This self-orientalizing piece of crap has a few good moments. Since they are few and far between, we'll just tell you what they are. Li Bing Bing plays the white-haired witch, and has the best lines in the movie, like "all men are liars" (this line rendered in Chinese, as 天下男人都是騙子), and, as a retort to Liu Yifei's "I should have killed you, witch" Li Bingbing says something like "I'll kill you first, bitch!". We......

Think Rocky V, but during the Olympics. Jackie Chan, 54, will engage in some kind of fighting? boxing? kung fu? exhibition against Tszyu, 38, a welterweight boxer from Russia and former Olympian. However, as this is China's Olympics, we suspect that, like in the movies, Chan will triumph over the white man in the final, climactic scene. If he's in top form, he might be able to rescue some Ming vases and other priceless artifacts......

Taikang Lu is best known for its quiet galleries, trendy cafes and relaxed atmosphere but hidden away inside Building Three are a group who take beating you into submission very seriously. Unlikely as it sounds, studio 311 is home to top Brazilian Jujitsu and MMA trainer Tony Eduardo Lima. Mixed Martial Arts encompasses several styles and professional competition circuits. American and Japanese fans follow big fights and big names in comps such as K-1, UFC......

...and we don't mean playing the role of a teacher in a film, we mean an actual teacher. No, really. Most of us know Jay Chou (周杰伦) – the mumbling Taiwanese R’n’B superstar – as that guy who stares blankly at us from Meters Bonwe adverts on the metro, but if you thought he was just another vacant celebrity then a reappraisal may be due, as Jay will soon take up the post of lecturer......

Every now and again, time and space just seem to line up in an incredible display of fate/coincidence (delete as appropriate). For months now, we have been trying to get to grips with the strange brand of Uncle Tom-ism on display in the Shanghai ex-pativerse. It has so many unique facets that it appears to defy summary or clear explanation. Then along came Matthew Polly who wrote American Shaolin, a book that sets it all......

Master Kai Uwe Pel has been a fixture on the Shanghai Kung Fu scene for nearly six years, working at the Jing Wu school and the Long Wu International Kung Fu Centre before finally going it alone in 2006. He has spent more than 25 years in Chinese martial arts. He lived and worked in Hong Kong and then Singapore where he studied Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu. Pre-war Shanghai was the site of......

Have you got an opinion? Starting this week, we will publish an opinion piece from readers on selected weekends, so if you feel like you've got something to get off your chest, email it to us at info AT shanghaiist DOT com and if we like it, we will publish it under this column. This week, a reader takes on That's Shanghai's Erik Peterson's review of Beijing punk band Snapline's new CD. All views expressed......

Jackie Chan, China's most famous actor/singer/producer/cartoon character/matchmaker (whew!) finds himself one sino-franchise poorer this week, as government officials have blocked mainland distribution of his newest flick, Rush Hour 3. E! News reports: The official word on why the Brett Ratner-directed sequel won't be making it to the big screen is that the country has already imported too many American films this year for it to be a profitable acquisition, but some officials are attributing the......

Shanghai's Science and Technology Museum is getting somewhat of a workout of late. Firstly, it hosted perhaps 2007's biggest bash, and then the news that Canadian entertainers Cirque du Soleil will perform their long-running Quidam show at the museum forecourt from June 28th. The shows will be performed inside a huge tent at a 2,000-square-meter site across from the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum in Pudong. Shanghai will be the only stop for the popular......

Last Saturday, Shanghaiist was invited to attend the unveiling of Shanghai's newest gallery space, m97. Once we negotiated the tricky shared building entrance, we made our way to the second floor and was immediately impressed by the physical space and airy nature of the gallery. The grand opening featured an exhibition of by emerging Beijing photographer and artist Jiang Zhi titled "Things Would Turn Simpler Once They Happened". Immediately we had diametrically opposing thoughts. "How......

The previous week's hits and misses Good Shanghaiist Halloween party: Like, duh. No one skimped out on the costumes either—though we’re still not sure who the dude wearing the pink wig, rainbow boa, and jingle-jangle pants was trying to be. Exiled: The latest from Shanghaiist fave Johnnie To is on the streets. Try telling us again why The Banquet deserved Hong Kong’s foreign film nod over this heatrock?Local Chinese food blog: It’s not particularly polished,......

Roller Revival tickets!...

Aline bought two "tiny and fast" hamsters and recently had a "crazy night".Seven Castles gives us an interesting history lesson on Kung Fu, as well as Shanghai Stadium and Ruan Lingyu (we don't know what the connection is either).My Green Head tells us what's been going on at the gym.John Sinosplice saw a dog die and a man make money from it.Wanbro will tear you a new everything if you say either Peking or Canton,......

Jackie Chan reportedly told The Times of India that "Asians should unite against American cinema." Chan, star of such American movies as Around the World in 80 Days, The Medallion, Shanghai Knights, The Tuxedo, Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2 and Shanghai Noon, went on to say, "Why do we need to ape their culture. I see an Indian saying 'Yo Man!' but that's not what Asian are about." He added, "Cinema reflects culture and there......

Welcome to China's (latest) new Cultural Revolution. The legendary Shaolin Temple will host a new Chinese reality show featuring the world's top Kung Fu masters. In the first stage, the show's producers will conduct a worldwide search for the top 108 Kung Fu masters. After weeks of international and domestic competition, 23 lucky contestants will converge on China's Shaolin Temple for the finals. Though we're disappointed to hear the Shaolin monks are banned from participating,......

It’s a known fact, kung fu is cool. Any dude that can take on 20 bloodthirsty enemies at once earns the respect due a master warrior in our book. So why not enjoy a free exhibition of local kung fu shi fu's at The Summit, September 17. Don’t be fooled by the flyer's picture of old, peaceful men in pink pajamas doing taiji quan, as Ivy Zhang of the Mandarin House assures us, they can......