• Apple Daily strikes again - this time bringing us the CG video rendition of that off-duty cop who was killed by too much "ganbei" and declared a martyr by his boss. His boss has now been fired. [ESWN]


• Mark MacKinnon talks to Feng Zhenghu, the Shanghainese activist currently stuck in Narita Airport in Tokyo. [The Globe and Mail]


• The ongoing gangster trials in Chongqing have now extended to the gangsters' lawyers. One in particular, Li, allegedly demanded to be paid 20 to 30 million to help one man avoid a death sentence. [WSJ]

Snooker is often billed as a gentleman's sport and, as we all know, two crucial characteristics for being a gentleman include being gracious in defeat and showing impeccable manners. Or so we thought. Apparently Shanghaiist's interpretation of gentlemanly behaviour differs somewhat from that of China's Today Morning Express, after they reported that Ronnie O'Sullivan "kept his gentlemanly manners" during a post-match press conference at Beijing's China Open snooker tournament this week. Having watched the video embedded here (following a tip from Shanghaiist reader Rob), where the Essex-born potter repeatedly makes lewd references and compares his microphone to his penis, we're not sure we entirely agree with the Express' assessment. more ›