Earlier this year, we brought you the news that Shanghai’s youth values are turning a shade greener, with ever increasing awareness of and activism in China’s environmental movement. This is thanks in part to the expansion of NGOs in China. We went along to meet Tori Zwisler, the executive director of Shanghai Roots and Shoots, and recent recipient of Shanghai Volunteer Association's '2009 Volunteer of the Year' award, to see how her organisation is educating and empowering the city’s youth. more ›

• Baskin-Robbins just opened two new stores in Shanghai, bringing the total of the chain-with-31-flavors up to six in the city. [China Retail News]
• NPO Roots and Shoots' Tori Zwisler talks to Danwei about charity in Shanghai. [Danwei]
• The Shanghai Health Bureau reported four new cases of swine flu yesterday, bringing the total of cases here up to 84. [Eastday]