Results tagged “publicity”

Congratulations to Matt Mayer who yesterday became (we believe) the first person to visit every station on the Shanghai Metro system in one day.

That's what Matt Mayer, the guy behind the ExploreShanghai metro map is trying to do right now. He laid out his plan, and the rules, here, a blog post that finished with: "147 stations, eight lines, one manic Monday. Wish me luck!" You can follow Matt's progress live on Twitter. His last message: "50 shanghai metro stations completed in 3h 7m 33s. Station 50 is west nanjing road. Shame i dont have time to visit marks and spencers :)" You can get in touch with Matt throughout the day. We're sure he'd love to here from you — it's going to be a long, boring Monday.

They say bad news travels fast. That Pudong gas blast we told you about on Saturday has made it to international news. The Associated Press, Reuters, the International Herald Tribune, BBC, Times of India, ABC (Australia) all reported on the blast.

Right: Phoenix Princess or Fenghuang Gege (凤凰格格), the pre-op transsexual detained in Shenzhen for going on demonstration and recently announced that she would soon undergo sex-change operation is apparently very happy with her boob job. She's just uploaded a video of her posing with her entire (it would seem) repertoire of bras, attracting over 407,000 views within a single day.

Recently, internet traffic ranking site Alexa reset the counters of a large number of Chinese websites that have been suspected of manipulating their rankings, including Zhanzuo.com, Kooxoo.com, Pomoho.com, UUSee.com and 67.com. Dating website Marry5.com was another hit by Alexa's move. At one time, it ranked 270 on Alexa (even higher than Match.com!). A China Business Post report also cited a source that said almost all Chinese video sharing sites were manipulating their Alexa rankings. Many new Chinese portals hungry for funding have all resorted to cheating through various means.

Female voice: Bye

If we’re a day late picking up the buzz on Xu Haojia—the 16-year-old girl auctioning her breasts for charity—it's because the story was so baffling, it took us 24 hours to sort it out.

to embroil a listed company this year.

An update on that “maybe-a-prank” Meizu M8 we told you about a while back. Well, it’s looking a lot more real at this moment — but until we actually see one in action, there’s always a chance of this whole thing being an orchestrated publicity stunt. Anyway, according to a forum post by the company CEO, the M8 will feature either a 4GB or a 8GB drive. The standard edition will sport a 3 megapixel camera, but a basic model with the camera as an upgradeable option will also be available.

Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to.

What would be your response if we were to pose the question, "what is better than a black bear and a white Siberian tiger sporting traditional sevillanas dresses, adorned with flowers and dancing a Spanish Flamenco under the bright lights of a ballroom platform, televised for all of the world to see?" Well, if you're like us, then kangaroo boxing and monkey-ostrich pair jousting may come to mind. But, now, it seems that some international group of party-poopers* known as "animal rights advocates" have deprived Shanghailanders of the one sure-fire joy of living in China: the Shanghai Animal Olympics has been canceled.

The rules state that all dogs which enter public areas without a proper reason such as medical treatment or a public performance can be killed by public security bureaus or other units entrusted with the task.

Once again, our city government has stuck its nose where it doesn’t belong, and in the process dashed hundreds of local women’s dreams of finding true love and an American passport (not necessarily in that order), and likewise chances for 11 middle-aged divorced guys from the state of Washington to score some Azn Honeyz. The ever informative Shanghai Daily tells us:

At least they don't lag behind in anything important!

OK now, if you are over 18 years old, you have high school education, you have used internet for more than three years, you know internet pretty well -- sounds like us ... we're getting excited! -- you think you can accurately express your opinions, and most importantly, you care about establishing a "civilized internet", you are qualified be an internet supervisor, at least according to Beijing Association of Online Media (BAOM) -- first time we've heard about this group -- in this Sohu report.

Maybe we'll try to hit the MIDI next year, although it doesn't seem like it will be the same. The movie's message is that the festival is getting more corporate -- selling out, as they say -- and that next year people selling homemade T-shirts, buttons and other souvenirs won't be welcome.

搜狗/Sougou ("search dog"), the other Chinese search engine, is looking for a “spokes-dog”, and the winner gets a cool 100G. Admittedly more of a publicity stunt than anything else, but hey, who are we to get in the way of some guy and his pooch walking away with the cash?

A few days ago we posted a story called "Desperately seeking ... anyone." It was about a Canadian man named Paul Gillis who had reportedly taken out a personal ad on a billboard in Hefei, capital of Anhui Province, looking for a Chinese wife. Well, we got an email from Mr. Gillis yesterday. Its subject line read "desperation misplaced."

Nong Fu watch out, as apparently the city's taps are now safe to suck on, as the water flowing from them now complies with China's safety standards on drinking water.

For a city notoriously lacking in live music, last night Shanghai rocked. While we (along with headliners Another Kind of Light) weren't able to make it to the opening of Yuyintang's Music Warehouse, we did manage to catch local rock-with-Chinese-characteristics band Three Yellow Chicken at Shuffle before heading to Tang Hui's pre-re-opening party, Electro Town.

James Brown might be the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, but yesterday Shanghaiist felt like the Hardest Working Man in Shanghai. Which is why this post is a day late. And because we were recovering from the "Sex Machine" after-party at Mint.

Here's an interesting one: a competition to find the sound that is most representative of Shanghai. Set up by the British Consulate and the Shanghai Oriental Publicity Service Centre, the competition requires contestants to record an mp3 file of the sound they choose, and write an explanation of it in 100 words of less.

Olympic gold medalist/Shanghainese stud/great Chinese hope Liu Xiang (刘翔) shocked the world by announcing that he intended to obtain a doctoral degree, aka a PhD, in sports management (体育管理). A Chinese athlete going to school towards the end of their career, or even after formal retirement, is not uncommon. For these people, a second career is a necessary reality they have to face, but no one thought Liu would make such an announcement at this phase in his career.

A little more than five years ago, Shanghai police arrested Chen Genrong, the mastermind behind the underground production of fake Phoenix-brand bicycles. Shanghai Star reported then that daily around 1,500 bicycles used to be shipped from his secret warehouse on Gong Qing Tuan Lu in order to be sold nationwide.

Shanghaiist visited a bar the other night. A new bar: Free Soul, on Fahuazhen Lu.