More exciting, semi-non-news documents released by Wikileaks have revealed that China and the US, in a "mutual show of military strength" used missiles to blow up their own satellites! Actually the blowing shit up part isn't news, that happened two or three years ago, well covered by the press. But WHY they both blew up their respective satellites has been more clearly revealed: basically, it's Regan's 'Star Wars' all over again! more ›

Uh oh, looks like these Shanghai-made laser lightsabers, the closest you can get in real life to the Star Wars Jedi version, have run afoul of the sci-fi series' creator George Lucas. more ›

Weekendist highlights some of the fun things to try out in Shanghai over the weekend. more ›

On Thursday 3 December, Vienna Café will, as they put it, "finally will bring some good laughs to our wee cinema, to celebrate the arrival of the winter and the holiday season." The 2007 comedy Death at a funeral shows the strange and hysterical happenings taking place at what was supposed to be a dignified family gathering. more ›

With the sun out, the temperatures high, one can only think of one thing-- what's going on in the World of the -ist's? more ›

Xinmin Evening News tells us (article in Chinese) that although a bowl of wonton usually costs several yuan, Mr. Shao paid over 3000 -- in fact 3103.18 RMB. more ›

Last month, aging kung-fu fighter Jackie Chan pleaded for more Chinese women to marry westerns and spread Sino culture all over the whole freakin’ globe. Good ol' Hef must have heard the call because Playboy got a rise from western male readers with its first ever Chinese-born cover girl. more ›

Ever since Matrix: Revolutions in 2003, select Hollywood blockbusters have been released simultaneously worldwide in an effort to combat the DVD guy on the corner, whose suitcase fills magically on opening night. Star Wars III? Got it. Mr. and Mrs. Smith? Got it. Sure, the frame rate can't keep up with the action, and the camera man, having sat too close to the screen, has to pan a little to see each side of a conversation. But hey, it's 8 kuai. (Or 7, depending on where you shop.) more ›