A cross-dressing garbage collector has won national sympathy after his house was burned by a fire and he was subsequently ridiculed by both news commentators and video site Tudou. more ›

“Youku think they can live on free traffic without paying for the content,” said Tudou CEO Gary Wang in a statement, “and they are trying to hide the fact that they are actually not as competitive as they pretend to be.” more ›

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Heartwarming video from Tudou featuring survivors from the devastating 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan sending their love and well wishes to the victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami.
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Back in November 2010, the government said it would ban any form of trading and supplying of unauthorized foreign TV shows. We heard that, said "Yeah, okay" and then went back to watching the new season of Mad Men on Tudou.com because well, if it was gonna be anything like the smoking ban, then we'd have nothing to worry about, right? more ›

For those of you who were hoping to join in on this year's TEDxShanghai but for some reason couldn't make the actual event, they're taking a page out of last year's playbook and streaming everything on Tudou. more ›

Winning top prize at the Tudou Film Festival 2010 is this Machinima film, 《网瘾战争》by 性感玉米 (@CorndogCN) and his volunteer team of 100 World of Warcraft gamers. The 64 minute video has been described as an anti-censorship advocacy production put together with a total production cost of literally zero, and is also available on Youtube with English subtitles in seven parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7. more ›

In our new Threesday feature, Shanghaiist takes the time to count out three of well... whatever catches their fancy that week. This week: Three Emmy-winning shows that you can stream from the Chinese internet. more ›

In case you weren't able to get tickets or just couldn't make it to the geek + change-the-world fest that is TedXShanghai, the event has been kind enough to live stream their talks on Tudou.com, rendering it ridiculously easy to check out speakers (who know things!) from the comfort of your office computer. Starts at 10am... which is NOW! In case you didn't know, TEDx is a program of "local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience... TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group." You can check out who will be talking about what here. more ›

Yes, that is what appears to be the lower half of a shapely female... and yes, it is rotating. According to Netease, this is an unfinished mascot for a theme park located in Chongqing called... "LOVE LAND." Construction has just begun, but wily netizens leaked the video to the internet. Most people found it way too explicit and somewhat vulgar. Go figure! more ›

Update (4:45PM): The AFP has corrected the story. The new version sent out across the wires now reads at the top "ATTENTION - CORRECTION: REMOVES quotes from blogger Marc van der Chijs in paras 15-19 which were mistakenly taken from comments made in a blog dated 2007. Here is a corrected repetition." In an email to Shanghaiist, an AFP employee wrote: "The story went out this morning so it should be corrected before it is published in any Australian newspapers and web site versions should also be updated and corrected automatically." more ›

Did you know China had a burgeoning parkour scene? We didn't either until 56minus1 discovered a bunch of online Chinese parkour groups, communities and forums. more ›

• Deadly sex story puts 2 bloggers in court [Shanghai Daily] "The widow of the late Chinese film director Xie Jin has filed a libel lawsuit against twin-brother bloggers for claiming her husband died while having sex with a prostitute."
• Beijing teen hot-wires bus, causes chaos [AP] "A 13-year-old boy apparently hot-wired a public bus and took it on a joyride in downtown Beijing and crashed it into a dozen vehicles in a scene witnesses likened to a blockbuster movie, state media reported Monday."
• China plans to launch its own 'Google Earth' [China Economic Net]"Compared with Google Earth, the pictures provided by the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping feature higher resolution and cover a wider range of national territory. As long as the place is not subject to significant security restrictions, online users can search wherever they want in the country."

China Tech News reports that about 80 copyright holders will be ganging up on Tudou for copyright infringement. Some of these companies in the alliance include Joy.cn, Beijing Polybona Film Distribution, Beijing Orange Sky Entertainment Group and SFS Emperor and are said to be suing for RMB10 million. Tudou is a video sharing website that is bigger than YouTube in China showing 1.2 billion videos each month including bootlegged versions of TV shows and clips from Hollywood movies. Tudou, possibly in response to this suit, will be launching a reporting system for copyright owners after Spring Festival that they are currently testing. Of course the alliance could be fishing for some of that $85 million they raised in funding, most of which is apparently just sitting in the bank. more ›

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From Danwei: "But conspicuously missing from the list are the Big Three of the Chinese Youtube clones: Youku.com, Tudou.com and 56.com. Although 56.com has been off line for nearly two weeks after an apparent porblem with the authorities, these three websites have the largest amount of funding of any video websites in China, most of it foreign. By most accounts they are also the most popular video sites in China." more ›

Standing a foot taller and six inches broader than anyone else on HuaiHai Lu, the young man who calls himself Red Laowai (George to his Mother) is easy to spot. Although this is his first trip to mainland China, George has already gathered a large following by recording video clips singing (mostly Communist) Chinese songs and releasing them on the internet. more ›

">handy tri-colored boxes in communication stores throughout the city to be used to recycle or properly dispose of cell phones. The initiative could make a huge impact in helping the city's environment: Shanghai Mobile reports 3.2 million phones are trashed in the city each year. The local trend may be indicative of a nation-wide movement. During his recent visit to China, Samsung CEO Lee Yoon-Woo announced the company’s Green Operation Plan, which may involve up to 150 million RMB invested in environmentally-friendly factories, products and protocol. China’s D.Phone has followed suit, declaring plans to receive e-waste from shoppers at store locations throughout the nation in exchange for coupons worth 50-150 RMB. China Electronic Energy Saving Technology Association and China Quality Management Association For Electronics Industry are also advocating what they dub the “Green E-Campaign.” more ›

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It’s shaping up to be a bad week for the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (the catchily acronymed SARFT) – and it's still only Wednesday. Recent events surrounding bans of video sharing site Tudou and then actress Tang Wei (汤唯) seem to suggest that SARFT is slipping into farce. more ›

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Via China Net Investor, this interview of the founders of Shanghai-based dot.com Tudou.com, Gary Wang and Marc van der Chijs, serves up one very juicy tidbit of information — that Tudou.com is already streaming more minutes of video content every month than YouTube (15 billion minutes per month versus 3.5 billion)! Then in a self-deprecatory turn, Wang turns around to say that those numbers are never really accurate. more ›