Though it's almost 2012, there's still time for more brawls in 2011 right? On December 28th, around 10pm, a pretty nasty brawl broke out between chengguan and some vendors outside a Xujiahui mall here in Shanghai. more ›

With just nine minutes left in the fourth quarter of a friendly basketball match between Georgetown University and Bayi Rockets, an insane brawl erupted between the two teams at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Beijing yesterday. The match was part of a series of goodwill events scheduled to coincide with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit, but fortunately, Biden was not present at this match. Or that would have been kinda awkward. more ›

At 10:30pm on the evening of July 31st, passengers on a Beijing Metro Line 1 subway train reverted to all-out fisticuffs, as opposed to the finger-pointing and shouting that usually occurs during public arguments in China. The incident occurred when the train was stopped at Line 1's Sihui Station (四惠站), and apparently began as a result of passengers fighting for seats. Perhaps a move to post 'Enter at your own risk' signs at subway entrances in catfight-happy cities like Beijing and Shanghai wouldn't be such a bad idea. more ›

Well, it looks like the unthinkable has happened. Last Saturday night at the Century Avenue metro station, a security inspector roughed up a passenger for refusing to go through the security check. Witnesses recorded the mayhem and shared it online. As a result, the guard and his superiors were removed from their posts. more ›

We showed you pictures the other day of the crazy queues that were seen outside Apple stores in Beijing and Shanghai for the China launch of the iPad2 , but we still haven't gotten around to telling you about the crazy riot that ensued at the Beijing Sanlitun store. According to the AFP: "Four people were taken to hospital and a glass door smashed as a near-riot broke out at Beijing's top Apple store among crowds rushing to snap up the popular iPad 2 tablet computer, according to state press. Angry consumers began rushing the store on Saturday afternoon after a 'foreign' Apple employee allegedly stepped into the crowd to push and beat people suspected of queue jumping." more ›

A male foreigner received a beating from bystanders on the Guangzhou subway recently for his obnoxious behaviour. Before he boarded the train, said eyewitnesses, the man had had a knife confiscated at security checkpoint. On the train, he began yelling at other passengers, calling them prostitutes, and flipping the bird at them. Later on in the altercation, a young Chinese woman who speaks English stepped in to try to talk some sense into the young man, but he would not listen, flipping her cell phone out of her hands, at which point a male passenger totally lost it -- and began attacking him. The incident ended at the next station when the foreigner took his belongings and got off the train.
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‘Gays’ crack nearly causes international incident, says the Shanghai Daily

A CHINESE man nearly started an unintended fight with an overseas sailor when he greeted him in poorly chosen English words. more ›

ChinaSmack translates a post found on Tianya (now deleted) on a violent fight between Japanese and Chinese students at the Shanghai International Studies University that's said to have taken place on Monday:

At present, the police, including the special police present, have already dispatched 10 police vehicles to maintain order, and the gathered crowd has just dispersed. more ›