Yao Ming quit basketball, the CCP turned 90, salt cured everything, Gary Locke became more famous than he'll ever be in America, Red Cross and Groupon botched just about everything, goldfish abuse ran rampant, and authorities renewed their devotion to harmony and street cleaning. It's been a wild year.
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Our citiy's escalators chose this week to declare war on unsuspecting metro users when an escalator on Line 4 maniacally "giggled" before reversing direction, and a high-traffic escalator above the Jing'an metro stop caught fire! Thankfully, no one was injured. So far.
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The most popular Shanghaiist posts from 2011
This week in Shanghaiist
All the top stories from the past 7 days: An open rebellion in Wukan, glowing meat in Beijing, and Batman routed by Chinese police.
This week in Shanghaiist
All the top stories from the past 7 days: Gay penguins, Putin's Confucius Peace Prize, and Chongqing's chutzpah architecture.
This week in Shanghaiist
All the top stories from the past 7 days: Outlawing disposable chopsticks, Good Samaritan Law finally arrives in Shenzhen, and Georgetown students "crack" China's nuclear secrets.
This week in Shanghaiist
All the top stories from the past 7 days: Nudie netizens support Ai Weiwei, Huntsman talks China's downfall, and a leech found living in a teen's throat.
This week in Shanghaiist
All the top stories from the past 7 days: Putin wins the Confucius Peace Prize, workers strike in Guangdong, and alien structures in Western China? It's less likely than you think.
This week in Shanghaiist
All the top stories from the past 7 days: Ai Weiwei's fundraiser, Shanghai's cancerous fog, and Lady Gaga with Chinese characteristics
This week in Shanghaiist
All the top stories from the past 7 days: US Presidential candidates try to talk China, Ai Weiwei's 1 million RMB loan, and Chinese scientists cook up some blood.
Weekendist: Tons of international DJs, Guy Fawkes tribute bonfire, and JAR Animal Adoption Day!
International music acts are descending en masse on Shanghai this weekend. Steve Aoki, Slugabed, T-1000 and more (including some RnB artist from the UK). Hard mode: can you catch them all? Nightmare mode: can you do that and also get your social responsibility on by helping out at Rivers of Hearts or JAR Animal Adoption Day? And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more.
This week in Shanghaiist
All the top stories from the last 7 days: Siberian tigers, scary pollution photos, and a mini bubble-burst in Shanghai's housing market.
Shanghaiist & BEAN's Halloween Party is TONIGHT!
100RMB for all-you-can-drink before 11:30pm. And it's not one of those demoralizing deals either, where you only get drinks you've never heard of. We're talking Bacardi, Cuervo and Smirnoff, a veritable holy trinity of guaranteed drunkenness.
Weekendist: Shanghaiist's Halloween Party tonight, and Halloween parties galore Saturday!
It's that time of year again! Halloween, our favorite excuse to dress up like an idiot and imbibe more than the recommended units, starts tonight! Kick off your Halloween by kicking it with us at Cargo JJ tonight, and make sure not to miss all the rockin' parties happening Saturday! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more.
This week in Shanghaiist
All the top stories from the past 7 days: Yueyue, Shanghaiist's adventures in Huaxi, mega-nerd Zhang Xinyang and Shanghai police looking for Occupy Wall Street instigators.
Weekendist: D.A.F.F. Art Festival, Barcamp Shanghai, and Kerry Beer Bash!
Next weekend kicks off the October holidays here in China, so now's your chance to either prepare for it with parties or have one last normal weekend before the craziness starts. We've got D.A.F.F. Art Festival happening tomorrow (of which we are a proud media sponsor!), documentaries on falling satellites, tech "un-conferences," and Save-the-Planet Eco Seminars. Read on for details or head over to our calendar for more.
Elaine Chow: Goodbye Shanghai! Goodbye Shanghaiist!
Astute Shanghaiist readers have probably noticed that I haven't been posting much anyway for the last couple of months, but here it is officially: I'm heading out of the country and will no longer be contributing to this site. It's been a great run and thanks everybody for reading!
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
We'd like to take a moment to wish all our readers a very happy Mid-Autumn festival! 中秋节快乐！
This week in Shanghaiist: UFO's, cyber war shenanigans & Shanghai Disneyland
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This week in Shanghaiist: Biden's visit, basketball brawls, and evil Shanghai escalators
This week in Shanghaiist
- While
typhoontropical storm Muifa may have missed us (which can't be said for Jiangsu province), we showed you photos of all the crazy flooding that took place after Friday morning's electrical storm, which ended up killing three people in Shanghai! - We noted that Keanu Reeves is just the latest to jump on the "let's all make a movie in China" boat. Whoa.
- We were very skeptical over the recent "happy cities" report that listed Hangzhou first and Shanghai 97th.
SAVE THE DATE: Sexy Saturday by Shanghaiist on Aug 13!
Make this Saturday ours! Shanghaiist helps you get your groove back on with the first of its summer party series, Sexy Saturday, happening this weekend.
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