Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn, mad professors behind the virtual band Gorillaz, have produced their own take on the Chinese epic "Journey to the East West." The animation was to promote the BBC's coverage of the Olympics, and in our book it's as awesome as the rest of their oeuvre. Oddly enough, we kept getting bounced from the Youtube clips, so we thought it was banned, but here it is on Youku. Oh well, enjoy. more ›

Since Shanghaiist kicked off in July this year, we've inflicted opinion after opinion on you, our faithful readership. Here comes a whole bunch more. more ›