangyu apart… on September 11, 2007
Shanghai sex scandals and cell-phone cameras on September 11, 2007
The Arctic circle: The latest hotspot on September 10, 2007
Teach English in North Korea! on September 10, 2007
Today’s Links: Mistress revolt, Thomas Friedman and the AIDS epidemic on September 10, 2007
Photo of the Day: Is this how people travel in some parts of China? on September 8, 2007
Shanghai artist’s Nike poo! on September 7, 2007
OMG: Louis Vuitton man-bags, Chinese hackers and massage parlours on September 7, 2007
Today’s Links: Commie drift, Chinese mistresses and illegal mapping on September 7, 2007
The Naked Cow Great Rib Cook-off! on September 6, 2007
Photo of the Day: Sleepy feet on September 6, 2007
Sohu CEO swears to Chairman Mao: We didn’t cheat! on September 6, 2007
Meet Mr Bill Counter on September 5, 2007
Your favourite stories in August on September 5, 2007
Around Asia: Five-power naval exercise, $100,000 air tickets and DPRK to be struck off terror list on September 5, 2007
Photo of the Day: The Embankment Building on North Suzhou Road on September 4, 2007
China home to the world’s largest Christian population? on September 3, 2007
Today’s Links: Richard Gere, Liu Xiang and Wu Yi on September 3, 2007
Breaking News: Shanghai swims in 1.68 million litres of loogie every day… on September 3, 2007
Crazy Olympic hairstyles on September 3, 2007
Share an apartment and break the law! on September 1, 2007
Photo of the Day: Scene at the Beijing Railway Station since the introduction of the “express air services” on September 1, 2007
What goes on between Air China pilots and control towers around the world? on September 1, 2007
Spot the differences with Yangzhou Evening News and CCTV! on September 1, 2007
How’s that for marketing pizzazz? on August 31, 2007
Homosexual acts punishable by death under Genghis Khan on August 31, 2007
Feedburner GFW’ed and other censorship news on August 31, 2007
Photo of the Day: World’s biggest casino now ready to roll the dice on August 31, 2007
The shutters come down on Dell China’s English website on August 30, 2007
Detained Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong ailing in prison on August 30, 2007
Headliners: Zhang Huimin, Yu Dan and Jin Renqing on August 30, 2007
Name a jet and win RMB50,000! on August 30, 2007
SCAA Pet of the Week: Jill on August 29, 2007
Video of the Day: Freaky four-legged chicken! on August 29, 2007
Around Asia: China-Singapore train link, release of South Korean hostages and fresh Myanmar protests on August 29, 2007
Today: Total eclipse of the moon on August 28, 2007
Video of the Day: Hospital visit with Chinese characteristics on August 28, 2007
Of pigs and men on August 28, 2007
Jobs to die for in China on August 28, 2007
Woman rescued from underground hole after 6 years on August 27, 2007
Photo of the Day: Sunset in Shanghai on August 27, 2007
Today’s Links: Our booming subway, the North Korean border fence and Shanghai the art deco capital? on August 27, 2007
Henan school trains child prodigies that can memorise their textbooks backwards on August 24, 2007
Photo of the Day: Shanghai’s Maglev Station on August 24, 2007
Today’s Links: Shanghai index tops 5000, jailed dissident’s wife under house arrest and a ‘Broader Asia’ without China? on August 24, 2007
Photo of the Day: Busy Shanghai on August 23, 2007
Today’s Links: Chinese tourists, Chinese entrepreneurs and Chinese worship leaders on August 23, 2007
Man with world’s largest hand in Shanghai for surgery on August 22, 2007
Fearless Chinese tourists on August 22, 2007
What some Shanghai office workers are doing to beat the rise in food prices on August 22, 2007
Photo of the Day: Air quality in Shanghai poorer this year on August 22, 2007
Around Asia: China Airlines inferno, Saddam’s daughter wanted and aid for North Korean flood victims on August 22, 2007
Paint-a-model for RMB1,000 a pop at this restaurant! on August 21, 2007
