Having not been to Hong Kong Plaza's M2 in years, we have no way of checking out how true this rumor is for ourselves, but after receiving an email from a Shanghaiist reader about it and, just days later, hearing another friend complain about the same thing happening... we thought it might be worth putting up. Even if there isn't a specific gang trying to steal your phones, this could be a reminder to keep close watch over your belongings when you're out at the club. more ›

For gay men around the world, the gym is always a potential hunting ground, and, no, not this type of hunting. Shanghai is no different from any other metropolis in this regard (but is put to shame by this place in “conservative” Singapore, which Shanghaiist believes to be the only 24-hour gay gym with foam parties in Asia ... please leave a comment if we’re wrong!). more ›

Shanghaiist's gym is moving. And since we found out about this rather abruptly -- and there's a decent chance it might be your gym, as well -- we figured we'd spread the word. We go to the Megafit on the corner of Huaihai Zhong Lu and Danshui Lu, not too far from the Huangpi Nan Lu metro stop. Not a bad gym. Spacious and clean (well, save for that rat we saw there a little more than a year ago). Shanghaiist chose Megafit for its windows, a big wall of them overlooking Huaihai. Time goes by faster on the elliptical machine when you can watch one almost-accident after another down on the busy street. more ›