These are cool. PINLE's (品乐) Taobao store has loads of slightly contentious shirts, all priced at 45 to 55RMB, and all pretty cool. We particularly like the Iniernet Explorst error message shirt and the 拆 shirt (pronounced chāi, meaning "tear down", and made up of lots of other characters like "communism", "culture" and "serve the people!") more ›

We covered Gap's opening of the first China store right here in Shanghai and now the American retailer is making the news again for another opening, except this time it's a store that is online. more ›

"I think we're going to need to have chicken for Thanksgiving this year," our roommate told us, faces twisted in dismay. A Thanksgiving traditionalist, she had been adamant about cooking the meal at home for friends rather than head out to any of the many restaurant/take away options other people have outlined. more ›

Imagine this scenario: You're having a party and you realize the morning of that the one thing that would elevate your party from awesome to super duper fantabulous is... fake mustaches. So you go on Taobao to try and order some... only to realize that if you wanted it delivered today, you should've come up with this idea two days ago. more ›

Ever tried to check out Taobao, but couldn't make heads or tails of it? more ›