• So while the actual full solar eclipse over summer turned out to be a rainy, unseen affair, today there'll be a partial solar eclipse... and you may actually be able to see it! Catch it between 3:39pm and 5:15PM today. At 4:57, around 80% of the sun will be covered. [Shanghai Daily]
• Shanghai has just overtaken Tokyo as the world's busiest stock market in Asia, with shares worth $5.01 trillion changing hands compared to Tokyo's paltry $4.07 trillion. [Business Week]
• Pro tip: When trying to kill yourself by jumping, don't do it from a short height and with your blowup sex doll. A Shanghai man found that out when his inflatable pal broke his fall, saving him. [ChinaSMACK]

So like the weather nuts predicted, Shanghai was rained out on the Eclipse. That didn't stop most of us from venturing out of our homes to try and catch a glimpse of the disappearing sun through the foggy, cloudy skies though. While this Shanghaiist editor, stuck in rainy Xintiandi thanks to an address mix up, didn't get to see much, thankfully the internet is here to the rescue! more ›

So even if weather forecasts aren't the most promising for tomorrow's solar eclipse, we'll still be at various Coffee Bean & Tea Leafs around the city chatting about the weather and keeping an eye on the sun. Well, not directly on the sun. Assuming the rains let up enough for us to actually watch the eclipse happen, here's some safety tips courtesy of Parkway Health: more ›

Well isn't this a treat! Thanks in part to the solar eclipse, Shanghai's going to get a dash of royalty on Wednesday. Shanghai Daily has reported that "Thailand's Princess" will be in the city to watch the metereological event from a special stand at Jinshan City Beach. They didn't specify which Thai princess would be coming along, though we're guessing its Her Royal Highness Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, just because she tends to be the one in the news more. If anyone makes it to Jinshan Beach (it's still open to the public) on Wednesday morning, make sure to make sure for us. more ›

The days are counting down to the Shanghai solar eclipse and we're all excited for our 6 minutes or so of morning darkness. While weather forecasts aren't exactly the most promising, it's still a momentous occasion that last happened three hundred years ago and do you really want to tell people all you did was mutter sadly to yourself in an office? more ›

You didn't think we were just going to let a once-in-hundred-something-years event pass by without doing something about it, did you? Ha! It's like you don't even know us. more ›

You'll want to remember the warnings your parents gave you about looking directly at the sun, because in exactly a month, the longest total eclipse of the 21st century will be visible from Shanghai on Wednesday, July 22. more ›