Early April this year, in the middle of a performance at Q Bar, a newly opened gay bar south of the Bund, police from the Huangpu district burst in, turned the lights on, and took about 70 bar employees and patrons (save the foreigners) with them to the Xiaodongmen police station. more ›

While most of the party-goers detained in the raid of Q Bar, a new gay bar on the Bund, have already been released, the story has only just begun. more ›

Early this morning at around 1am, police raided Q Bar, a new gay bar on the Bund, and detained at least 50 patrons of the bar. more ›

This weekend, Shanghaiist Editor Elaine Chow is off in Qingdao for the world famous Qingdao International Beer Festival. She plans on drowning herself in fish and beef and beer and find some way to still manage to remember enough of what's going on to blog about it. Sponsored by the lovely folks over at Ctrip, the easiest way to find the best fares in China. more ›