Those looking for an inexpensive way to join the (almost) mile high club should steer clear of Yao Mountain in Guilin, as signs recently displayed at the site announce "Be cautious, it is risky to conduct intimate behavior aloft". Along with exhibiting an overly-demonstrative picture, the signs emphasise that the warning is directed especially at those born after 1990 who, as we know, are all sexually deviant exhibitionists. more ›

The current Brazilian champions Corinthians have signed former Shanghai Shenhua youth team player Chen Zhizhao on a two year deal. The team has made no secret of the fact that he was signed based on a recommendation from the marketing department, whose director reportedly claimed last year that they were planning to bring in "any old rubbish from China" in order to promote their brand in Asia. more ›

Ever since Expo blasted through town stripping us of food streets, pajamas, and chinglish (basically everything fun) we've found few if any chucklz amongst Shanghai public signs. So you can imagine our delight at this wonderfully pure specimen spotted by the escalator in the Shanghai Long-Distance Coach Terminal. more ›

As if falling glass bombs weren't enough, it seems our chances of death from above are only getting worse: "Officials are to launch a citywide search for dangerous store signs and billboards in the wake of an accident in which 12 people were injured by a falling sign on Tuesday. Most of the injured were in stable condition yesterday, but one person was still critical in a Putuo District hospital. Li Weijun, deputy director of the greenery bureau of Putuo District, where the accident occurred, said officials will complete inspections before the typhoon season in July and August. Inspectors will target store signs and billboards that are old and in bad repair, that are too large, are hung too high or are in places susceptible to winds, the bureau said. Where appropriate, shops will be required to repair signs, while billboards deemed unsafe will be removed immediately, the watchdog added." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

Spotted by Sinopop: more ›

Yes, we know there are a lot of websites out there for students of the Chinese language, but have you ever seen one as cute as this? more ›

In yet another dose of Shanghai street sign news, we spotted this gem near the junction of Wuding Road. Okay okay we all know Xizang Lu is supposed to be Tibet Road, but does anyone know why Jiaozhou Lu would translate as Jurong Road? Random English translation (we actually know of an actual road by the same name elsewhere in Asia) aside, we are also not sure why the letter "g" is switched to another font instead of Helvetica. more ›

After Wired ran a story documenting the GoogleCenter of the United States a bunch of ists jumped on the opportunity to figure out their own middle. Gothamist, Chicagoist, Bostonist and Seattlest all zoomed in on their creamy GoogleCenters. A crack cartography team is hard at work determining the GoogleCenter of the Ist-a-verse as you read this... more ›