What a hot summer! While we all want to swim, I guess this car wanted to have fun in the fresh cool river water as well. This dramatic car accident happened in the morning of 17 July in Jiaotong University's Minhang campus. more ›

Yes, this video, called "Shanghai's Drifter Girl," is quite obviously a viral ad. In fact, it's probably by the same people who made the whiny Shanghainese girl in a Buick showroom video. But hey, this one is shorter and considerably sweeter so I give it an A+. I wish I knew how to parallel park a car, much less park a Cadillac CTS by slamming on the handbrake and squealing it into a perfectly sized space. Apparently I'm not the only one - it's gotten over a million hits on Youku so far. more ›

Shanghai Daily has some startling statistics about drunk driving in our city - according to a study released yesterday, we have almost double the amount of fatal road accidents related to DUIs (8.3%) than that of the national average (4.16%). Last year, over 6% of traffic accidents in Shanghai were caused by drunk driving. more ›