Since Thursday, mallrats visiting Citic Plaza on Nanjing road may have noticed the greeting card and painting exhibit on the ground floor, right across from McDonald's. We were struck by how atypically childlike the artwork was, and then we found out why: they were all produced by children. The event is called the "Share Your Love" Art Charity program and is organized and hosted by the SMIC Private School in Pudong. We'll let the website... more ›

Though never a fan of Starbucks, more because of their bland-ardization of the world's greatest drug rather than due to any kind of deeply held anti-corporate leanings, Shanghaiist nevertheless enjoys supping the occasional hot chocolate from a Medusa-emblazoned mug. With this Monday being particularly harrowing, we were looking forward to a dose of sickly sweet cream-topped womb regression, only to have our fragile psyche strained to within an inch of another long, expensive course of... more ›

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The Shanghai Construction and Transport Management Commission ordered a safety check in the 2,300 glass-walled high-rises in the city yesterday after a huge glass panel fell from the 36th floor of Citic Square last July, injuring two pedestrians. more ›

We know we are a bit late on this, but the Shanghai Biennale will be going on until November 4, so you still have time. The following are our observations from one day spent at the Shanghai Art Museum last week. We accompanied a friend who is into design to the opening of this Biennale, themed HyperDesign. It features more than 100 artworks by 93 groups of artists from 23 countries and regions. more ›

We Googled "iGallop" and discovered that while this device was new to us (and maybe Shanghai?) it definitely isn't new. Someone YouTubed the TV commercial for the iGallop back in January. Looks like it launched in Singapore and Hong Kong in January, and bloggers, sex bloggers and newspapers noticed -- one girl even tried to use her boyfriend as a free iGallop. Looks like an English version of the iGallop ad was shown during the World Cup in some parts of the UK. And many people have flexed their Photoshop skillz and placed dildos and vibrators on photos of the iGallop. Panasonic, apparently, also has a similar product called JOBA. Here's a video of someone trying the JOBA in Hong Kong. more ›