It's been a long year filled with trivial fun, the best of which involves the antics of celebrities, musicians, writers, and generally anyone involved in the creation of China's vibrant culture. From poetry to death hoaxes, we've garnered a lot of enjoyment from covering the diaspora of China's creative zeitgeist. And in honor of the multitudinous wonderful, scandalous and noteworthy things we've watched, experienced and digested over the past year, here's a short breakdown of our favorite gems of cultural news. more ›

In our ongoing Threesday feature, Shanghaiist takes the time to count out three of well... whatever catches their fancy that week. This week: Shanghai-themed costumes we'd be super psyched to see gracing our Halloween party on Saturday. more ›

From Jonathan Cruysberghs of the Facebook group "Daft fcked - hidden concert SCAM! info and update in here":

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• LAist watched with the rest of the city as a man in a white Bentley led cops on a 3-hour chase that ended with the driver--no, not Chris Brown, and not DJ Khaled--fatally shooting himself in the head.
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Shanghai's beat-banging stalwarts were remarking earlier in the week that: more ›

Because it looks like it may have been a hoax after all. more ›

Update: IT'S A HOAX? Daft Punk is headed to Shanghai for one night only on February 13th... and you don't get to know where until the morning of the concert. You've got to head over to the 2nd floor of 58 Taicang Lu (near Xintiandi) to pre-book your ticket, give them 500RMB and keep your phone at ready on Wednesday. more ›