After their great series of stories about the Chinese media last week entitled "Brand China", National Public Radio (NPR) show, On the Media, has done another great story explaining exactly how the Chinese internet works and what role the internet plays in Chinese society. The show includes interviews with Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei and internet specialist, Rebecca MacKinnon, and can be downloaded or streamed for free. Transcripts of the show are also available for free.......

By Kenneth Tan and David Feng Not good news: Tudou may be in for a squashing by the Chinese mainland authorities, specifically, the State Administration for Radio, Film and Television. A Sohu IT report claims that the presence of porn -- a big no-no on the Chinese Internet -- was all that it took for the potato (which is the Chinese translation of "tudou") to be squashed. The squashing is long-term and has no set......

Compiled by Shanghaiist Staff Shanghai Eye has gleefully reported the demise of News Views Reviews in a recent post:Rumour has it Shanghai’s NVR magazine, a rip off of the week, is no more. Most nodding dogs agree, this was likely to happen. Owner Thats Shanghai is looking pretty ropey too, and now comes with a "RMB 18" price sticker. Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei picked up the story and put the boot in:The idea of doing......

We were right. The Olympic Bible ban controversy would spill over. And it has, in a most unbelievably crazy fashion. More ill-informed Christian and Catholic news media have given legs to the story. Somewhere along the way, the rumour became a fact, and a debate has made its way to the hallowed halls of the US Congress! Senator Lindsey Graham has made a complete idiot of himself by calling up the Chinese Ambassador to the......

Shanghaiist is somewhat of a frequent flyer to Beijing, and because he isn't employed by some big multinational but rather runs his own little business, he can only afford to put himself on cattle class and often has to scour the internet for the cheapest available deals. We especially love this nifty little function on eLong.com which shows you the cheapest available flight within a week of your selected departure date. That has worked to......

Remember we told you about how Xinhua had mistakenly illustrated a story on the causes of the debilitating disease multiple sclerosis with an X-ray photo of Homer Simpson's brain? We would have LOVED for it to stay on, but alas, the offending picture has now been taken off, thanks or no thanks to Chris O'Brien of Beijing Newspeak, who works for Xinhua's Dui Wai Bu (Home News for Overseas Service Department), a completely separate department......

The digital lifestyle is upon us, and thanks to Web 2.0 the onus is on you to be a producer as well as a consumer. Two conferences in that spirit are coming up in the next month. This weekend Shanghai will be host to its first ever barCamp, the ad hoc tech lifestyle “un-conference” where every attendee is encouraged to participate either as a speaker, organizer, or active listener. The action kicks off at 6......

The world seems to be (perenially) on its way to hell in a handbasket, and yet sweet baby Jesus is taking his precious time to come back and make things better. In the meantime, however, there are people taking a more proactive stance. Here's something that you know could never happen in China, much less in Shanghai: Over a thousand youngsters declared their commitment to be a pure and holy follower of Christ, saying "No"......

Newsweek has story Shanghaiist can relate to this week. It's called "The Drifter" and has a subhead "Young expats looking for adventure and opportunity are being drawn to China, where the economy is booming, rents are cheap and skills in short supply." The story tells us that "China seems to be awash in expats who seem content to drift from one job to another before landing something that catches their fancy." Who is the lead......

It's nice to know that our city's English-language daily newspaper likes to read our city's blogs. Last week, we ran a post called "Raise your hand if you don't have a video blog" a brief look at the burgeoning vidblog scene. Two of the three blogs we mentioned were Beijing-based Danwei TV Fuzhou-based Ron Sims, who we learned of via Sinosplice. Today, Shanghai Daily has a story entitled "Be a DIY star on your own......

Ever wonder what your favorite China bloggers look and sound like in the flesh? No? Well, what if they were wearing a hard hat and talking into a boom microphone? Our friends from the north, Danwei, have launched Danwei TV, a classy looking video blog that files reports from around China's capital. Here is how Jeremy Goldkorn (pictured) describes the first installment: The short program shows the current state of four of Beijing's new mega......