Archive for April, 2010

Watch: The UK Pavilion up close

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

The pavilion that’s got everyone talking is really. awesome. indeed.

Obama Club: Not just another cheesy karaoke club!

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Shanghaiist reader Jordan Rosenberg writes in to correct us about the club that everyone’s been waiting for:
One of my former co-workers is now working with the club, and threw a relatively small gathering for their birthday there a few weeks ago, which I had the good fortune of attending. I’ll admit, the [...]

Tonight: Do your bit for victims of the Qinghai Yushu earthquake!

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Want to donate towards relief efforts in Yushu, Qinghai but not sure how?
Tonight, NeochaEDGE will be hosting an event called “Spongies,” where creative works will be auctioned off from local fashion designers, photographers, illustrators, product designers and other leading-edge Chinese creatives. All proceeds from the auctioned works will go towards disaster relief through [...]

This week in Gay China: Grisly gay sex murders, gay matchmaking and gay faux marriages!

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Big burly men dressed in bright pink tutus — that’s what you’ll find at Beijing Period, a group that organises monthly LGBT activities up north in the capital

A gay singer in Hunan province has been arrested for murder after allegedly killing six men in elaborate sex games involving sado-masochism, erotic asphyxiation [...]

Quote of the Day: Han Han on Haibao’s buttcrack

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Haibao has given people a really bad headache. I’m not even talking about his image, just his design. Haibao’s original two-dimensional design has created a really difficult problem for those tasked with making him three dimensional: what should his backside look like? Does he have a tail? Does he have a butt? Does [...]

Watch: Lang Lang plays "Flight of the Bumblebee" on iPad

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Do you need a better reason to get the iPad?
Video taken by CharissaLui at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall at a concert on April 19

Beijng Pollution :: Understanding China, one Blog at a Time

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

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Arayan Pride in China – WTF :: Understanding China, one Blog at a Time

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

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Saw this guy on the subway, he was seemingly normal. Was with his wife and friend, his friend was cheesy, but he seemed ok. But look at his arm, he has what looks like a jail house tat of a swastika on it.

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Slutty in Shanghai- Shanghai has the Highest incidence of Sexually Transmitted Disease in China :: Understanding China, one Blog at a Time

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

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Be careful in Shanghai, post here:
excerpt:Shanghai has the highest incidence of sexually transmitted infections in China, with a population even larger than Beijing. In published surveys, 8 to 10 percent of Chinesemen admitted to having had a prostitution experience at some time in their lives. Thisis alarming.
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Gervais discuss’ the English :: Shanghai Eye

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

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podcast thing here, funny (some swearing)…