Pizza Marzano, a restaurant whose choice to use “French Concession” in their promo material caused an outrage amongst patriotic netizens, was fined by Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administration (SICA). SICA said that Pizza Marzano had “hurt the feelings of Chinese people”, an often heard phrase which has once again kicked up a flurry of discussion on Weibo and Twitter. more ›

The Shanghai Daily reports that Pizza Marzano was fined the steep haircut of 47,500RMB for violating advertising laws in China. The Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administration ruled Pizza Marzano had hurt the feelings of Chinese people™ by listing "French Concession" as their address in promotional material, a term now newly politicized in a year already fraught with political tension. more ›

The Commie-bashing Red Dawn remake (whose offensive shenanigans we covered here), has hit a snag: it may not be released on November 24, as planned. more ›

Sina.com had a survey up about the recent Christie's auction, in which two bronze animal heads looted from the Summer Palace in the 1719th century fetched 15.7 million euros. The survey results, translated into English, were thus: more ›