Curious about what those American university teams - Georgetown and Duke - did with their days in Shanghai? Not get into fights, thank goodness! The Blue Devils went shopping at Shanghai Market while the Georgetown team visited the Bund and remarked that "Shanghai is a far more modernized city compared to Beijing." They then proceeded to beat the Liaoning Dinosaurs without being beat on. more ›

We’ve known for some time that Chinese parents are much too squeamish to discuss the finer points of sex with their kids, and that curious youths were resorting to learning about the birds and the bees from the internet, but now it looks as if some schools around the country are starting to pick up the slack. They are now offering sexual health classes to students - and not the creepy religious kind. 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 ›

Despite the warm reception it got in the apparently more sexually open city of Nanjing, Shanghai's first sex-ed camp for kids fell flat. The course, which opened yesterday for children aged eight to 13, only managed to attract six male students and absolutely no females. It seems many parents were put off by the high cost: 2,880 yuan for just three days and others commented that this style of frankness “conflicts with Chinese people's cultural traditions.” Still, parents of the children who did go said it was worth it. “It's an information explosion age and there is much misleading information on the Internet,” opined one mother. “It's better for kids to be instructed by professionals.” Source: Shanghai Daily more ›