Thou shalt not collude on pricing, says China Daily columnist but fails to hit out at state-owned airlines on August 21, 2007
Snippets: The Mattel crisis, Beijing smog and US-China trade relations on August 21, 2007
Firsthand account of assault of reporters covering the collapse of the Fenghuang Bridge on August 20, 2007
Qilu TV strikes yet again with dog woman on August 20, 2007
Photo of the Day: Typhoon Sepat lashes at Taiwan and southeast China on August 20, 2007
Today’s Links: Typhoon Sepat, Maglev Museum and Chinese bed recall on August 20, 2007
Video: Crazy Inspector-Gadget-like (homemade?) vehicle sweeps streets outside of Beijing on August 18, 2007
15 month old female toddler experiences precocious puberty on August 18, 2007
Photo of the Day: A position for the couple on the go on August 18, 2007
Today’s Links: Fenghuang Bridge reporters “beaten”, Beijing car ban and Chinese toy workers losing their jobs on August 18, 2007
A sneak peek at Shanghai’s new Pudong airport terminal on August 17, 2007
Instant noodle manufacturers association slapped down by reform commission for price fixing on August 17, 2007
Vicious new Chinese computer virus found on August 17, 2007
Powerful photo story of 16 year old village prostitute on August 17, 2007
Yet another fire in Shanghai! on August 17, 2007
Chinese couple wants to name baby “@” on August 17, 2007
Photo of the Day: 62nd Anniversary of Japan’s World War II Surrender on August 16, 2007
SCAA Pet of the Week: Jude on August 16, 2007
Around Asia: Rap of Malaysian anthem, 60th anniversary of India and Korean Economic Community on August 16, 2007
Peekaboo! CCTV sports host Duan Xuan shows knee on air on August 15, 2007
Yantai Airport overwhelmed by floods on August 15, 2007
Photo of the Day: Good advice that anyone can use on August 15, 2007
Today’s Links: World’s oldest profession, suicide of toy company boss and recall of China-made toothpaste on August 15, 2007
Fire at the World Financial Center on August 14, 2007
Truck stuck under bridge in Baoshan on August 14, 2007
The race to build the Great Mice Wall on August 14, 2007
Snippets: China and Africa on August 14, 2007
Video of the Day: 2 Minutes in Beijing on August 14, 2007
Drag Party of the Year @ Shanghai Studio on August 13, 2007
Shanghai Jiaotong University releases its Academic Ranking of World Universities 2007 on August 13, 2007
Holy shishkebab! The most awesome yangrouchuan seller ever! on August 13, 2007
Photo of the Day: 60th anniversary of the founding of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on August 13, 2007
Today’s Links: Shaolin renovation, Shaolin fakes and China’s high-tech eye-spy crackdown on August 13, 2007
Giant man-eating catfish found in Guangdong reservoir? on August 11, 2007
42 Below Cocktail World Cup Shanghai Final @ Bar Rouge on August 11, 2007
Today’s Links: Wooden chopsticks, punk republic and the bamboo curtain on August 10, 2007
Tit-tillating action on Qilu TV talkshow on August 10, 2007
Photo of the Day: Kindred spirits on August 9, 2007
Phoenix Princess to undergo sex-change operation soon on August 9, 2007
Today’s Links: Deportation of Canadian activists, extinction of the white dolphin, and death of pro-Beijing HK politician on August 9, 2007
Mysterious new sign appears on metro screen doors on August 8, 2007
Wanna find out how the ancient Chinese had sex? on August 8, 2007
Around Asia: Poverty in Vietnam, Gay rights in Singapore and Islam in Malaysia on August 8, 2007
Shanghai Metro shows middle finger to language watchdog on August 8, 2007
Photo of the Day: McDonald’s to raise Chinese wages on August 8, 2007
Ad of the Week: Englihs Editer Wantd! on August 7, 2007
It’s 23 degrees in Shanghai… on August 7, 2007
So what was really on the menu at Yao Ming’s wedding? on August 7, 2007
Lovesick Japanese man finds mystery subway girl! on August 6, 2007
Why have air ticket prices gone up? on August 6, 2007
