A high school student in Shangrao, Jiangxi province, recently jumped off the building to show a girl his love after he was rejected by her. more ›

Is haranguing your girlfriend on street corners and subway stations not good enough anymore? Aren't the glances of passersby witnessing your romantic psychodrama sufficient? more ›

"AN American man has reached an agreement with his ex-girlfriend in dividing their apartment after mediation through a district court. The American, identified as Jerry, agreed to pay 670,000 yuan (US$103,077) in compensation to his ex-girlfriend surnamed Lu while she would transfer her ownership of the apartment, now valued at 4.8 million yuan, to Jerry. Jerry, 47, was sent by an American construction planning and design company to work in Shanghai in 2002. He fell in love with Lu, 17 years younger than he, in 2004. The two planned to marry and Lu asked Jerry to buy an apartment. With Lu's help, Jerry bought an apartment for 1.44 million yuan on Xikang Road. Both of their names were on the deed. The couple never married and broke up two years later. Lu's name remained on the deed even though she married another man. In September, Jerry sought sole ownership of the apartment and filed a lawsuit with the Jing'an District People's Court. The American said he had paid for the apartment and Lu had previously agreed to transfer her ownership after she accepted 80,000 yuan in compensation. But Lu didn't take her name off the deed, he told the court. Lu argued she contributed by negotiating with the real estate agency. She also told the court she paid for decoration. Judges said that Lu didn't deserve half because they never married." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

Shanghainese men, take heart - while the news usually focuses on Shanghai women getting it good from rich foreign lovers, this (now split) couple in Putuo gives us hope for some measure of equality: A wealthy Chinese American woman and her 20-year-younger boyfriend have just emerged from a court case involving BMWs, an apartment and a 5 million rmb (ultimately turned down) proposal: more ›

As if China’s hormonal and horny students haven’t got enough to contend with. With universities getting all up in their "are you or aren't you a mistress" business and some high schools already patrolling the halls for kissing couples, now "God" has gotten in the way of them even learning about doing it... at least in Yunnan. more ›

O cruel fates: this year, the Spring Festival and Valentines day happen to fall on the same day. The deadly combination of holidays will force young Chinese lovers to choose between their family and their significant other. Or will it? Shanghai Daily reports that over a third of polled netizens said they would celebrate with both family and lovers. If everything goes smoothly, Double Happiness should ensue. But for the lonely and far from home, it's probably going to be one of the worst days ever. more ›

Ah, Singles Day, how ambivalent we are to you. It's nice to have an Anti-Valentine's Day, but it doesn't feel any more joyous to actively celebrate solidarity in solitude. And while we never did get that singing Celine Dion card, or anything at all, we did find a pretty interesting list from Chinese netizens: China's 11 most eligible bachelors! more ›

Yikes! Just when we thought we were past the hateful racism directed towards Lou Jing, another blatantly insensitive forum thread popped up on KDS. This time, a netizen caught a few pictures of a Black-Chinese couple on the metro, and posted them to the forum site for general amusement and jeering. ChinaSMACK has a translation of some of the posts, which range from mockable to just plain offensive. more ›

And here we thought Shanghai Craigslist would never get as interesting as its New York version. In a recent posting entitled "Betraying ex' expensive stuff and life style in Shanghai for sale!" a scorned Chinese woman is trying to make some extra cash from a recent break-up: more ›

This video capturing some classic auto showroom drama was uploaded by an intrepid Youku user and has garnered over 436,000 views in less than a day. The young woman, on hearing that her boyfriend was not going to buy the car, flies into a mad rage, gets behind the steering wheel and attempts to drive off with the car, much to the horror of both boyfriend and salesperson. Worried that his girlfriend might do some real damage to the store, the exasperated boyfriend eventually surrenders and decides to take all the damage upon himself. He whips out his credit card and yells out to his girlfriend saying, "I'm buying it! I'm buying it!" more ›

This new episode of Queer As Folk Beijing, China's first independent gay video podcast, discusses long distance relationships. Has technology, cheap phone calls and the possibility of phone- or cam-sex made it easier for people in long distance relationships? Interesting questions that are relevant to both gay and straight couples. more ›

On the 40th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution, The Guardian spoke to Zhang Sizhi (you may or may not find most of those links are blocked): more ›