Pete Chorba

In a modern day version of Sophie's Choice, an American couple must leave their newly adopted Chinese daughter or risk losing their jobs in the U.S. should they remain with their daughter. According to the recently enacted Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines, all immigrants must pass a TB... continue reading on Shanghaiist

When it comes to flights to, from and inside China, it seems everyone has a China Eastern horror story. This one might top it all. things got so bad on this particular flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai that the passengers staged a sit-in. According to the Associated Press,... continue reading on Shanghaiist

In a recent interview with a German gymnastics magazine called Leon, the President of the International Gymnastics Federation, a.k.a. FIG, Bruno Grandi criticized the female Chinese Olympic gymnasts as lacking aesthetic beauty and being underage. Grandi said, "The Chinese gymnasts were robots. From a geometrical point of view the... continue reading on Shanghaiist

On Wednesday night, a Virginia Tech (维吉尼亚理工大学) graduate student from Beijing was decapitated in a cafe on the campus of the university. Yang Xin, 22-years-old, was starting her first semester as an accounting graduate student. She had only been on the campus for 13 days. The accused is a fellow... continue reading on Shanghaiist

It's not easy being the only male player of Chinese descent at a tennis tournament, but Taiwanese player, Lu Yen-Hsun (卢彦勋) doesn't seem to mind. He scored the first major upset on the men's side of the Australian Open yesterday. He defeated the number ten seed, David Nalbandian of Argentina,... continue reading on Shanghaiist