It has not been looking up these past few days for bloggers or twitterers. First there was the bad news on Cheng Jianping being sentenced to a labor camp earlier and then a blogger conference due to convene in Shanghai over the weekend has been forced to cancel. more ›

Photos from powerprints, beatdrifter, and David Feng. more ›

This weekend Shanghai will be host to its first ever barCamp, the ad hoc tech lifestyle “un-conference” where every attendee is encouraged to participate either as a speaker, organizer, or active listener. The action kicks off at 6 pm on Saturday night with a pre-un-conference social at T-Sens, and continues Sunday with the main event at the Toodou offices along the Suzhou Creek. If you bring a prepared talk, arrive promptly at 8:30 am for breakfast and the planning of the day’s schedule. If you arrive late, be prepared for the possibility of speaking to an empty room in the middle of the night: barCamp is touted as a 24 hour event. So far, topics mentioned have included web programming, open source business, urban photography and navigating the Shanghai bus system. more ›

So it seems that Shanghaiist is not the only weblogger in Shanghai. more ›