Bored housewives, teenagers, and grandparents in Liaoning got a special treat yesterday by being witness to the world's first ever Plants vs Zombies flash mob! The game, which is hugely popular here in China, has already had live action reenactment and tributes on comedy TV shows, so seeing choreographed and costumed groups of mobile video game characters in a shopping mall doesn't seem quite so strange. more ›

Oh no! Apparently we haven't been checking Chinasmack enough recently because we completely missed out on this Michael Jackson tribute. On July 12th, at 5pm, a bunch of fans gathered at People's Square on Xizang Lu and Nanjing Lu to “complete MJ's unfinished dance” in one minute. So for a total of 60 seconds, a crowd of people jamoned and moonwalked and crotch grabbed and acted completely crazy! more ›

Shanghaiist braved the crappy weather last Saturday to take in the sight of people bashing each other with pillows for no discernible reason. We arrived with hopes of massive pillow-based armies clashing heroically on the battlefield of the Shanghai Sculpture Space. Reality was somewhat less grandiose as maybe 30 - 40 people showed up to fight, with probably another 20 or 30 people cheering from the sidelines (not including some bemused security guards). Also, due to rain, the event was held under the entrance roof instead of open warfare among the sculptures themselves. more ›

The Shanghai location for the Worldwide Pillow Fight Day has been announced by the guys from Bad Cat Productions! Now, before we get to this, let's remember the PSB's distaste for public mass gatherings. Observe the rules (see below) and be sensible. Remember the one about bailing after 15 minutes maximum. The time is almost the same as on the official website: 15.03 on Saturday. The official message says to wait for a countdown. And now for the location ... the lawn in front of Shanghai Sculpture Space. more ›

Editor's Note: This is an update to that flash mob we told you about earlier. The writer was the organiser of the event. more ›

From Matt Seigal of catshanghai.com:

There was a message floating around to meet on Nanjing Dong Lu outside the Sofitel at 3pm in order to stand still for five minutes. Passers by look amused and the police appeared rather baffled. I was going to join in, but I didn’t want to pass a chance to film the event on my cellphone. The event was great fun.