It's the dawn of a Brave New Noodle World! A new noodle-bot that holds dough and slices daoxiao-style noodles (刀削面) is popping up all over northern China, and you shouldn't be surprised if you run into one soon. more ›

Halloween is Shanghaiist's favorite holiday, by far. And with the spooky season approaching, we spend a lot of time thinking about whether Chinese vampires are more zombie than vampire, the mortifying merits of American style haunted houses and, of course, our annual halloween party. And like always, we're going to hold it down like a rickety door during a zombie attack. more ›