This may be old news (in fact, according to this link, it's almost three-year-old news) but we just learned over the weekend that McDonald's delivers in Shanghai, so we thought perhaps it would be new to some of you, too. We're not sure if every McDonald's in town delivers, but the one we were at in Yu Yuan (don't ask) does. The sign says they deliver between 9 am and 9 pm and require a minimum order of 50 kuai -- which means Shanghaiist won't be getting delivery anytime soon, since the only reason we ever go to McDonald's is for their ice cream. more ›

America's favorite action star and advocate for the mentally handicapped, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, isn't the only US governor on a trade mission to China this week. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is here too, just nobody seems to notice. AFX reports: more ›

Shanghaiist has fond memories of ritualistic post-swimming-practice trips to the Dairy Queen for a Peanut Buster Parfait. We remember these trips being almost a daily occurence. Oh, to be young again in the pre-mandatory-nutrition-information-labels United States! Our metabolism now is not quite what it was when we were 8, so we'll have to make our trips to Shanghai's three Dairy Queens much less frequent. Wait -- Shanghai has three Dairy Queens? You betcha. All of them are new this year. No more traveling to Beijing just for a Blizzard! (Shanghaiist never did that ... and if we did, we wouldn't admit it.) more ›