Japanese investigators have found 'no abnormality' at the dumpling factory in Hebei Province at the centre of a food safety scare in Japan after hundreds of people suffered from pesticide poisoning from eating the dumplings. Traces of pesticide were found on the outside of the dumplings and not in the fillings, leading investigators to point to "deliberate poisoning, rather than accidental contamination". This idea, however, has been rejected by Chinese experts.The world's most powerful music......

If you think only Chinese people use Baidu, you're dead wrong. Recently, a friend of ours in the US complained that he was unable to find any more music through Baidu's MP3 search service. Not a surprise really, since that treasure trove of pirated music that is now getting sued for big bucks in a Beijing court by some of the biggest names in music including Universal, EMI, Warner, Sony BMG and their local subsidiaries,......

3 in US accused of enslaving Chinese acrobats Three men enslaved more than 20 Chinese acrobats, feeding and paying them little to work, and confiscating their passports and visas. 'Mass incidents' on rise as environment deteriorates Chinese people's refusal to accept an ever deteriorating environmental situation has resulted in a rising number of "mass incidents", the country's chief environment official said on Wednesday. Becoming Bill Gates' right-hand man Showing signs of genius even as......

Forgive us if this is old news for you, but we just recently discovered Gmail Mobile, and we are loving it. Basically, it's a tiny app for your mobile device that allows you to read and respond to your email and open up attachments — all very quickly (much faster than trying to look at Gmail through your phone's internet browser). This is just what we needed, since we use Gmail for all of our......

If you get a strange feeling of deja vu as you watch the next Spider-Man movie, the chances are you have already seen it. Reuters have reported Sony's claims that there are no genuine fake copies of Spider-Man 3 floating around the Internet or among pirate vendors. The disks you see on the streets of Shanghai these days will probably be Spider-Man 2 in disguise as the latest movie. The real fakes should be......

Tech Flocks To Shanghai "According to a report from Russell Reynolds Associates based on Shanghai government statistics, 144 foreign companies now have their Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, 48 of which established operations there only in the last year." City traffic police tougher on jaywalking "Besides receiving a verbal reminder of the violation, jaywalkers and cyclists will be fined between five yuan to 50 yuan, depending on their behavior and attitude." Shanghai Surprise "If you......

How big will the Shanghai premiere of Casino Royale be tomorrow night at Shanghai Film Art Center? Well, the stars of the movie will actually be there. And that doesn't happen too often — last month, Edward Norton flew to Beijing for a Painted Veil press conference, but didn't make the trip for the premiere in Shanghai the following day. Daniel Craig, 007 himself, and Bond girl Eva Green are slated to appear at the......

China confirms satellite test, allays fears "'What needs to be stressed is that China has always advocated the peaceful use of space, opposes the weaponisation of space and arms races in space.'" China sticking to one-child policy despite gender gap "China will not loosen its one-child policy, despite a top family planning official’s acknowledgment Tuesday that it was partly to blame for a worsening problem of too many boy babies and not enough girls......

Mozilla coming to China, seeking talent "The Chinese government has been enthusiastic about open source software systems such as Linux, and it seems likely that the Chinese market will be receptive to a greater adoption of Firefox, where currently IE is the default browser." Google partner in China is accused of abetting piracy "We have been watching [Shenzhen Xunlei Networking Technologies] for some time and we have observed that like many file-sharing networks/enablers in......

So the holiday season is upon us. We at Shanghaiist have always believed that after a year of toiling, we, more than anyone else, deserve the best gift of the season. Now that line of thinking has been established, the next step is, of course, narrowing down our shopping list. This year, we have our eyes on a Sony PSP. Actually, we’ve been eyeing the portable game console/music and video player ever since it came......

Shanghaiist went gadget shopping today -- tired of carrying around the laptop to check emails and blogs, we are planning to upgrade our mobile phone. And we bumped into the Sony Ericsson Z610 (official link). This phone made us happy with its slim design and the nice glamour effect on the outside (despite business functionality, we want to stay fashionable -- gotta keep appearances up). The big surprise was the built-in RSS reader. Wow, keep......

In a less-than-coordinated moment at home, Shanghaiist accidentally stepped on a pair of iPod headphones (sorry -- "ear buds"), mashing them beyond repair. Since we’re unable to stand more than one hour in this city without filling our Eustachian tubes with loud music to block out the noise, we immediately made our way into the electronics market on the corner of Huaihai Zhong Lu and Huangpi Bei Lu and bought a pair of “Sony” buds......

Shanghaiist was thinking about how to characterize a movie like this: We mulled over “worst movie we’ve ever seen,” and thought this too harsh, as there are probably loads of worse movies that we’ve seen but have repressed the memory of. And we hope the same happens with this movie. The ensemble includes Hong Kong starlet Cecilia Cheung (Zhang Baizhi), Hu Ge, and most importantly, the cinematic debut of Super Voice Girl No. 2 Zhou......

This weekend Club One is holding its grand opening, DJ Zohra will be pumping uplifting house at Rojam, DJ Boro brings the electro to Fabrique ... (thanks SmartShanghai!) "But wait!" you cry. "Where are the guitars? Where are the jam sessions at smoky bars that the police come to shut down at 1 am?" Well, Shanghaiist hears you. Read on for this week's concert preview: Friday: The first time Shanghaiist heard about San Huang Ji......

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Remember that run down house on the edge of the walled-in empty lot north of Xintiandi where you paid a couple of kuai for a bottle of water every once in a while? You may have wondered how such a dingy shack could marr the pristine face of Huangpi Lu, a street that hosts towering office highrises and Vincent Lo's Shanghai pride-and-joy. Or maybe the populist inside of you secretly giggled with glee at the......

After a year of creativity and preparation, Shanghainese hip-hop is poised to spring full-force into the public awareness with "Shanghai Hip-Hop II", a promotional party co-sponsored by ShanghaiNing.com and Sony-BMG this Friday at Club Fusion. What's the occasion, you ask? The release of ShanghaiNing.com's first official mixtape: Say What You Gotta Say (有啥讲啥 or you sha jiang sha). In some respects, "Shanghai Hip-Hop II" is the culmination of a life's work for ShanghaiNing.com. The website......