Kenneth Tan

tweetmeme_url = 'http://shanghaiist.com/2009/11/20/follow_team_shanghaiist_on_twitter.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'shanghaiist'; tweetmeme_alias = 'http://ow.ly/E0QE'; If there's one thing that we at Shanghaiist would like to thank the Net Nanny for, it's that she's totally reunited Chinese microbloggers with the one big happy family that is Twitter again. You see, previously, everyone was distributed across... continue reading on Shanghaiist

tweetmeme_url = 'http://shanghaiist.com/2009/11/19/nyc-sad-panda-guangzhou.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'shanghaiist'; tweetmeme_alias = 'http://ow.ly/DGCv'; Since around March this year, a sad-looking panda has been spotted roaming the streets of New York City — on the subway, in Times Square, at various parks and around Wall Street's bull statue. Over the next few months, the... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Earlier this year, Aritz Parra of the new video news network VJ Movement took his camera and followed Dylan Chen, one of the organisers of Shanghai Pride, mainland China's very first gay pride season. He followed the young man over the course of two months, chronicling the ups and downs... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Is there anywhere in the world's most populous nation where there is absolutely no one? As it turns out, yes, there is! In the southwestern part of the Inner Mongolia region lies the spanking new and ultra-modern Ordos City (鄂尔多斯), which government officials have raised from the desert in just... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei sits down for a chat with Yang Yang and celebrated gay film director Cui Zi'en (催子恩), masterminds of the Beijing Queer Film Festival (北京酷儿影展) which took place in June this year. Can't view the video above? It's time to get a VPN!... continue reading on Shanghaiist