Our good friend Adam Minter just received a gift from the Shanghai government that had us scrambling to our own mailboxes. Unfortunately, it seems like they've yet to hit our apartment complex, so we'll take his word for it: somebody's stuffing the mail with books on fitness and a waist measuring tape. more ›

Yao Ming, already do-gooder around town and anti-sharks fin activist, is now tackling another problem: smoking. The basketball superstar will now be acting as spokesperson for a new nationwide anti-smoking drive. He'll be delivering public service announcements to discourage people from lighting up and he'll be preaching the no smoke gospel with folk music singer Peng Liyuan, wife of China vice-president Xi Jinping and recent star of the 60th Anniversary gala. more ›