Winning top prize at the Tudou Film Festival 2010 is this Machinima film, War of Internet Addiction 《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 [...]
Did you know there was a day in the calendar dedicated to the one night stand? No? Well, neither did we! Till a few seconds ago when we received a text message wishing us “419快乐!” (Happy 419!).
Here in China, the number “419″ is codeword for “one night stand” because it’s an approximate homonym [...]
So folks, it’s finally happened. I’m bidding Shanghai and Shanghaiist goodbye… for a bit while I take a nice lil’ vacation! I’m off to a much needed R&R trip to the U.S., and from what I’ve heard free Wi-Fi’s actually a lot harder to come across there. Go figure. So, for the next month-ish, long [...]
Photo by Malcolm Moore
The Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore travelled to the Qinghai earthquake region and has documented his journey in photographs. To view the photographs please visit his Flickr page. [Flickr]
High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost on the earthquake in Tibet originally written in Chinese byTibetan blogger “The Lost Curse”. [...]
With the excitement (or ennui) regarding the Expo (ZOMG! only 12 days left!), it’s sometimes easy to forget that the thing’s going to be done in six months. This begs the question: what’s going to happen next?
We’ve already covered that the China pavilion, the Theme pavilion, the Cultural Center, the [...]
Can’t view the above video? It’s time to get yourself a VPN!
The 7.1-magnitude quake, which struck the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu Wednesday morning, has left at least 1,706 dead, 256 missing and 12,128 injured, of which 1,424 are in severe condition, as of 10 a.m. Sunday.
Update: According to Shanghai Daily, the death toll [...]
Yan Xiaoling’s mother, Lin Xiuying, outside the Fujian courthouse on Friday. Photo from Global Voices Online. Used under a Creative Commons license.
Three bloggers from Fujian who spread information online relating to the alleged rape and murder of Yan Xiaoling were found guilty of slander on Friday. AP reported that self-taught legal [...]
Who woulda thought – the big hubbub over the Expo song which sounded like a Japanese pop ditty from the 1990s has caused it to be withdrawn. Officials of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination confirmed that it had suspended “2010 Waits for You” “for caution’s sake” until they have had an investigation. They [...]
Photo taken by HKmPUA at the Dongchang Road Ferry Terminal
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This week is all about the beat. So break out those dancing shoes and get your boogie on with Shanghai’s offerings of house, soul, rock and hip-hop. O, and we also threw in little opera, just to make it a good mix.
MONDAY: CARLTON J. SMITH, MATTEO RICCI AT THE SHANGHAI MUSEUM
Shanghai’s funk soul brother [...]