The Shanghai stock market hit its largest one-day drop in the past 12 months, prompting Newsweek to worry about China's volatile economy as U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced intentions for "robust engagement" aka whining about trade deficit, bullying the PRC to revalue its currency and, if all else fails, tattling to the World Trade Organization.A local clinic was http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080611/article_362763.htm"> sued for 230,000 RMB for failing to inform a mother of the possibility of a......

News from the subway in the past couple weeks:"Can't the city give some street performers some space?" - Street performers in Shanghai are often lumped together with beggars as public nuisances, but often they are just free spirits chasing a musical dream. One cited example are Tuotuo and A-qing, a couple of guys who play the guitar and sing every evening at the City Plaza Mall in Jing'an, often attracting a crowd of mostly young......

Got this from Peter, a possibly drunk Shanghaiist reader in Qingdao: Am I the only one in Shanghai who thinks the EXPO mascot HaiBao looks like Mr. Towelie from South Park? Every time I see a poster in Shanghai I think of Mr Towelie's trademark line "Anybody wanna get high?" What's the verdict, readers? Also on Shanghaiist Shanghai World Expo mascot unveiled! Ack! The Shanghai World Expo mascot is multiplying! We admit it: This photo......

We can see it now. Fast-forward to 2010. An ancient Tibetan god called Gozer arrives atop an apartment building near Xintiandi in Shanghai, where it tells the neighborhood's restaurateurs that the next thing they think of will be the form Gozer will assume to destroy their world. Despite their efforts to clear their minds, Bob Boyce imagines Haibao, the irksome mascot of the 2010 World Expo. As he explains, Haibao "just popped in there" as......