Eligible AIDS patients shall be covered by China's basic allowance system, in which the poorest people can get subsidies from the government to ensure a basic living standard, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. more ›

Michael Bay, the explosion-happy director of "Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon", is coming to Shanghai for the Mainland China premiere of the third outing in the Transfomers franchise. It's been out worldwide for the last few weeks (and has grossed around $500 million), with pirated copies already available in the mainland. Its official run in Chinese theaters begins next Thursday, on July 21st. more ›

One of the movies we're most excited about seeing is Building 173, a docudrama about one Shanghainese building and the people who lived in it. It'll be airing twice on Saturday, June 20 - once at 6.30pm and a second one at 9pm (with a discussion afterward). more ›