The Zhengzhou Auto Show drew a crowd this year, but not entirely for the cars. Scantily clad model girls have and will probably always be an inevitable part of an auto show, sure. But these shows are reaching an entirely new level of attention-grabbing desperation it seems, now stripping the girls half naked and painting their chest with flowers and dragons live to draw publicity. At this particular auto show, five body painting shows have taken place in the last week. more ›

A big shout out to the folks at Dyce Productions who, for roughly three glorious hours last Saturday night, withstood the rain and converted an unfinished warehouse space at 800Show into Shanghai’s first Artist Battle. The show featured a mix of curious onlookers, frantic artists, expressive medias, lots of paint (both of the aerosol and oil varieties), canvases galore, 10-meter long calligraphy scrolls, flowin’ freestyle rap, hip-hop dance performances, copious amounts of social lubricate and even a hair dryer! more ›

It's been a long year filled with trivial fun, the best of which involves the antics of celebrities, musicians, writers, and generally anyone involved in the creation of China's vibrant culture. From poetry to death hoaxes, we've garnered a lot of enjoyment from covering the diaspora of China's creative zeitgeist. And in honor of the multitudinous wonderful, scandalous and noteworthy things we've watched, experienced and digested over the past year, here's a short breakdown of our favorite gems of cultural news. more ›

Plagiarism is sad to see, especially when it's of art, and exceptionally when it's too blatant to chalk up to "artistic inspiration". Danwei has a story on a painting called "When I Was Young" by Li Yueliang, an artist from Zhejiang province, which was on display in Jinan at the National Games. more ›

We checked out the solo exhibition opening of Child Palace by Monika Lin last weekend at Art Labor. The venue was crowded with Shanghai's art folk for the opening on February 28th with such high profile-ers as Lily Sui-Fang Sun Wong, granddaughter of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen. more ›

Share with us how you see Shanghai, or China! Post your photos on Flickr, tag them with "shanghaiist", and we'll select one favorite image per day. Or you can simply email your photos to photos at shanghaiist.com. more ›

There recently was bit of kerfuffle over the exhibition of certain group of historical pictures at the Guangzhou Sex Culture Festival: these pictures, unlike many of the other exhibits, featured some inter-species passion. According to an informal survey of twenty exhibition participants, there were those that a) supported showing such pictures b) did not support such pictures and c) those that were just "observing" and didn't really hold any opinion. Most of those that supported... more ›