Think you've got moves? Think again. Sun Fengqing, a 60-year-old grandma from Nanjing who recently took up pole dancing lessons, will put you to shame.
Watch: Nanjing's 60-year-old pole dancing granny
Photos: Pole-dancing at the Jilu Spring Car Expo in Jinan
What better way to keep the eyes of a convention center full of men on your new car models than having a pole dancer perform in their midst? At the Jilu Spring Car Expo in the Shandong capital of Jinan, potential car buyers looked with rapt attention as a dancer adeptly worked a pole, possibly as a bid to communicate how well the unidentified car model she was promoting handled corners, or amazing grippage, what have you.
Watch: Woman in her forties strips and pole dances on Shanghai subway
Shi Xiaohong, a fortysomething woman apparently born in the 1960's, decided to shake off the doldrums of the everyday by dropping trou to give an impromptu pole dancing demonstration on Line 9 of the Shanghai metro.
Pole dancing on the subway: One way to get a husband?
Are subways supposed to be the place for enterprising young singles to look for significant others or something? Last year, a young man pitched a tent to get a wife on Line 7. Now, a girl's trying to pitch other guys' tents on Line 9 - all in the name of finding love.
Around Shanghai: Pole dancing, shopping on the metro, and elitist universities
- A growing number of Chinese women - especially in cities like Shanghai - are exercising to a controversial new fitness routine. Hint as to what it is: you need four inch heels and a pole to get started. [New York Times]
- You know the recently completed Metro Line 7? Apparently, it's got some great shopping along it. [Cityweekend]
- A new Indian place is opening on Thursday in that Luwan food area that's also home to Mesa/Manifesto and Taco Loco. Its name is Dera and it has the most expensive Naan in town, apparently. [SmartShanghai]
A lesson on subway etiquette: Pole-iteness counts!
Yup, “Shanghai Metro Pole Dancing” is as avant-garde of a public art form as it gets in Shanghai, and faithful subway riders - to their dismay, we hear - have been getting more than they’re paying for.

