Hundreds of angry truck drivers blockaded Shanghai's Baoshan port yesterday as part of a three day strike against rising fuel prices and higher handling fees charged by the port. more ›

"As a university chancellor, even when you're right, other professors may say you're wrong, because the truth is relative. As a mayor, even when you're wrong, they may say you're right, because the power is absolute." more ›

Yesterday, Shanghai Daily reported that there were 155 historically significant homes in the city that are currently unprotected. These houses were previously used by Shanghai's most influential politicians, industrial tycoons, scholars and such, but are now in a dilapidated state (though, luckily, not yet torn down). Interestingly, many Chinese newspapers printed out exactly which 155 homes these were, so I thought I'd document them. more ›

If Helen of Troy could be said to have a face that launched a thousand ships, we guess Lu Jiali over here had the sex appeal to launch a thousand corruption schemes. Who is she? The alleged mistress of an entire slew of Shanghai officials currently embroiled in the city's social security scandal. Rumored to be in her little black book: more ›

A man who allegedly had sex with his girlfriend's mother as a way to cure her “poor health and depression” is now on trial for rape. The mother had come to Shanghai after her husband's death from cancer and began to feel poorly. Ji Renhu, who owned a shop with his girlfriend in the Baoshan District, told the older woman that she was possessed by the evil spirit of her husband, and needed the tender caresses of a younger man to get rid of it. Altogether, they had sex five times over six months. The verdict has not yet been decided. Source: Shanghai Daily more ›