Rain caused another three-hour delay today, and there is a lot of standing water on the course at Sheshan Golf Club, but second round action finally got started more than 24 hours late at 9:45 this morning. Most of the leaders teed off in the last hour. You can follow the leaderboard here and the official blog here. For those planning on heading out to the event, you may find this page helpful. Ticket info......

The Shanghai tournament's website reports from a soggy Sheshan Golf Club: "[P]lay has been officially abandoned for the day without a ball being hit. ... The intention now is to play as much of two rounds on Saturday as possible, beginning at 6.45am." The tournament director for the European Tour stop said the leaders — including Henrik Stenson, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia and Anthony Kim — will tee off at 8:30am. Shanghaiist's weather center reports......

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Photo by Augapfel The CCP of course. As we enter day two of nasty April showers it's comforting to know someone's got our backs. We reported when China heroically went to war against the elements this winter and now they're sending in the troops again to protect the Olympic opening ceremony this summer. Determined to prevent any moisture, China is prepared to deploy their doomsday device rain-controlling technology to stop any uncooperative clouds that......

All this month (that would be March), the photography of Hong Kong artist Norm Yip will be on display not on the walls of a fancy-schmancy gallery on Moganshan Road, but on the meandering walls of Shanghai Studio. The photography, in mostly black and white, features fit, mostly East Asian men in various stages of undress, in front of simple backgrounds or stark black backdrops. The pictures do not feature any naughty bits, so Mr.......

It’s cold, it’s wet. It’s the perfect time to catch up with the overseas movie scene. Coincidentally, it’s Oscar season and a whole slew of ‘good’ films are just appearing in the shops here. A widely heralded good year for quality films (2007) has come face to face with the WGA writer’s strike, now into its third month in Hollywood. The Golden Globes were reduced to an hour long press conference announcing the winners. If......

It's official. It has now rained in Shanghai 3,173 straight days. OK, that's a mild exaggeration. But, seriously, folks: We hope you are headed somewhere warm and dry for Spring Festival. This sucks. Today, we begin what seemingly will become a regular feature on Shanghaiist. We will post a new version of the Eurythmics' 1983 classic "Here Comes The Rain Again" every day until the weather gets better (or until our readers beg us......

Who is Yacht ? Yacht, a musician you will love like a rainbow after the rain, or a lollipop after visiting the dentist. Any one remember the Blow? Well, the Blow’s last 2 albums was 90% Yacht and Yacht is made up of one man….the multi – talented Jona Bochtolt. Happy, positive rainbow music on speed, Yacht might currently be best known as that guy who used to be in the Blow or for......

Left: 22 year-old Lewis Hamilton suffered the shame of his first DNF ("did not finish") last weekend at the Shanghai leg of the F1 Championship after he spun into a gravel trap at the start of the pit lane. Kimi Raikkonen won the race but Hamilton may still be the world champion if he wins or comes in second in the upcoming Brazil leg. Middle: The wet weather did not stop Korean megastar Rain......

Typhoon Wipha might have been a no-show, and even though Typhoon Krosa was not expected to be as big as Wipha, the whistle it whipped up on our seventh floor apartment did mean we were hardly able to sleep all night (although the rain does appear to have stopped for now). Our friend who works at the Taiwanese international school here tells us some of his colleagues and students were unable to return to Shanghai......

The JZ Festival came to a roaring close today, unfortunately with a much lower afternoon turnout due to the rain but once again a satisfying mix of music, fully dug by those of us who did attend. But we skip ahead -- first back to details of yesterday's festival. Saturday Saturday was a very successful day for the festival, drawing medium-sized crowds again in the afternoon and selling out completely the evening portion. The......

Today is China's 58th National Day. Thousands braved the rain this morning at the Tiananmen Square for the flag-raising ceremony. From what they're wearing, it looks like the weather up north has turned cold already. Also looks like it's mostly youngsters in the crowd (many of whom have travelled from afar). Check out the sea of digital cameras and mobile phones. China has truly arrived in the digital age.......

PLUS brolly-toting Premier Wen and X-ray of Homer Simpson's brain! In the good old days, a career with the People's Liberation Army was often seen as an iron rice bowl and highly sought after by parents for their sons. As one of the key avenues for social mobility after the founding of the PRC, it was not uncommon to find propaganda posters like the one you see on the right extolling the virtues of the......

Part of Huaihai Lu to be shut for 20 months due to subway expansion A section of Huaihai Road W. between Xinhua Road and Huashan Road will be shut down for 20 months starting on Saturday due to construction on a new subway line, metro officials said yesterday. Use of transport card to be expanded Local residents will be able to use their transport cards to pay taxi, bus, and subway fares in Nanjing and......

China to be world's third largest economy China's sizzling economy grew even faster in 2006 than previously reported, the government said Wednesday, moving it closer to overtaking Germany as the world's third-largest and possibly adding to fears of overheating. China falling short on energy-saving goals China is falling short of its goals in a campaign to boost energy efficiency in its fuel-guzzling economy - the world's No. 2 oil consumer - but is starting to......

Chivalry is dead. Or so we’ve been told by various women over the years. Men no longer open doors, give up their seats on the bus, hold the umbrella (for rain or shine), or tie handkerchiefs to their lances before a big joust. (Apparently, these women have never been to Europe.) Now, all this may be true, but times change and modern society has found new ways to give women preferential treatment. Free entry into......

