Last year Converse China took their team up to Mongolia for a week. They found it to be quite rough, in more ways than one. We're a few months late, but the video, put together by Patrik Wallner, is just so pretty that we're posting it anyway. more ›

Shanghai's edition of the Converse Block Party on Saturday was simply brand perpetuation at its finest. At least until the police became adamant about keeping it real, closing the event down due to overcrowding. With a street section next to M50 Creative Garden cordoned off for the festivities, Converse came through and provided the very with-it crowd an awesome opportunity to chill out. more ›

Shanghai 5 had its premier at The Source on Xinle Lu here in Shanghai over the weekend, but in case you missed Charles Lanceplaine's documentary about skaters in the city, he's put it up on Vimeo. more ›

I'm always super curious to learn more about extreme sports culture (call it a remnant of my fascination with skater boys back in high school), so I'm eagerly awaiting this new web documentary on skateboarders here in Shanghai. The teaser above (on vimeo, so turn on your vpn) is for Shanghai 5 (上海五), which was filmed and edited by skate filmmaker Charles Lanceplaine. It's set to be released later this year. more ›

• Shanghai has decided to stop on-board aircraft passenger temperature checks, to the dismay of budding photographers hoping to document the bizarre hazard suit teams. [Shanghai Daily]
• Mudwrestling at Martini Bar? Those are two things we thought never would really mix, but it somehow happened. [SmartShanghai]
• What a load of bull. Shanghai's planning on building a bigger version of Wall St.'s charging bull statue to be placed on the waterfront. It'll mark the tail end of China's Year of the Ox and... we guess, be auspicious somehow. [The Age]

By Matthias Doyle more ›