A 21-year-old man in Tianjin has had his penis cut off after what appears to be a botched circumcision procedure just two weeks before his wedding ceremony. more ›

A 33-year-old man fainted at the sight of his own blood after using a razor to circumcise himself following complaints from his wife about his overly-long foreskin. more ›

A 6-year-old boy's penis was bitten off by his dad Wednesday morning in Shenzhen. Doctors are understood to have reattached the boy's penis but aside from being mentally scarred for life, the boy may never regain full use of his penis. Shanghai Daily reports: more ›

In news guaranteed to make our male readers cross their legs and wince, doctors at Changhai Hospital are trying to find a way to remove a 3cm-long needle from the urethra of a 14-year-old boy. more ›

Most people in China prefer to have sons instead of daughters to continue the family name, but not one young woman in Yancheng, Jiangsu province. In fact, she wanted to have a girl so badly she took a pair of scissors and snipped off her five-month-old son's penis. The court has handed her a five year prison sentence. more ›

A well-known male-only (read: gay) sauna in Taipei has embarked on a unique marketing programme to lure in patrons. The leisure venue has been marketing its new "Big Bird Night" under which new members with *members* validated by staff to be over 18cm are given a VIP card which grants them free access to the facility on designated nights. more ›

Hard-hitting journalism of the day, from where else but our favourite city newspaper? Shanghai Daily's Xu Chi has scored a major scoop meeting disgruntled donkey-sized laowais who have confided in her that they never seem to be able to find condoms of the right size in this city: more ›

This Penis Size Map is from a completely serious new website called TargetMap.com. According to this map, Congo, Ecuador, Ghana, Colombia and Venezuela are the world's most well endowed nations, while South Korea, Cambodia, Thailand, India and Burma -- all in east Asia -- are the world's least well endowed. Chinese men, clocking in at 10.89cm (4.3in), are the world's #8 least well endowed. Unfortunately though, because of difficulty in collating data, what you see on this map is from statistics compiled at different points in time. The data for China was apparently from the heady days of revolution (and malnutrition) in 1953.
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Yet another weekend has arrived, and seems a lot of people have been talking about the opening of the Shelter. They are holding a 'soft opening' tonight and hosting Dex, from the Underground Resistance, tomorrow. For those of you who are in the mood for more of a visual than some dude spinning on the decks (or laptop), there are plenty of live shows to choose from. Just down the street from the Shelter are... more ›

Normally the water itself here in China is enough to make your skin start to blister and peel and fall off, but in a shallow pool at Dianchi Chuntian, a wonderfully relaxing (and affordable) hot springs spa in Kunming, Yunnan Province, it's swarms of hungry fish that seek out your skin — the dead stuff, we were assured — and ingest it. It's meant to be healthy, for you and the fish. more ›

Beijing's Olympic countdown extravaganza suggests China is likely to put on a spectacular show next August, but the run-up also illustrated that the next 382 days are unlikely to be trouble free for the hosts. more ›

We're not sure Bai Ling's latest lady parts on display counts as news, given the fact that her private parts are more well-publicized than she is. But, combine the Bai-sexual actress' escapades with Zhang Ziyi's body double's web-search for love; add the biggest dick in China; and throw in a PRC plug for "sexy famous models... touching each other," and we'll take the bait. more ›

We honestly have no idea (really, honey[1], we don't), but some guy named Professor Goya recently had this to say to a reporter for Japan's Shukan Taishu: more ›

Gay in the city and want to meet new people without A. Consuming unseemly amounts of alcohol, B. Making a Gaydar or Fridae account, C. Begging friends for introductions, D. Gyrating on the dance floor? more ›

Here at Shanghaiist, we think the Letters from China blog has been busy carving their own blogging niche by reporting on yet another novelty condom available here in China. Not content with sharing the news that police warrant card and Lei Feng frangers were to be found in China, they have now identified the big bopper — Chairman Mao condoms: more ›

Shanghaiist was browsing around on SHExpat Forums yesterday, and came across a thread discussing the loss of one of Shanghai's renowned cheap eating establishments — Turk's. more ›

is a hit. It's getting rave reviews, grossing millions, and definitely the most quotable thing we've seen in ages. But Borat seems to have missed most of the -ist cities, and we were all wondering how the film would have been different if he'd made his way around the world on the -ist tour. more ›

Since we broke the stories of Shandong Erge and Yaofei Niangniang in the English-language blogosphere, their tales have gone round and round and round the world. Thanks to our stories, Shandong Erge has been named China's answer to Aleksey Vayner, and has also entered into the Douchebag Hall of Fame. more ›

Photo by Peijin Chen taken from the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site. more ›

The video clip about Tong's case was "useful in helping us protect state secrets,'' the Sichuan Population and Family Planning Commission said in a July 31 statement on its Web site. more ›

... do yourself a favor and don't throw it down the drain, or at least choose a narrow drain that has a bottleneck somewhere. A Shenyang man failed to heed this advice and recently Lorena Bobbitted himself (story in Chinese). Apparently, he had a fight with his wife and, in a heated moment ... cut off his penis ... and threw it down a drain. He is only 26 years old, and they plan on staying married. They love each other, but he just couldn't control his internet game addiction. The story doesn't really say how the whole scenario went down, so please excuse this little sleep-deprivation-inspired excursion into pulp screenwriting, but maybe this is what happened that fateful night (proceed at your own risk ... this screenplay is unrated): more ›

Photo by captainvideo taken from the Shanghaiist photos page. To see your photos on our photos page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site. more ›

Londonist prepares a Happy Birthday bath for Buddah this week and then things get all cliched. A madman goes on a rampage while axe-wiedling and London's mayor warns an American diplomat to avoid the kitchen if the heat bothers him so much. more ›

With a title like that, you know it's got to be good. Said the China Daily report: more ›

• Some Chinese activists on hunger strikes have gone missing. Wonder if it was these "activists" who helped lead the foreign press to the story.
• In the Washington Post: "The soul of Freezing Point has been extinguished. Only an empty shell remains."
• China is now home to 10 billionaires, up from three last year. Forbes lists China's 400 richest.