We didn't end up going to Live Earth Shanghai, but we did manage to find this video on YouTube, where a bunch of Live Earth videos from around the world have been uploaded. The most internationally famous star we got here in Shanghai was Sarah Brightman (in the video), while the rest of the performers were mostly from the world of Mandopop and Cantopop. We found one Chinese report that said that Sarah Brightman's performance......

Now, that felt like a 4th of July party (and some Canadians in attendance said it wasn't a bad effort for Canada Day, either). Hot, sweaty weather. No rain! Hamburgers. Beer. Live music. Water balloons. Hamburgers. Beer. Drinking contests. Fireworks (albeit during daylight). Hamburgers. Beer. Ketchup battles. Some guy from Beijing getting pantsed. Hamburgers. Beer. You know, the usual. A big congratulations to chef Eric Johnson and Team Jean-Georges — they created the judges' choice......

Burgers. Beer. Sangria. Live Music. Fireworks. Prizes. Fun. As much as you want of the above for 150 kuai. It kind of sells itself, doesn't it? Here are the confirmed entrants in the "Best Burger in Shanghai" competition: SH, City Weekend, Sherpa's, Jebsen/Vin, American Craft Beer/ The Naked Cow, Blue Frog, Azul/Viva, Bubba's Smokehouse, ARCH, Jean-Georges, Buns of Steel and Renmin Burger. And here are the confirmed judges: Brendan Byrne (Hint Magazine), Shamus Sillar (Shanghai......

My time as a hostage, and I’m a business reporter As an American journalist based in China, David Barboza knew there was a good chance that at some point he’d be detained for pursuing a story. He just never thought he’d be held hostage by a toy factory. China province head apologizes in slave labor storm Yu Youjun the governor of Shanxi province shaken by the slave labor scandal publicly apologized on Friday, as officials......

Twenty-six hours until the next Shanghaiist Happy Hour ... and we've got our work cut out for us. We have to sort through more than 12 hours of Beatles covers songs — an amount that is illegal in most countries. Thanks to our readers (and BitTorrent) we have unearthed some gems, though, and you can see the entire list as it stands today after the jump (believe it or not, we still hove some downloads......

We just read an article (in Chinese) which stated the predictions of meteorologists for this summer: less rain, more hot days, and more typhoons. The number of days where the temperature tops 35 degrees Celsius is expected to be about 20-26, whereas the average is around 9 days. Like last year, where there were about two typhoons, we expect about 2-3 this year. The summer of 2006 had about 27 high temperature days, so we're......

Chinese Benchmark, CSI 300 Closes Above 4000 To New Record; Analysts Concerned Over Market "Bubble" The Shanghai benchmark index has surged over the 4000 mark for a new record. Rising Chinese shares at a breakneck pace adds to concern over market overheating. Shanghai's benchmark index CSI 300 ended up 2.6 percent to 4,090.57. Since 2006, the index has increased four fold, and has doubled since the beginning of the year. China's outrageous claim The......

Baidu Sued For Copyright Infringement "Video downloads of Guangdong Meng Tong Culture's licensed historical costume drama series "Zhen Guan Chang Ge" were found on Baidu space channel (hi.baidu.com). ... Meng Tone is asking Baidu to pay 440,000 Yuan in compensation." China vows to revamp leprosy villages "The disease has now been officially eradicated in China, but the villages remain partly because the patients were unable to rebuild their lives after being institutionalised for decades."......

Attendance falling at your local place of worship? Loyal herd looking elsewhere for spiritual direction? Have a carnival! That'll win 'em back. If only the Pope had thought of it ... like the Shanghai Xuhui District Tourist Bureau did. It's annual Longhua Temple Festival runs until May 7th, meaning you have one weekend left to catch all the fun. The press release promised a food street filled with snacks from around China (Taiwan, Dongbei,......

An absolutely stunning 35-yard freekick from Shanghai Shenhua midfielder Xiao Zhanbo just three minutes from time was not enough to give his side victory in an East China derby match with CSL new boys Zhejiang Lvcheng. It was a wonderstrike worthy of the English Premiership or Serie A — but with the home fans still celebrating, Shenhua's teenage keeper Wang Dalei came off his line to clear speculative long ball up the park, only to......

What have we, what have we, what have we done to deserve this? While glancing at the headlines on the Shanghaiist Forum yesterday, one headline jumped out at us: Pet Shop Boys. We have to say we were mildly interested: One, Pet Shop Boys are past their prime enough to make a show in Shanghai seem realistic; Two, we are not ashamed to admit that 20 years ago we spent a fair amount of time......

Spring appears to have, er, sprung, at least temporarily, in most of the Ist-A-Verse, so naturally, we're all feeling pretty good. (Yes, we know that spring doesn't officially start till later this month. Just let us enjoy our weather!) And that makes us that much more eager to share all of the nifty things we're up to... Over at Sampaist, spring has more than sprung: it's sweltering! But, as everyone knows, museums are an ideal......

There's a few things in this life that start with the letter M that Shanghaiist doesn't like. Malingerers, marmite, and men with no moustache but full beards (OK, the last one is a bit of a stretch M-wise). Some would say that these are irrational and ill-conceived categorisations, but there is another one on the list that isn't — and that is mosquitoes. And it looks like Shanghaiist isn't going to enjoy our coming summer......