In honor of Science and Environment Day today (Saturday), Sagevision and the Ruijin Community Cultural Center, are erecting a ‘Community Trash Art Mural’ in Fuxing Park. They aim to “create public awareness and interest regarding the impact of trash on the environment in China and the world.” Shanghaiist has diligently been washing our plastic and metal trash and storing it for this big day. Participants will watch a short video on a product’s life cycle......

The environment Shanghai Daily: People's Square set to shine with solar power Xinhua: Chilling effect from Great Hall of the People China Daily: Shanghai running out of cemeteries New York Times: A Shanghai Hotel Goes Green China Digital Times: More Than Four in Five Chinese Glaciers Retreating - People Online China Digital Times: Deal With Global Warming: Try Not to Divorce - China Youth Daily Travel AFP: China produces first home-grown bullet train: report......

Yet another weekend has arrived, and seems a lot of people have been talking about the opening of the Shelter. They are holding a 'soft opening' tonight and hosting Dex, from the Underground Resistance, tomorrow. For those of you who are in the mood for more of a visual than some dude spinning on the decks (or laptop), there are plenty of live shows to choose from. Just down the street from the Shelter are......

Heres' a public service announcement to (illegal) satellite TV users from Shanghaiist: Don't put stuff on top of your satellite receiver box. We had gotten in the habit of placing the occasional DVD or DVD sleeve on top of our satellite box, which is covered by a bunch of small vents. Not long ago, while working at our computer (surprise, surprise) at around 1 am, we heard a popping noise coming from near the TV......

According to recent rumors we've heard, tickets are on sale this week for the biggest show of the year (in our humble opinion), The Beyoncé Experience! Beyoncé (aka Beyoncé Knowles), the 27-year old singer, model, and actress, is currently one of the biggest superstars in America. She began her career with the ginormously successful all-girl group Destiny's Child and has been just as prosperous as a solo artist. She brings her world tour called The......

OK, we all know about the Great Wall, the Great Firewall and the Great Green Wall. All that is old news now. Get this: China is now building a 6 million yuan, 40-kilometer (25-mile) long, 1 meter (3.3 feet) high wall around Dongting Lake in Hunan Province to guard against the 2 billion field mice that have been on the run from the flooded Yangtse River. Already, the mice have destroyed about 520,000 hectares (1.3......

Shanghaiist is in a panic. Our Enjoy card expires on Saturday and we have a million (OK, not really, but it seems like it) coupons left in our book and they are all useless by tomorrow midnight. After swapping vouchers like baseball cards with other coupon clippers, the plan for today is to maximize our discounts to the fullest extent for 12 hours or more… 9:00am Buy one get one free breakfast at Kabb 10:30am......

The Private Property Party "China Digital Times has noted a Wall Street Journal article that reports on heightened sensitivities around the subject - sensitivities that may have resulted in the current issue of the business magazine Caijing being pulled and revised." China lawmaker wants Forbidden City free of Starbucks "A member of China's parliament has demanded the immediate closure of a Starbucks coffee shop set up inside Beijing's Forbidden City, the Xinhua news agency......

There's a few things in this life that start with the letter M that Shanghaiist doesn't like. Malingerers, marmite, and men with no moustache but full beards (OK, the last one is a bit of a stretch M-wise). Some would say that these are irrational and ill-conceived categorisations, but there is another one on the list that isn't — and that is mosquitoes. And it looks like Shanghaiist isn't going to enjoy our coming summer......

"Lost in Beijing" seeks OK from China censors "After seven days spent re-editing the adult drama 'Lost in Beijing,' producer Fang Li said Friday that he and director Li Yu have agreed on 65% of the cuts requested by China's Film Bureau. The movie is scheduled for a February 16 premiere at the Berlin Film Festival." James Bond arrives in China - not shaken not stirred "Craig chatted with fans and signed autographs at......

How big will the Shanghai premiere of Casino Royale be tomorrow night at Shanghai Film Art Center? Well, the stars of the movie will actually be there. And that doesn't happen too often — last month, Edward Norton flew to Beijing for a Painted Veil press conference, but didn't make the trip for the premiere in Shanghai the following day. Daniel Craig, 007 himself, and Bond girl Eva Green are slated to appear at the......

Shanghai plaintiff files wrongful death claim against Eastman in Madison County "Clevenger claims from the first moment his boss mentioned an international assignment, he responded that he and his family would go anywhere in the world except China." Interesting story. Ax In China TV Ads, In Nod to Muslims Porcine Prohibition "'China is a multiethnic country,' the network's ad department said in a notice sent to ad agencies late Tuesday. 'To show respect to......

We used to work with an English girl named Catherine who would speak of "Eau de Shanghai" in a joking manner whenever we would walk past an alleyway that exuded one of our city's more heinous distinctive smells. We think Catherine would be amused by a product we discovered today — yes, Shanghai Perfume. Evidently, it's been around since 2003. Here's a sampling of the product descriptions: "Shanghai comes in EDP SPR 1.7oz Launched by......

