We knew that some of the foreign Chinese-language students here were shady - but who knew they were actually being recruited as spies... for the Chinese government... against the United States?! A 28-year-old Michigan man named Glen Duffie Shriver admitted that he was recruited by the Chinese for spy work while studying at East China Normal University right here in Shanghai. more ›

Shanghaiist wasn’t joking when we said yesterday that the city was crowded. Thousands upon thousands (upon thousands) flocked to the Bund last night for ... well, for no apparent reason. There was no display of fireworks -- that happened on the Friday night -- no entertainment, no access to the riverside promenade. Nothing. Just lots of inflatable hammers. more ›