After seven years of hosting Formula 1, Shanghai may miss out on the massive racing event this year if organizers can't solve the problem of "subsidence". more ›

The weekend is here, hallelujah! For many, this weekend will be heavily focussed on Thanksgiving! Whether that’s taking advantage of all of the offers in the bars and restaurants, staying at home ‘Skype’-ing your loved ones, or chowing down on a Turkey sub from Subway, we’re sure there’s going to be some Thanksgiving influence in there. If you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, or if you do but you want something else, then here are our picks of the best goings on in Shanghai this weekend! more ›

I have come to a very sad realization as of recently: I am no speed demon. No, I'm ashamed to say that just days ago, I clutched my driving wheel in terror as my dreams of having an innate Initial D-like sense were hopelessly dashed and I spun, at what must of been a sound breaking 15 miles per hour, into a barricade of tires. Luckily, it was all on a go kart track. more ›

We reported on Liu Xiang's comeback at the Golden Grand Prix last weekend, but we were so distracted by his Christ-like stigmata pose that we didn't actually think to look on Chinese video streams to watch the magic moment happen. more ›

even tops Hong Kong in my view. I then started to uncover the amazing stories of the Club and its significance to Shanghai.” more ›

Earlier reports that Shanghai may axe its loss-making Formula One Grand Prix once its contract runs out in 2010 have now been negated by a spokesperson for one of the organisers. Qiu Weichang, deputy director of the Shanghai Administration of Sports, was previously reported to have said:

We're doing the assessment. By next year we should be able to give you an answer," he said in an interview late on Thursday. China's biggest city spent 240 million dollars on the state-of-the-art Shanghai International Circuit and hosted its first Formula One race in 2004. But the event has been plagued by poor ticket sales and Qiu said its fate was in the balance. more ›

You can almost smell burning rubber wafting through the air. more ›

The Shanghaiist Weather Center is 100 percent sure the answer will be yes (although is Shanghai Circuit really in Shanghai?). It's dry now in the French Concession, but the dark clouds above suggest it won't stay that way for long. Here's the latest weather update from the official Formula 1 website: Thus far Sunday has been dry with a little wind, but no sign of the edge of Typhoon Krosa, which is sweeping through the... more ›