20 contestants competed recently for the title of Miss Asia at the ATV 20th Miss Asia Awards in the tourist destination of Haikou in Hainan province, which included novel beauty pageant flourishes like pole-dancing, and a game show segment which involved wheelchairs, rubber chickens, and meat preparation by contestants wearing bikinis. more ›

In Chinese, 春运 (chūnyùn) refers to the extremely high traffic load surrounding Spring Festival each year when millions of Chinese make the trip home to visit their families and spend time in their hometowns. This year, 31.58 million are expected to travel, clogging China's roads and railways and testing the resolve and patience of workers and travelers alike. more ›

These pictures are the result of a photography contest by the United Nations Development Program and the Xinhua News Agency to raise awareness about child labor in Liangshan county, Sichuan province. more ›

Similar to the Empty Chairs gallery published a few months ago, a gallery put together by Xinhua highlights the "One Family, Two Places" (一家两地) phenomenon of China's migrant workers. Approximately 58 million children are left behind by parents who move away to seek employment. Migrants are often barred from bringing their families due to the Hukou household registration system. more ›

We'll end our coverage today with a series of photos remembering the 300,000 who lost their lives 74 years ago in Nanjing during the uncertain and tumultuous time that was the Second World War. more ›

Since 2007 Paulaner Brauhaus has brought a taste of a Bavarian Christmas market to Shanghai. Christmas markets have their roots in medieval Bavaria, when locals would gather in the snowy public squares of their hometowns to drink wine, eat bratwurst, chat with their neighbors, and buy small gifts from numerous stands. more ›

Migrant workers and elderly digging through waste bins for plastic bottles in Shanghai is no uncommon sight, but in Xingtai City in Hebei, over 70 people spend their lives scavenging around a garbage dump to earn their daily wages. more ›

Beijing residents woke up to a smatter of snowfall (as announced around Twitter: Acid snow!) this morning, and those of us in Shanghai are likewise chilling out in our apartments and offices. more ›

On November 27, nearly one million students sat for the 2012 Chinese civil service exam at 31 different test sites simultaneously. more ›

If you're at all in tune with the 'nets then you're probably already exceedingly familiar with the infamous Yao Ming face above, also known as the "Fuck That" face. more ›

Thousands of protestors from Wukan village marched today in what appears to be a well-organised, peaceful demonstration in Guangdong's Lufeng city. They carried colourful banners with slogans against corrupt government officials and dictatorship as they demanded for the return of their farmland: more ›

Chinese netizens have begun stripping down to their birthday suits and posting their nude pictures on the internet after dissident-artist Ai Weiwei announced Friday that Beijing police were now investigating his assistant Zhao Zhao for "spreading pornography online". At the centre of the investigations appears to be a picture entitled "One Tiger, Eight Breasts" which Zhao took last year of Ai Weiwei and four women, all of them nude. more ›

Residents of Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu, gathered spontaneously to mourn those who were killed in the school bus tragedy, in which a severely overloaded school bus collided with a truck, leaving more than 20 killed and dozens more injured. more ›

Clothing company Benetton has done it again with yet another unorthodox ad campaign. In its latest UNHATE series, president Hu Jintao locks lips with Barack Obama in a photoshopped image. more ›

And it's yet another sex culture festival! Ogle the girls modeling the latest lingerie fashions, check out the assorted condoms, sex toys and other marital aids, and then amble home to put them to the test. Sounds like a weekend well spent! more ›

Guangxi, Beihai's Female Militia Company has a fine tradition of being a militia group. "For the past several decades, the women's militia company has always trained hard, maintained high spirits, and shown bravery. The group has received high commendations over 70 times." more ›

Maternity and Child Care Center of Shaanxi Province (陕西省妇幼保健院) has set up the 1st human sperm bank inside Northwestern China. Men come to this sperm bank not only to donate their sperms, but also to save them for future use more ›

After showing up on campus for the first time last week, Yao Ming officially attended his first classes yesterday, two months late into the semester. After speculation over his intended major a few months ago, it is now confirmed that he is enrolled in the Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiaotong University, but will also study finance and journalism. Pictures of him concentrating/looking confused have since flooded local media, along with an adorable video of his first day back at school. more ›

We'd like to thank everyone for coming out to the Shanghaiist & BEAN Halloween Party at Cargo JJ on Friday night. We, for one, took advantage of the all-you-can-drink deal to disastrous effect, and most people we talked to had themselves a grand old time. more ›