Results tagged “shanghaiacademy”

Metro news from the local press:

The wearing of jammies in public: amongst people who have been in the city for less than 15 minutes, no issue has better served as a focal point for passion and vitriol. But what of the people who have been here longer? The so-called “lifers” who have lived in Shanghai for 16, 17 and, in some cases, 18 minutes? These have been eerily silent on the issue, avoiding it in public conversation, referring to the phenomenon only furtively from behind closed doors and in darkened back rooms.

Do you remember what you were doing on May 18? Let us help you: You were reading a Shanghaiist post about Sex and Shanghai, a blog started by one "Chinabounder", a British teacher living in Shanghai. In this blog Chinabounder wrote about his sexcapades, as well as scattered thoughts about sex and sexuality in China, Mao, the Cultural Revolution, and China in general.

The Virtual Shanghai project is backed by a team of experts from Institut d'Asie Orientale and the Institut des Sciences de l'Homme in Lyon, France, East China Normal University, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and University of California, Berkeley Center for Chinese Studies Library. Here's how they describe the project on the site:

OK, not quite. But Shanghaiist discovered the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences is studying this problem. According to this report (in Chinese), the SASS has released the results of its research into that most profound of subjects -- human happiness (or the lack thereof). They began by interviewing 4,950 residents of Shanghai from all walks of life to find out what makes them happy. One of their astounding results is that professional success and income do not determine happiness. Another interesting conclusion is that men's happiness level tends to increase as they enter middle-age (owing to greater professional success, income -- even though that kind of contradicts the first statement), while women tend to see their happiness decrease in proportion to the pressure of raising kids and taking care of parents. We haven't seen the whole report, but our inner social scientist surmises that sex (or the lack thereof) has something to do with this as well. Actually, we could never cut it as social scientists -- we actually read this report (in Chinese), which refers to a study done four years ago (nationwide, we believe) that found that in terms of achieving orgasm, men garnered 62.5 points while women only got 38.6 points. We're not sure if these "points" mean percentage (that's our guess, at least) or something else. Shanghaiist knows that there are starving children out there and all, but we're still making a plea for better sex, because that too is a way of making the world a better place for you, me and the entire human race. If you need some tips on positions (in Chinese), you can find plenty of information on the internet. There's just no excuse for unhappiness!