Snippets: The Shanghai faction, counterfeit and corruption on August 6, 2007
Japan: Oops, I did it again! on August 5, 2007
Photo of the Day: 1000 days to the Shanghai Expo! on August 5, 2007
More on Xinhua and Homer Simpson’s brain on August 5, 2007
Guess we’ll have to scrap our plans of going to Tequila Sunrise tonight! on August 4, 2007
Does this new QQ phone remind you of any other phone on the market? on August 4, 2007
China to Living Buddhas: Seek approval for reincarnation on August 4, 2007
Qilu TV: Man eats glass bottle on August 2, 2007
Today’s Links: World’s hairiest man, Olympic numbers and rescued miners on August 2, 2007
China Daily’s new spin on the glories of being a soldier on August 1, 2007
Around Asia: Big bad Bollywood stars, Taliban militants and Khmer Rouge officials on August 1, 2007
Photo of the Day: Profit in panda poop? on July 31, 2007
Today’s Links: E-waste, socialist engineering and the capitalist fight against pollution? on July 31, 2007
Stefanie Sun abusing African kids? on July 30, 2007
Religious round-up (yes, literally!) on July 29, 2007
This week in viral news: Tuberculosis, blue ear disease and computer viruses! on July 28, 2007
Suzhou peeping tom falls to his death on July 28, 2007
Photo of the Day: Hunan Province mulls compulsory HIV testing for high risk groups on July 28, 2007
Woman rams bike into bus on July 27, 2007
It’s Friday, and what are you wearing? on July 27, 2007
Today’s Links: Forced prostitution, Chinese pirates and Shanghai property on July 27, 2007
This week in medical news: Bad Shanghai clinics, prostrates in flames and fake Viagra pills on July 26, 2007
Around Asia: Islamism in Asia, female politicians and maid executions on July 26, 2007
Who hurt 6 year old Xiaohui? on July 24, 2007
Photo of the Day: ICBC now world’s largest bank, but for how long? on July 24, 2007
Shanghai Daily: T-shirt is “greatly hurting the feelings of the Chinese people” on July 24, 2007
SCAA Pet of the Week: Lucky on July 24, 2007
Air China aims to rule half the sky with Pyongyang’s help! on July 23, 2007
Today’s Links: Disabled child beggars, natural calamities and economic overheating on July 23, 2007
Video of the Day: The heartwrenching story of 16 year old Hunan student Tao Xing on July 22, 2007
Shanghai 21st on ranking of cities with skyscrapers? on July 22, 2007
Crossing The Line - Exclusive Shanghai screenings! on July 22, 2007
First online English bookstore in China! on July 20, 2007
Today’s Links: Blistering growth, China-bashing and suicide bombers on July 20, 2007
Formaldehyde in our White Rabbits? on July 19, 2007
Don’t do bad things in Fuzhou: Big Brother’s watching! on July 19, 2007
Photo of the Day: Fake water, fake buns, now fake story? on July 19, 2007
Young, surrogate mother-to-be jailed for 10 years on July 19, 2007
A new bishop for Beijing? on July 19, 2007
Today’s Links: Metro expansion, shark extinction and disposable athletes on July 19, 2007
Julu Lu on the Bund? on July 18, 2007
Photo of the Day: OECD’s report on China’s environment out on July 18, 2007
Hope for cheaper flights out of China? on July 18, 2007
Around Asia: Japanese earthquakes, North Korean nukes and Thai bombs on July 18, 2007
Did they really say that?: Smart folks from Shanghai Daily, Hainan Airlines and the Wall Street Journal on July 17, 2007
Today’s Links: Waltzing for students, a floating yuan for China and entrepreneurs for the Party on July 17, 2007
How would you like your rat done, sir? on July 17, 2007
How safe are our metro platform doors? on July 16, 2007
Photo of the Day: It’s tit-for-tat as China bans US meat on July 16, 2007
Imagethief vs Bubba’s on July 15, 2007
Update your website, China Daily! on July 15, 2007
Today’s Links: Chlorine leaks, Japanese prostitute’s job application and Hepatitis B patient rights on July 14, 2007
Look again before you take that swig! on July 14, 2007
