Oh my god Shanghai. Arm yourselves. Not 24 hours after a wicked Line 4 escalator cackled before terrifying passengers last night, one of the most highly-trafficked escalators in Jing'an Temple caught fire today! Plumes of white smoke are said to have spilled out onto Nanjing W Road, engulfing the mall above the metro stop around 10:40am this morning. more ›

Shot near Shunchang Lu and Jianguo Dong Lu. As the photographer, Xinmin Weibo user @haoma, states, this probably isn't the safest use of the city's many electricity lines. What really gets us is that there's a bamboo pole that could easily be used for clothes drying . more ›

Now is the season for chomping down on delicious crayfish, and CNNGo has highlighted some of the best places to get some already (so we won't update ours)... but - not to spoil your xiaolongxia outings or anything - some places may not be very sanitary. more ›

The silencing of Shanghainese was one of various schemes - see also: banning pajamas, banning Chinglish - authorities tried to push through pre-Expo. Like the others, it didn't quite work out. Though, unlike the others, it was probably due to a widespread backlash that made Shanghainese even more popular. One of the people who've helped more and more Shanghai residents is Qian Nairong, Shanghai University professor and Xinmin's resident "Shanghainese" columnist. CNNGo has a great profile piece on him that just went up today - I recommend you read it, even if you can't tell your 侬(nong)s from your 我(ngu)s. more ›

A picture of a deeply submerged Lujiazui has been making the rounds on various internet forums, and it's got Shanghai newspaper Xinmin pretty worked up. The picture shows several Pudong-side waterfront landmarks, including the iconic Pearl Tower, halfway sticking out of the water. The forum titles tend to show the photo with the title that the pictures are from a new study in the U.S. which purports that two thirds of delta regions around the world are at high risk of flooding - including Shanghai. more ›

As an update to yesterday's Bund fire, we present Xinmin's news report: The fire began at 4pm, across the street from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's Shanghai Bund branch. The flames sprung from the Bund renovation platform, starting after errant welding caused something to go ablaze. But firefighters managed to wrestle it under control without causing any casualties. Interestingly enough, the Bund wasn't the only thing to catch fire yesterday. In the same morning, six floors of Ocean Hotel in Hongkou began billowing smoke. The cause was also "welding." more ›

According to Xinmin, the Waibaidu bridge opened up to the public earlier this morning. Though the official opening time was 8am, people weren't let on the bridge until an hour later due to the huge lines that formed. more ›