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• After six hours of surgery, a pair of 4-month-old conjoined twins were successfully separated yesterday at the Shanghai Children's Medical Center. The twins shared a liver and pericardium, but thankfully each had their own heart.
• Supposedly somebody somewhere is thinking about extending the 48-hour transit visa length in Shanghai. They wont tell us when or for who or how long, but hey, here's hoping!
• And hey, did you guys know we have a 48-hour transit visa on arrival in Shanghai?

We told you about this two-headed baby born in Suining, Sichuan province last month and thought we'd share some updates! The two girls were born sharing so many organs that the doctors were be unable to separate them and worried they would not survive. We're happy to inform you that the the girls are still alive and being cared for by the intensive care unit of a Chongqing hospital. more ›

The birth of a pair of conjoined twins who share a single body has stunned doctors in Suining, Sichuan province. The girls were delivered by caesarean section and weighed 9 pounds. While the twins have separate spines and oesophaguses, they share all other major organs and hence separating them would be impossible, say doctors. The parents of the girls, both migrant farmers, say they had never wanted the child as they were not sure if they were able to afford it but doctors did not detect the abnormality in the baby until a few days before birth. The top priority now for doctors though is to keep the twins alive. more ›

• Just as a reminder, A Nice Set, the artistic placemat exhibition, starts tomorrow at 7pm! We'll be there, snapping pics of the artists and the Neocha Edge people! Check our calendar for more details. [Neocha Edge]
• Also happening this weekend is the Shanghai Sevens, Shanghai's first major international rugby sevens competition. We could care less about the rugby, but we'll be hollerin' at the rugby players all weekend. [Ultimate Rugby Sevens]
• Meanwhile, if you love pie (and who doesn't?), you could always head out to Kommune Cafe tonight to eat FREE ones, made by the delectable Shanghai Pie Company, tonight. You can even join the competition to eat as many pies as you can in 10 minutes. Scarf it up! [Urbanatomy]

...two abandoned conjoined twin girls who will undergo separation surgery tomorrow at Shanghai Children's Hospital. Six-month-old Sui Jianshuang and Sui Jianlian are connected from the chest bone to the stomach for 15cm. They share a liver, but each has her own heart, lungs, kidneys and digestive system, making the chances of surviving a separation surgery better. The girls were abandoned outside an orphanage in Guangdong province, which then contacted Shanghai Children's Hospital about the possibility of surgery late last month. The hospital agreed to take on the case, and have also issued a country-wide alert for the parents to come forward. "We want their parents to show up so they can have a real family," a hospital official said. Awwwww! Source: Shanghai Daily more ›