Any takers for this cool piece of shit?
Virtual cockpit for flight simulation on sale at Craigslist's Shanghai listings
Shanghai ex getting revenge on Craigslist
And here we thought Shanghai Craigslist would never get as interesting as its New York version. In a recent posting entitled "Betraying ex' expensive stuff and life style in Shanghai for sale!" a scorned Chinese woman is trying to make some extra cash from a recent break-up:
Searching for: KTV manager. Salary: Ka-ching!
Normally, job postings on Las Vegas' Craigslist for nightclub managers would never catch our attention. Make that nightclub a KTV disco nightclub and put it in Shanghai, and we start to get curious. Make the annual salary for said position between $100k and $400k USD, and we're printing out résumés:
"Topless bar staff required" in Shanghai
Via CraigsList: "Young, sexy, flirtations staff required for a new topless bar - Pudong." Curiously, the ad doesn't specify a preferred gender for applicants — go get 'em, guys. (And yes, as far as we know, topless bars are illegal in China.)
Cultural Learnings of Blogosphere for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of -ist-a-verse
is a hit. It's getting rave reviews, grossing millions, and definitely the most quotable thing we've seen in ages. But Borat seems to have missed most of the -ist cities, and we were all wondering how the film would have been different if he'd made his way around the world on the -ist tour.
We're sorry we didn't get to share PLA Day with you
August 1 was a strange day here at Shanghaiist. Our site was normal and accessible to pretty much the entire world, including China ... except for most people living in Shanghai. This was, obviously, somewhat of a concern to us, seeing how the majority of our readers are in Shanghai and all of our active contributors live in Shanghai -- thus, we were unable to update the site for you yesterday.
This week in -ist: What's happening around the Gothamist Network
San Francisco is proud host of a new reality show called How to Get the Guy that's unfortunately not a descendant of Will and Grace, Queer Eye, The L Word, American Idol etc. Also a biodefence lab is coming to the East Bay and SFist teaches wine pairing.
This week in -ist: What’s happening around the Gothamist Network
LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other.
This week in -ist: What's happening around the Gothamist Network
LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow.
This week in -ist: What's happening around the Gothamist Network
Torontoist throws down the gauntlet and challenges all comers: pillow fight, bitch. They also stand up for a fellow blogger taking heat from the TTC and welcome city-wide WiFi.
eBay to launch PayPal in China this year
We all know that eBay loves it some China. Well, soon it will be easier for China to love eBay back. eBay will launch PayPal in the electronic-payment-challenged country "within the year." The Motley Fool said this of PayPal's impending China debut: "It's a proven entity that now seems likely to enter an unproven yet potentially riveting new region." But the folks at Alibaba.com, which owns Taobao.com, eBay's top China competition, aren't exactly shaking in their boots. Said Alibaba spokesman Porter Erismann, "We're ready, we're prepared and not very concerned because they've got a lot of catching up to do." Oh snap! The online auction site gloves are off!

