Huzzah, more good news for expats working in Shanghai! The local authorities are currently working on new policies to grant longer valid visas for foreign nationals working for multinational corporations. more ›

Yes, yes, we know everyone's tired of the meme already. But Shanghai laowais have finally made their own contribution to the meme and we thought it was a pretty good effort! more ›

Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: The guitarist from Jefferson Airplane plays solo at Yuyintang, Sweedish post-rockers Immanu El promote their new album, and local metal heads play a Lamb of God pre-party show! Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for everything else. more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: Lantern Festival signals the end of Spring Festival, Superbowl gets some replays around town, and Subcinema kicks off its Blaxpoitation month. Read on for all the details, or check out our calendar for more! more ›

Thirteen students killed themselves last year - five more than in 2010 and seven more than in 2009, the Shanghai Education Commission said in the annual Primary and Secondary School Students Safety Report. more ›

Approximately 81,000 foreign experts were employed in Shanghai at the end of 2011, a total encompassing 17 percent of all foreign experts working in China. The total has increased by a third since 2005. more ›

Shanghai has topped the Brookings Institution's list of the world's 200 largest metropolitan areas who collectively comprise almost half the world's economic activity. more ›

We expats tend to define "off the beaten palate" eats as either alienesque critters that inspire paralyzing phobias like spiders or, conversely, our closest companions such as dogs and primates. Turtle is one of those unique exotic eats that paradoxically spans both categories; proving itself an edible oddity not only due to its sometimes otherworldly looks, but also because of its worldwide status as a beloved, if lethargic pet. Ironically, many countries utilize these shelled slow-pokes to fill both their terrariums and their bellies, China proving no exception. more ›

Shot by Ricardo Mendialdua in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou. more ›

This month's adoptable cat from Paw Pals Animal Rescue (PPAR). more ›

Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: Local musicians release an 18-band compilation CD with two nights of concerts, Cold Fairyland plays Yuyintang, and some Mongolian garage rock rounds us out on Sunday! Read on for details, or head over to our calendar for more. more ›

The rumors were true! According to Mirror Football, Shanghai Shenhua have offered Chelsea star Didier Drogba upwards of £300,000 (almost $465,000) per week to come play in China. That's half again the enormous contract signed with Nicolas Anelka just last month. more ›

How do you damage the reputation of one of the nation's top universities and its affiliates? Why, by letting stupid interns change the name of your institution's cancer patients to make fun of their terminal illness, of course! The family of a patient at Fudan University's Cancer Center is furious with the institution after receiving a hospital bill that refers to their loved one as "drop dead Zhang." more ›

Though it's almost 2012, there's still time for more brawls in 2011 right? On December 28th, around 10pm, a pretty nasty brawl broke out between chengguan and some vendors outside a Xujiahui mall here in Shanghai. more ›

>If you're looking to throw an awesome New Year's hotel party on the semi-cheap in Shanghai, this might be your chance. Authorities announced yesterday that on December 31st, various tourist spots and hotels in Pudong will offer half-off discounts. Hotels included in the promotion are the Pudong Shangri-la, Ritz-Carlton, Radisson, Ramada Plaza, Grand Hyatt, and many others (totaling 28). See the full list (in Chinese) here. more ›

"Pudong is the capital of Chinese exceptionalism. On almost every corner you can see the work of economic tools that Western politicians might dream of these days, tools that have allowed China to snatch success from error over and over in the past 30 plus years of reform." more ›

Around noon today this photo was uploaded to Weibo showing a taxi stuck halfway down the stairs of the Datong Pedestrian tunnel entrance. Luckily there were no injuries, unless you count the driver's pride. more ›

Don't start thinking it's going to be a quiet weekend just because it's Christmas. You live in Shanghai, get your head on straight. We've got Christmas Eve rock concerts, a special extra edition of Trash-A-GoGo, a Rock and Roll Pillow Fight Party, and some Christmas chamber music on Sunday to round things out. Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for everything else happening this Christmas weekend. more ›

The word on the street is that Hangzhou is the first city in China to have free city-wide wifi coverage (much to the chagrin of Shanghai residents), but is it true? more ›

Attention, anxious highly-skilled proletarians of Western Civilization! New plans to attract overseas professionals to Shanghai have just been announced, with companies looking for specialized talent to offer minimum yearly salaries of 300,000RMB ($47,160 USD) and benefits. In addition, newly arrived foreign experts would also be granted preferential visa treatment and priority status for permanent residency permits, according to local officials. more ›

Shanghai already has New York Style Pizza, but do we have San-Francisco-style-New-York-style pizza? We will soon. We just heard from a devoted Amici's pizza fan that the popular chain of California-based "East Coast Pizzarias" is set to open up a location on Huaihai Lu called "Ello Amici's". more ›

This week is practically dead compared to last week, but our local scene more than makes up for it with two exciting concerts happening this weekend. On Friday local favorite space rock band Duck Fight Goose release their LP at Yuyintang, promising to draw in the local music scene in its entirety. On Sunday, ditch your brunch spot and instead head over to Yuyintang at 2pm to catch local trash rock duo Pairs bring some fresh student talent to the stage. Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for more! more ›

Yesterday on Line 8, a rebellious metro driver decided to ignore the Metro authority's provisions to give announcements only in standard Mandarin, and instead used Shanghainese to announce the stops. more ›

While waiting to take off this morning, Cathay Pacific flight CX365 from Shanghai to Hong Kong was suddenly evacuated via its emergency slides after flight attendants noticed smoke in the cabin. more ›

Photos circulating Weibo show that there is partial flooding in a tunnel on Shangzhong Road within the Inner Ring road here in Shanghai. more ›

The same guy who brought us Everything you need to know about China in 10 minutes is back at it again, this time taking a look at everyone's favorite metropolis - Shanghai. more ›

For now, it appears as if Shanghai's powdered milk stock is safe from the radiation that has tainted Meiji co. powdered baby milk. Earlier this week the powdered formula produced by Japan's premier dairy company was found to contain traces of radioactive cesium 137 and 139, prompting widespread panic in Japan and China. more ›

This week Three Chord Truth brings us the third edition of the BooshKaBaash music festival and Split Works celebrates their 5-year anniversary with five nights of concerts. So much happening, let's just skip the pleasantries and get right to it. more ›