"Even now, this incident keeps coming back to me. It keeps distressing me and makes me try to think about myself. The politics and the fighting of those years have slipped my mind as completely as the classics I read as a child. Yet this small incident keeps coming back to me, often more vivid than in actual life, teaching me shame, spurring me on to reform, and imbuing me with fresh courage and fresh hope." more ›

"In China, especially in the cities, if someone fainted on the streets, or if someone was knocked over by a car, you'll find lots of gawkers and gloaters, but rarely will you find someone willing to extend a helping hand." more ›

China Heritage Quarterly, a publication covering recent developments related to China's heritage, has turned its focus onto Shanghai this quarter and now it's all online! Inside, you'll find everything from an expose on 1930s Shanghai wild girl Emily "Mickey" Hahn to the harmonizing of Shanghai's history in recent exhibitions around the world. It'll take a while to work through it, and I recommend that you do, but here are three picks I found exceptionally interesting: more ›

At least that's what celeb writer Yu Qiuyu (余秋雨) said at a recent public function. From Slate Indiaenews.com we found this report: more ›

We at Shanghaiist know that you have felt something amiss in Shanghai since you arrived, whether you were born here or the day you stepped off the plane. A nagging feeling tugging gently on your consciousness -- a feeling that there is more to this great city than meets the eye. more ›

The Washington Post has an interesting story about the creative ways some Chinese internet users are fooling censors and managing to, vaguely at least, discuss the violent police crackdown in Dongzhou earlier this month. A forum post masked as a discussion about Lu Xun's 1926 essay "In Memory of Ms. Liu Hezhen" -- written in response to a Beijing massacre that year -- drew thousands of comments recently: more ›