Peijin Chen

Some enterprising cyber-Sherlock has used Google's Insight for Search service to discover that certain pornographic search terms experienced suspicious growth in the days prior to the the anti-Google CCTV reports. The first picture shows what the author found using Google Insights for Search, which can can be used to... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Well, one can always hope. The debate is heating up. Yesterday, a Beijing based lawyer Li Fangping sent a request to the Ministry of Industry and Information asking for information about the Green Dam Youth Escort software: the reasons for its development, the legal basis for the order to... continue reading on Shanghaiist

We just read an article about a woman who sued a boob job clinic after they tried over fifty fruitless times in the last year to enlarge her breasts. On the basis of this deplorable record, Ms. Zhao decide to sue the clinic, and she won. The general rule... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Resistance is futile: they've already started installing Green Dam internet filtering software in schools. The censorware is, according to its proponents, help in the eternal battle against smut and other morally damaging materials. Although we have our doubts as to how many Chinese students really have the time to... continue reading on Shanghaiist

We just came across the website for Unlike.net, which offers customized digital city guides to a number of global cities, such as Amsterdam, Berlin, and our very own Shanghai. We haven't tried it, but here's the concept: you choose the general domain of interest, e.g. nightlife, arts, etc or... continue reading on Shanghaiist