Li Ning, the Chinese sportswear company named after (and founded by) the famous Chinese Olympic athlete, was recently featured in a Beijing Review article about the steps it's taken to open up a market in the U.S. According to the piece, Li Ning is using "exotic oriental elements" to attract buyers and entice trendsetters. How interesting! Maybe that explains Baron Davis using his NBA moves to baffle locals last summer. more ›

From Matt Seigal of catshanghai.com:

There was a message floating around to meet on Nanjing Dong Lu outside the Sofitel at 3pm in order to stand still for five minutes. Passers by look amused and the police appeared rather baffled. I was going to join in, but I didn’t want to pass a chance to film the event on my cellphone. The event was great fun.

Have you ever walked down Nanjing Dong Lu and wondered, "What idiots buy those plastic wind-up tops that shoot out laser lights and play annoying music?" Well, now you have your answer: Us. We have our reasons: We're suckers for toys.We wanted to see what our dogs thought of it.They are cheap (10-15 RMB).The song it plays is "Axel F."Yes, Axel F! Anyway, the embedded video shows you what the top looks and sounds like... more ›

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The photos, though they've yellowed some, are still in good condition. Most were taken in the 1920s and 30s. Miraculous among them are the studio shots of Shanghai film stars. ... more ›

That's what one report suggests is happening, as certain domestic Chinese brands are unable to renew their contracts on Nanjing Lu despite being willing to pay whatever increase in rent was necessary. more ›

Sunday morning, while most people will be sleeping/ clubbing/ trying to get sober, about 15,000 runners will gather for the Shanghai marathon and half marathon, starting at 7:30 am, on Nanjing Dong Lu and Sichuan Lu. more ›

They have pics organized by street: Nanjing Dong Lu, Nanjing Xi Lu, Huaihai Zhong Lu and Xujiahui. more ›

Growing up, we dreamed of the day we could stroll bleary-eyed into the office after going back to the swanky hotel with an international pop starlet in one arm and a tequila bottle in the other -- except that last night, it was more of a service apartment and our starlet was actually Fan Yi Chen, with some Lawson's best baijiu … lovely guy, nonetheless, and apparently he's "kind of a big deal". more ›

So fellas, here's the deal: She pays you RMB 300,000 before you start living together, and then, if through your industriousness you get her pregnant, you get the remaining RMB 500,000. This ain't a movie -- not even a bad one. This is the ad that Miss Zhu LiLi puts out in some Guangzhou newspapers. There may indeed be a sucker born every minute, and we think that a good proportion of these suckers will grow up to be men who believe that they need not work, and instead make a bundle living with a woman whose only desire is that you get her pregnant. And don't forget her promise that if the relationship goes well, there's more in it for you. more ›