Our round-up of some of last week's highlights from China's English-language blogosphere: more ›

Chinese basketball fans held their collective breath this morning as the NBA draft took place a full 12 time-zones away. 22-year old 19-year old Yi Jianlian slipped past his projected spot at the number 5 pick when the Boston Celtics signed a draft-and-trade agreement with the Seattle Supersonics involving 7-time all-star Ray Allen. more ›

Being gay is pretty popular amongst the Shanghainese college set. But Shanghai only has one very popular gay bar and gay club. In a city of 20 million, it's not surprising that Shanghai has more tonzhi (同志) venues than say, Milwaukee, but still ... Shanghaiist was surprised to learn of the existence of a gay ballroom. more ›