The massive Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial created by Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin out of 159 pieces of pink Chinese granite has been unveiled yesterday in Washington DC. While King's own son, Martin Luther King III says Lei has done a "good job", others are wondering out loud why an American artist couldn't have been commissioned instead. more ›

Ma Lik, the head of Hong Kong's leading pro-Beijing political party who questioned whether China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 should be called a massacre, died Wednesday, an official said. He was 55. more ›

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Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. more ›

Shanghaiist has always been intrigued by the bits of Western history and culture that seep into the Chinese mainstream — the terrifying, ungodly mix of Buicks, Kenny G, and Da Shan gives us a headache, but is fascinating to behold. Though not quite as fascinating as washing your hair with birth control pills. more ›