The Daily Mail recently came to Shanghai for a lovely weekend jaunt and loved it (yay!). But the write up made me do a bit of a double take. Never mind that there's no "French District," how about the description of their trip in: "After being greeted at the airport by our hosts, our first taste of this New World was the Maglev train into town. at 260mph, it leaves the Heathrow Express standing and we were in the city centre inside eight minutes. A short cab ride then took us to the boutique JIa Hotel on central Nanjing Road, our base for the duration." more ›

Yes, yes, the Daily Mail is not perhaps the bastion of great journalism, but there were three things I found annoying in their story about Pang Ya, a two-year-old who weighs a whopping 91lbs. more ›

Xinhua: Spielberg slashed by Chinese, but his movies still admired more ›

Britain's most tiresome newspaper the Daily Mail has a typically sober and balanced report on a new animal show in Xiamen, Fujian (presumably HaiCang Safari Park). more ›

Shanghaiist loves Bao Xishun, the world's tallest man. Our favourite newly-wed has previously been featured on Shanghaiist for the bizarre use of his long limbs to extract plastic from a dolphin's gullet. more ›

Late last year, Shanghaiist ran several stories on the abhorrent Animal Olympics event held in Shanghai. Such was the media and public backlash against this event, we didn't expect to see performances of its ilk again in Shanghai. Optimists like us are often proven wrong. Shanghai Wild Animal Park, the organisers of last year's Animal Olympics, appear to be up to their old tricks. more ›