It may be the pariah for self-respecting filmmakers (and film buffs) everywhere, but if it’s true that there’s no business like show business, then, the Oscars are anything but irrelevant. Case in point: The recent announcement that China will have not one, but two of its own submitted for consideration in the crapshoot otherwise known as the Best Foreign Film category. Of course, it never hurts when you’re able to find a loophole in the......

Late last month, we told you about the Shanghai Wild Animal Olympics, and we probably didn't infuse the post with the proper amount of outrage. Thankfully, some commenters picked up our slack and even directed readers to the animalsasia.org website, which includes information on how you can help put an end to such disgusting displays. We will now quote that information here: What we are doing AAF is writing to the Mayor of Shanghai calling......

As fall settles in and another calendar page gets turned, thoughts turn from bbq's and vacations to holidays and the realization that '06 is coming to an end. With all that going on, with change in the air, we wonder what is it that made that makes the -ists ponder? Phillyist is concerned that the war on Trans fats could affect it's beloved cheese steak sandwiches, something for which we should all be concerned.......

Torontoist visits the site of a new Frank Gehry structure, stalks "the elusive Bahamas streetcar", and watches Tom Green get surgery. Phillyist rejoices in the Phillies' wild card chances, mourns the injuries sustained by Eagles defensive end Jevon Kearse, and goes pirate on our asses. SFist notes that Guns and Roses were in town, that San Franciscans are taking over reality TV, and that the San Francisco Chronicle's skills of original nomenclature could use some......

Ever felt like you want to “escape from the modern city of Shanghai”? And drench yourself in “a captivating jungle experience unlike any other?” If your answer is “yes” and “yes”, then we have heard of just the spot for you. No, it’s not the wilds of Tanzania, nor the Amazon Rainforest -- we are, of course, talking about the newly opened Lucky Greens Miniature Golf Course, located on the sixth floor of the Cloud......

Everyone's favourite blogger (and rightly so), John at Sinosplice, worries about racial slurs of the optic variety.Not a blog we admit, but the Chinese Pod community is chatting about how to work on Mandarin Chinese pronunciation.Sunny Side Up finds good reasons why Chinese people think that they dislike western food, and has a drool-inducing image too.Danwei gives us some stats on how the local fast-food market is as saturated with Tujia pizzas as that very......

A reader removed himself long enough from sipping tea outside at a place called Abundant Green Garden to take these photos with a camera phone. Next door, Hengshan Cafe, at 308 Hengshan Lu, was on fire. Evidently the same cafe closed last year due to fire damage, as well. More photos here.......

Aline bought two "tiny and fast" hamsters and recently had a "crazy night".Seven Castles gives us an interesting history lesson on Kung Fu, as well as Shanghai Stadium and Ruan Lingyu (we don't know what the connection is either).My Green Head tells us what's been going on at the gym.John Sinosplice saw a dog die and a man make money from it.Wanbro will tear you a new everything if you say either Peking or Canton,......

Seems like our weekend plans have taken a nose dive after we found out that the men who would be drugging us and then cutting up our ugly faces aren't actually qualified to do it. None of the surgeons at Shanghai's private plastic surgery clinics are professionally qualified, a cosmetic surgeon of 20 years' standing told Interfax. Fan Zhihong, director of Renji Plastic Surgery Center, made his claims in the light of a survey by......

If you choose to undergo the necessary procedures for hiring a car, or even easier, borrowing a friends, then where to go? The best places for day trips around Shanghai are Hangzhou, Suzhou, Yangcheng Lake (in Suzhou) and Zhouzhuang. Yangcheng lake is a very popular day-trip for the locals, as the lake is famous for its delicious crabs. Go in October to December for the best crabs. To drive there, you just need to get......

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That's a phrase all men yearn to hear. Wish granted! ... thanks to some brilliant minds in -- you guessed it -- Guangdong province. According to a very vague Xinhua photo caption, a condom-in-a-can (or, if you prefer, it's sexed-up official name: "Nanometer-silver Cryptomorphic Condom") has been approved by Guangdong's "drug administration," and somehow that means it can now be sold throughout China. The man pictured is the proud owner of a spray condom in......

So, we were on our way to work last week when a nice young lad in front of our office building asked us if we would like some coffee. We’re thinking, “What the …” Then he handed us a sample with a stick of gum in it, yes, a stick of gum. He thought he’d outsmarted us into taking one of the worst ideas of the world and holding it in the palm of our......

The VIP Room filled up quickly Thursday night as several hundred locals and a healthy smattering of Scandinavian expats gathered for an all too rare night of Finnish electro. It was clear no one knew quite what to expect. Obviously Absolut Vodka’s local marketing manager -- the event’s sponsor -- didn’t. She spent half Ovali Virta’s show asking Shanghaiist whether it was a "successful" performance. Cleaning Women (pictured) were first up. Three guys on......