A few links to start off your day: In Bloomberg, Adam Minter takes a look at the debate raging over anti-radiation maternity suits in China, and why the bizarrely popular trend is likely coming to an end. Check out the new Sinica Podcast about the Wukan uprisings, and the debate that Han Han has recently inflamed over liberalization in China. The Telegraph looks at the explosion of Chinese luxury shoppers arriving on English soil and how it impacts luxury retailers, who are quickly hiring Mandarin-speaking staff and being advised to avoid topics like “politics, Japan and communism”. more ›

Last we heard of Charles Lanceplaine, he was busy with a documentary on skateboarders in Shanghai. At some point in time, he took a little time off to film another type of 'boarder - surfers. Did you know that "since 2007, Surfing China and Wabsono, with the permission of the Chinese government, has invited Pro surfers to surf the bore known as the 'Silver Dragon'" in Hangzhou? more ›

Surfing enthusiasts in China have plenty to celebrate about these days. Not only has the second annual Surfing Hainan Open - China's biggest annual surf contest - been confirmed for this year, but it's also coming sooner than you think! more ›

Surf's up in Hainan! For those of you surfing aficionados still wondering where to escape to from the cold winter, look no further and sign up for the Surfing Hainan 2009 Open now. The inaugural annual competition is set to take place January 10-11 next year on Hainan's east coast, which according to Brendan Sheridan, owner of Surfing Hainan, the Chinese surf company that is organising the competition, is "one of the last easily accessed tropical destinations in the world that still has virtually empty surf". more ›

天赋人权 享我性爱 Literally, this means "God-given human rights, enjoy sex" or, in our interpretation, "It's my natural right to enjoy the pleasures of sex." more ›

Let’s open up the old Shanghaiist mailbag. Our good friend and clever moniker-maker “Simon Templar” writes: more ›

When you think "China", what's the first word that comes into your head? "Surf," obviously. more ›