Take a closer look at the packaging next time you use a condom, as it may not be quite what you paid for- Recently an underground production line manufacturing fake brand-name condoms was uncovered in Shaoyang, Hunan Province. Among the counterfeit condoms were such recognizable brands as Love Card, NOX, and Durex. more ›

So the private sex education for kids initiative didn't work out so hot, but that hasn't stopped Shanghai officials from promoting sex-ed to a slightly older set. Social workers will visit various venues, like vocational schools and community centers, in five districts around Shanghai to teach safe sex in a pilot program aimed at the 16 to 25 year old set. While the program encourages abstinence, officials in charge say they do not judge - there are lessons on contraceptive use and how to prevent AIDS. They also help unwed pregnant women tell parents about their pregnancies, as well as providing free condom and free abortion info as needed. Now this is something we can applaud. Source: Shanghai Daily more ›

The Germans and their notoriously risque advertisements may have bitten off more than they can chew with Doc Morris Pharmaceuticals' most recent condom ads. more ›

Someone's been breaking the condom machines around Shanghai! Nobody's completely sure who's doing it or why, but the vandalism has been so bad that the Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission has actually issued a decree that all condom machines will be moved indoor to more private and secure locations by June. The new machines will show the products inside, have an empty light and can recognize fake coins. Source: Shanghai Daily. Picture by qilin more ›

• Despite earlier protests, there will be a new maglev line between Shanghai and Hangzhou. This week, the local government announced that the construction of this line will start in 2010, three years later than planned. It is supposed to be finished in 2015, when we will be able to go to Hangzhou in just 30 minutes.
• Things are looking dark on the Shanghai stock market: This Monday the Shanghai Composite Index ended down 5.34 percent, at 2, 319.868 points. Over the last seven days, it dropped a whopping 14.95 percent.
• Safe sex is on the agenda, this week we read about free condoms in the office district of Jingan, now Shanghai's university and college campuses will get condom vending machines. According to Shanghai Daily, 85 percent of the students in a recent survey found it most convenient to buy condoms from machines, rather than in stores. We just think it's a little unfair that the students have to buy their condoms while office workers get them for free.