Photo of the Day: Starbucks in the Forbidden City now a thing of the past on July 14, 2007
Dead: Shanghai housing activist Chen Xiaoming on July 13, 2007
Muzzled: The China Development Brief on July 13, 2007
Today’s Links: Liantong condoms, baby tossers and cardboard mantou on July 13, 2007
No foreign language only signs please, this is China! on July 12, 2007
Photo of the Day: Chinese airlines betting big on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on July 12, 2007
Fake water and piss-drinking on July 12, 2007
Today’s Links: Pimping teachers, algae outbreaks and dead flies on July 11, 2007
The most practical ChinesePod ever! on July 11, 2007
Photo of the Day: The fight against the shifting sands of time in Xinjiang on July 10, 2007
Snippets: Chinese journalism, death sentences and climate change on July 10, 2007
Shanghai the 16th cheapest city for budget travellers? on July 10, 2007
“Chelsea Clinton slimming patch” and other drug scares on July 9, 2007
Today’s Links: Student pregnancy, prostate awareness and prisoner counseling on July 9, 2007
Japanese man looks for Beijing subway girl on July 9, 2007
The Great Wall among the New Seven Wonders on July 9, 2007
Photo of the Day: Anonymous internet postings to be banned in Xiamen? on July 8, 2007
Today’s Links: Drug lords, single men and Taiwanese doctors on July 7, 2007
Around Asia: Living goddesses, crown princesses and women’s rights on July 6, 2007
Beijing student hauled to court for threatening bookstore with bomb on July 6, 2007
Photo of the Day: Chinese shares tumble on July 6, 2007
This week in explosions on July 5, 2007
Mailbag: Shanghai’s poor, misunderstood expat male sluts on July 5, 2007
Today’s Links: Acrobat slaves, mass incidents and flying dragons on July 5, 2007
Photo of the Day: Chery to hit the US market on July 4, 2007
Unlucky pickpocket in Fuzhou on July 4, 2007
Shanghai fatty to go to Hollywood? on July 4, 2007
Reactions to the Pope’s letter on July 4, 2007
RMB30 open bars? on July 3, 2007
Metaphysical China: Buddha/Mary calling? on July 3, 2007
China to be world’s top tourism destination by 2014 on July 3, 2007
Today’s Links: Nude women, Special Olympics, and army uniforms on July 3, 2007
Photo of the Day: The renminbi hits a new high on July 3, 2007
No more Golden Week by 2009? Ah just as well. on July 2, 2007
What’s up, Air China? on July 2, 2007
Transsexual detained in Shenzhen for demonstration on July 1, 2007
Pope says ni hao to Chinese Catholics on July 1, 2007
Today’s Links: Drinking water, ghost wives and seafood bans on July 1, 2007
Photo of the Day: “One Country, Two Systems”, Ten Years on July 1, 2007
Do you know what your pigs are eating? on June 29, 2007
Wang Yan making remarkable progress on June 29, 2007
Millionaire stabbed to death while saving girl from robbers on June 29, 2007
Suzhou dad parades son in the nude as punishment on June 29, 2007
Did they really call it SCAT? on June 28, 2007
Today’s Links: Sick pigs, algae lakes and Playboy mansions on June 28, 2007
The stars in my sky are Flickr-ing out … on June 28, 2007
Win tickets to see the Go! Team this Saturday! on June 27, 2007
Photo of the Day: 48 lightning deaths over the last 5 days on June 27, 2007
Yes, we broke our own record suckers! on June 27, 2007
Exercise with us or die of DVT! on June 27, 2007
Message from Shanghaiist: Comments 2.0 on June 26, 2007
Two quick ways of tapping your guanxi for RMB10,000! on June 26, 2007
Close shave for man escaping from fire! on June 26, 2007
Somebody turn on the a/c, please! on June 25, 2007
Around Asia: Iwo Jima, Salman Rushdie and Thaksin Shinawatra on June 25, 2007
Citizen reporter Media whore VS Google receptionist on June 24, 2007
Newsflash: Yao Ming to do lots of exercises while getting married on June 24, 2007
Today’s Links: Reporter hostages, Chinese rockets and Made-in-China fears on June 24, 2007
The role of the media in the Shanxi slavery scandal on June 23, 2007
