Everyone's counting down to something these days. So whether you're waiting for Chinese New Year, warmer weather, or the day the iPad (or its clone) is in your hands, here are some events this week to tide you over until those glorious days arrive. more ›

Congratulations BEAN and all of you in Shanghai. Saturday night's reggaeton drink-a-thon saw roughly 600 people come through Cotton's on Xinhua's doors, and pull 63,000RMB out of their pockets to donate to Haiti. Thank you Shanghai community, for opening your hearts and your wallets to this cause! In case you haven't had enough of exercising your charitable spirit, there are still more ways to help out coming up! more ›

In Shanghaiist's Philanthropist feature, we highlight individuals and groups doing interesting things to make the world a little bit of a better place. This week we talk to the president of BEAN, a professional organization which combines networking and community service more ›

We know a lot of you have been racking your brains, trying to figure out how else you can help the ongoing relief efforts in Port au Prince. While we've outlined some of the ways you can donate in this article, city-wide volunteer organization BEAN is now organizing a way to donate while having fun with friends: A reggaeton party on Saturday with all proceeds going to the Red Cross Haiti fund. more ›