• Wealthy people in high-rises are publicly protesting Shanghai Film Group President Ren Zhonglun's plans to build more high-rises. Good on them? [Shanghai Scrap]
• Shanghai-based Nial O'Connor talks about his new comic “Jing Squared” (晶²), which will be available in mid-2009 and is designed specifically for viewing on mobile phones. [56minusone]
• A man reflects on his days as a 22-year-old student in Shanghai during the 1989 student movement. [Fool's Mountain]

Here's news the visually impaired Chinese will surely be happy to hear - the release of the country;s first audio film to be screened from April 23. The box office hit Examination 1977 will be screened for an audience of 158,000, with added narrative to describe non-auditory scenes for blind viewers. more ›