The one on Kangding Road? No? Well, it's too late to make your way there now because police have shut the Xuangong Club down and detained 15 people there for prostitution and sex shows following a police raid that was part of a nationwide crackdown on vice and prostitution in nine cities across China. Shanghai Daily reports some staggering figures: 1,800 venues across the city, mostly hair salons and massage parlors, have been fined or shut down this year for prostitution. Also, approximately 200,000 employees of massage parlors and karaoke bars (that's about 1 percent of Shanghai's population!) have been made to register with the police since 2005, ostensibly for easier supervision by police. more ›

These days it seems Vice magazine is trying its hand at almost everything. Besides the iconic music magazine and record label they do some interesting web documentaries at VBS. Like every other news organization in the world they decided in the spirit of the Olympics to do a month of pieces on Beijing and China. Since their main focus is music they did a bunch of interesting little stories on bands like PK-14, Subs, Demerit, Mi San Dao and more. Check them out here. This morning we were having trouble loading vidoes on the VBS webpage, try youtube if you have the same problem. more ›