Editor's Note: This is an update to that flash mob we told you about earlier. The writer was the organiser of the event. Following the example of NYC-based drama group “Improv Everywhere,” an assembly of people gathered on Nanjing Road last Saturday at 3pm to "freeze in place at the same time." Although it was raining a little and many couldn’t make it on time, the event was a great success in terms of......

From Shanghai Daily:SHANGHAI issued an orange alert for heavy fog this morning. It was the first orange fog warning since winter began early this month. The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau issued a yellow alert for fog at 1am and upgraded it to orange about 5am. The alert was lowered at 10am this morning. Four international flights, with a total of 835 passengers, were diverted from Pudong International Airport and landed at Hongqiao Airport due to heavy......

Much has been said about the Shanxi province slavery scandal, and China (and the world) has been shocked by footages of child slaves being beaten and whipped and forced to work under harsh conditions in brick kilns. For those of you who have not caught up with what's happened yet, EastSouthWestNorth offers an excellent translation (and a must-read!) of an article that first appeared in yWeekend detailing how Henan journalist Fu Zhenzhong (付振中) uncovered the......

Without question, the award for "Comedy News of the Week" goes to ... The Cat-Burglar Monkey! Oh he doesn't burgle cats, it's just ... we'll let China Daily do the writing: A Mr Wang found an unexpected guest sneaking around his room and looking through his clothes earlier this morning. As his uninvited guest escaped from the window with a pair of his trousers, Wang realized that it was a monkey, Shanghai Evening Post reported......

Now take a wild guess: Which occupation is the most dangerous in Shanghai? According to this report (in Chinese) by the Shanghai Evening Post, journalists, corporate managers and scientific researchers are the top ones in danger now. Why? Xiong Sidong, director of Immunology Institute of Fudan University explains Shanghainese are threatened by a variety of physical ailments and karoshi (guolao si 过劳死 or "death from overwork"). And the three occupations listed above are the most......

The Shanghai Evening Post tells us that Mission: Impossible III (or M : I : III, as the cool kids are calling it) will make its world premier in Shanghai. Yes, Shanghai! The red carpet event is slated for April 22 at the Shanghai Grand Theater. But leave your camcorders at home: Because the movie will go public in May, the debut on April 22 will employ many high-tech methods to prevent piracy. According to......