It's getting to be that festive time, and Shanghai is ready to celebrate with Swing' Hai White Christmas at Mi Tierra and Winter Wonderland with that's Shanghai. If you're not a fan of holiday parties, there's plenty of other stuff to tide you over. On Saturday there are two great charity events happening - a food drive, and Gift of Life benefit at The Strip to help provide live-saving heart surgeries to children in need. Read on for details, or head over to our calendar for more. more ›

We were scandalized by stories of love hotels and elevator trysts, tittilated by tales of naked Nubian giants on the Bund and set all aflutter by anecdotes about orgy-tastic dinner parties... it was an amazing showing for H.A.L. Literature and That's Shanghai's first Erotic Fiction contest at Glamour Bar. But in the end, only three could win. Congratulations to... more ›

That's Shanghai and H.A.L. Publishing teamed up last month to hold Shanghai's first ever erotic fiction contest! (Devastated you missed your chance to enter? There's always next year!) The finalists have been chosen, and they will be gathering at Glamour Bar this Thursday at 8pm to read their works and let you all judge which you think is the steamiest (see our calendar for details.) more ›

This is an advertisement. That's Shanghai magazine is recruiting for two senior editorial positions: Life & Style Editor and Food & Drink Editor. Preference will be given to applicants with the following: Strong writing skills, preferably with prior magazine experience and / or journalist qualification; Spoken Chinese; Familiarity with, and enthusiasm for, all things Shanghai; Strong organizational skills and 100 percent commitment to deadlines; An abundance of ideas, creativity and enthusiasm. Please send a cover letter, resume and writing samples to hr@urbanatomy.com. A full job description is available upon request. More job ads. Information on how to place a job ad. more ›

Last year, Shanghai's already established chains won the bulk of the awards at That's Shanghai's annual Food & Drink awards. But with the Shanghai market growing ever more accustomed to one-off fine dining projects (here's looking at you Dongping & Yueyang Lu), maybe this year will surprise us! Anyhow, if you live in Shanghai and you'd prefer not to see Paulaner win best beer again, you can vote here. They'll close it off on August 8. more ›

Those of you who have been in Shanghai for a while will remember food writer Jarrett Wrisley, who started out at That's Shanghai and later helmed SH Mag's food column (he also wrote for Shanghaiist -- very briefly). In his latest column over at the Atlantic, Wrisley writes about the existential crisis he experienced late last year when he realised that the "best job in the world" (food writing) wasn't a real job anymore because "[f]ood magazines were floundering", "[e]ditors backpedaling" and “I had more outstanding payments from publications than I had money in my bank account”. And with that, he decided to take the plunge and start a bar and restaurant in Bangkok, where he is now based. The bar will serve Thai food, "mostly the sort you'd eat on the street." From all of us at Shanghaiist, good luck, Jarrett! more ›

The That's Shanghai Food & Drink Award winners were released over the weekend, for all you foodies that are curious about what Shanghai likes. And what Shanghai likes, for the most part, is established chains - whether or not they are actually the "best" in their categories. Hey, don't get huffy with us. The guys at That's Shanghai thought the same thing. more ›

• Shanghai Hongqiao and Shanghai Pudong are "destined" to be consolidated - though noone knows when the integration will happen. [Trading Markets]
• Paul French visits the Hong Kong Museum of History and has a few choice words to say about how Hong Kong compared back in the day. It was no Shanghai. [China Rhyming]
• You probably voted in their Best of Shanghai awards, now hit up That's Shanghai Best of Food & Drink voting section. [Urbanatomy]

Whilst fans wait for their ticket refunds, the Oasis/Tibet debacle has at least worked out well for one party: That's Shanghai magazine's publicity team. more ›

So by now, everyone knows the gig is off, presumably because of Oasis' pro-Tibet leanings. But before we learned that the British brothers wouldn't be performing on our shores, the editrixes at managed to get an exclusive interview in with them - separately. If it really was because of the Tibet issue and not just finances, the Chinese government really ought to read the piece and change their minds. more ›

Papa John's thinks bigger: There are about 100 Papa John's locations throughout China, but the restaurant chain wants that number to grow to 500 in the next five years. From Reuters: more ›

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Have you got an opinion? Starting this week, we will publish an opinion piece from readers on selected weekends, so if you feel like you've got something to get off your chest, email it to us at info AT shanghaiist DOT com and if we like it, we will publish it under this column. This week, a reader takes on That's Shanghai's Erik Peterson's review of Beijing punk band Snapline's new CD. All views expressed by writers under this column are their own and do not indicate any official position taken by Shanghaiist. more ›

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Yet. For those who like to keep up to date on Shanghai-English-language-website news — yes, all three of you — head on over to Urbanatomy.com. That's the future home of a new website from the folks at That's Shanghai. And if Urbanatomy.com is as half as good as thatssh.com ... someone seriously needs to be fired over there, because thatssh.com is really quite awful. But they know that — hence the new site. But why... more ›