On April 17th, former Chinese President and death-defying octogenarian Jiang Zemin was seen scuffling into a Beijing office. On his heels for this rare face-to-face meeting was, strangely enough, slicked-back CEO cutout and Starbucks head-honcho Howard Schultz. more ›

“When the lights go down in the city, and the sun shines on the bay …” While we pay tribute to the great 80s band Journey and our friends at SFist, Shanghaiist brings you this interesting tidbit, announced by Yang Xiong, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai, on Wednesday: more ›