China's national women's boxing team may have only been formed in 2010, but they're already aiming for Olympic gold. Huey Fern Tay of Australia Network News reports. more ›

This weekend's chock full of exciting events of every variety! The gumboot dancers from Kliptown, South Africa are back at Cotton's for another big event, Red Light Revolution - "China's first sex shop comedy" - screens twice, G+ hosts a Singles Day Party, City Moments turns 3, and 100 professional salsa dancers will perform for the Chinese-Korean Salsa Festival! Read on for all the details, or check out our calendar for even more! more ›

The latest edition of Shanghai's premier white collar pugilistic-cum-charity event took place Saturday night, and surely gave the red carpet stars at the premiere of SIFF's Water for Elephants a run for the city's most glamorous on the evening. more ›

Ah, the elegance of a midday meal at the newly-opened and sensibly-priced Shook! fine-dining establishment at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel. Ah, yes. Sun Yat-Sen stayed there a hundred years ago and agitated for a New China, the Imperial Army of Japan occupied it during the Second Big One. And last Thursday, Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins, newly crowned WBC, WBC Diamond and IBO Light Heavyweight Champion of Planet Earth stopped by for a light lunch. Gulp. more ›

Brawl on the Bund, Shanghai's favourite white-collar boxing event, is back this June at Hyatt on the Bund. Watch their awesome promo video here and check out more details of the event after the jump:
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On the final day of competition, China took two gold medals and a silver in women's rhythmic gymnastics to end up with a total of 51 gold medals and 100 medals overall—its best Olympic medal haul to date. Number two United States and number three Russian Federation trailed China with 36 and 23 golds, respectively. more ›

Think Rocky V, but during the Olympics. Jackie Chan, 54, will engage in some kind of fighting? boxing? kung fu? exhibition against Tszyu, 38, a welterweight boxer from Russia and former Olympian. However, as this is China's Olympics, we suspect that, like in the movies, Chan will triumph over the white man in the final, climactic scene. If he's in top form, he might be able to rescue some Ming vases and other priceless artifacts of Chinese culture at the same time! The exhibition has been agreed upon by both parties and would be set for August 22 or 23, depending on whether or not it gets final IOC approval. more ›

We're still feeling a little lazy over here at Shanghaiist headquarters — good thing other bloggers are picking up the slack. John at Sinosplice posted a nice collection of Christmas songs in Chinese. more ›

Tyson will travel to Luodian Friday for a golf charity event. The Luodian government will be authorizing Tyson as an honorary resident. more ›

Geely Holding Corporation hopes to unveil its first hybrid car on December 26 of this year in honor of Boxing Day Chairman Mao's birthday. Geely's production center for the hybrids is in Xiangtan County in Hunan Province ... so is Shaoshan, Mao's birthplace. The Xiangtan factory can produce 50,000 hybrids a year. more ›

It wasn't too long ago -- like late 2004 -- that professional boxing was banned in China. Too dangerous, the communists once said. Well, boxing must not be dangerous anymore, because now you can watch it at Super Brand Mall. On February 24, nine matches will take place in an event co-sanctioned by the World Boxing Association and the Pacific-Asia Boxing Association. Spectators are invited to "come and see who will take home the golden belt," whatever that is. Still, you never want pass up a chance to see super featherweights Gao Li Jun and Jonna Chowkowen duke it out. (Yes, they are females.) The fights are supposed to start at 2 pm and tickets range from 100-300 RMB. More information, in Chinese, can be found at cnboxing.com. Or you can call 6426-5797. more ›

It’s a known fact, kung fu is cool. Any dude that can take on 20 bloodthirsty enemies at once earns the respect due a master warrior in our book. So why not enjoy a free exhibition of local kung fu shi fu's at The Summit, September 17. Don’t be fooled by the flyer's picture of old, peaceful men in pink pajamas doing taiji quan, as Ivy Zhang of the Mandarin House assures us, they can still kick-ass: more ›

We all know that Jackie Chan wants to marry off Shanghainese women to foreign men. Now we know how he's going to enact his plan -- he's going to whip those Shanghainese girls into shape! Chan opened his first Jackie Chan Sport Club in Hong Kong on Friday. He is planning on opening gyms in Beijing and Shanghai, too: more ›