Photo of the Day: 412 days to the Beijing Olympics on June 23, 2007
If you miss the train I’m on… on June 21, 2007
Today’s Links: Polluted rivers, spam and airport stenches on June 21, 2007
Bai Ling in an epileptic fit? on June 20, 2007
The latest thumbdrive from China on June 20, 2007
Photo of the Day: The new Haidian Christian Church in Beijing on June 20, 2007
New Mercer HR rankings on world’s most expensive cities (yet again!) on June 19, 2007
Today’s Links: Chinese Yankees, Mega IPOs and Buddha Demolitions on June 19, 2007
China: The Land of Tattoo Enthusiasts? on June 18, 2007
Photo of the Day: If you steal, you might as well invest! on June 18, 2007
Photo of the Day: Flood season in China on June 17, 2007
Today’s Links: Prostitution crackdowns, drug busts and slave labour crackdowns on June 17, 2007
Hey Shanghai, we are TWO! on June 16, 2007
Photo of the Day: Monks from the Jade Buddha Temple on June 16, 2007
Shanghaiist Happy Hour TONIGHT: Come dressed as a Beatle (or beetle) and get a free drink! on June 15, 2007
Photo of the Day - The National Grand Theater on June 15, 2007
Around Asia - Dengue Fever, Religious Freedom and English Football on June 15, 2007
Students from hell abuse elderly teacher on May 29, 2007
Photo of the Day: The 7th Chinese National Games for the Disabled on May 26, 2007
Photo of the Day: China Eastern to sell stake to Singapore Airlines on May 25, 2007
Around Asia: Missing investment dollars, children and schools on May 24, 2007
Photo of the Day: Cheaper buses on May 19, 2007
Jia Zhangke embroiled in male prostitute scandal on May 19, 2007
Photo of the Day: The East Indiaman Götheborg on May 18, 2007
Photo of the Day: Shanghai Container Port now world’s No. 2 on May 17, 2007
Hairong Tiantian turns heads (and raises them, too?) on May 16, 2007
Around Asia: Sick prime ministers, severed mothers and disappearing islands on May 16, 2007
Photo of the Day: A Golden *Ka-Ching* Week! on May 9, 2007
Around Asia: Aussie dinosaurs, Bhutanese democracy and Singapore sex laws on May 6, 2007
Around Asia: Bollywood weddings, ministerial salaries and mock elections on April 23, 2007
Cyber-nudist acquitted of pornography charges in Beijing on April 22, 2007
Gambling Gossip: Macau earnings, Singapore ambitions and constipation on April 4, 2007
Shanghai ranked 100th for quality of living on April 3, 2007
Breaking News: Spaniard crowned Mr. World 2007 on April 2, 2007
Home is where the heart is for world’s tallest man on March 28, 2007
We didn’t start the fire (in Pudong)! on March 2, 2007
A few ways to make this Valentine’s special! on February 10, 2007
Grenada thanks China for new stadium with a rendition of Taiwan anthem on February 8, 2007
30 million lonely men by 2020 on January 22, 2007
Storm in a coffee cup brewing in the Forbidden City? on January 21, 2007
Your next hot venue for a blind date on January 9, 2007
Shanghai Starbucks clone to cough up some bucks on January 7, 2007
A case of sleeping with the enemy? on January 6, 2007
Guangzhou set to be first ‘developed’ city in China on January 5, 2007
Heroine or Criminal? on December 25, 2006
Stars see red over nude pics on December 5, 2006
Baidu in hot soup? on December 1, 2006
Gold treatment for Chairman Mao in Changsha on November 24, 2006
Chinese Internet Idol of the Day: Hairong Tiantian on November 14, 2006
Chinese Internet Idol of the Day: Yaofei Niangniang on October 27, 2006
Chinese Internet Idol of the Day: Shandong Erge on October 26, 2006
Terracotta mania on October 20, 2006
Numbers: DPRK refugees, one-child bonuses and the blind on October 16, 2006
Paradise on earth by 2020? on October 14, 2006
Pyongyangist? Feasting time in North Korea! on October 13, 2006
Single-Parent Adoption vs Gay Adoption on October 11, 2006
The most unlikely birthplace of progressive Islam? on October 11, 2006
Are you ready to join the Daughters of Confucius? on September 28, 2006