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Watch: (Supposedly) mainland Chinese guy takes dump on the streets of Hong Kong
In this recently uploaded, and soon-to-be viral Youtube video, a (purported) mainland Chinese man takes a dump in full view of everyone on a busy shopping avenue in Hong Kong. After he's done, he stands there like a boss with his pants still down as he waits for his companion to bring him some proper asswipes. Lovely. Just the sort of thing we need now to lay the HK vs Mainland controversy to rest.
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John McCain: The Arab Spring is coming to China
Political has-been and erstwhile presidential hopeful US senator John McCain ruffled a few Chinese feathers over the weekend at a security conference in Munich by announcing that "The Arab Spring Is Coming To China." Said McCain to China's Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun in front of an audience of diplomats and ministers, "It is a matter of concern when Tibetans are burning themselves to death because of the continued repression of the Tibetan people...
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Student suicides in Shanghai double in two years
Thirteen students killed themselves last year - five more than in 2010 and seven more than in 2009, the Shanghai Education Commission said in the annual Primary and Secondary School Students Safety Report.
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Watch: Creepy, racist Superbowl ad by Rep. Peter Hoekstra
Republican Peter Hoekstra who's campaigning for a seat in the US Senate in Michigan has run a creepy, racist Super Bowl ad against his Democratic challenger Debbie Stabenow to insinuate that she's actually working to help the Chinese:
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Pencil This In: Feb 6 - 9
Lasers, lanterns, fireworks, dragons and anime! All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: Lantern Festival signals the end of Spring Festival, Superbowl gets some replays around town, and Subcinema kicks off its Blaxpoitation month. Read on for all the details, or check out our calendar for more! MONDAY Superbowl Replay Schedule If you missed the Superbowl this morning because you, like us, can't justify taking...
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Watch: NY Knicks' Jeremy Lin goes nova against the NJ Nets in 99-92 win
On Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin (林書豪) officially went and got himself a hefty piece in a 99-92 win against the New Jersey Nets. Having been firmly planted on the bench all season (and all career, for that matter), Lin stepped up and gave an electric performance in front of the Knicks faithful at the Mecca of Basketball, scoring a career-high 25 points (with 12 coming in the 4th quarter) while dishing 7 assists and nabbing 5 rebounds.
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Free all-you-can-eat on Valentine's for couples who make out @ Lofree!
From 6:30pm to 8:30pm on Tuesday the 14th, couples can stroll into any of the three Lofree restaurants in Shanghai and exhibitionistically suck face make out for 60 seconds to receive "free food until you're full!"
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Photo of the Day: Industrial leftovers
Photo taken by Arnd Dewald along the Suzhou Creek. More photos on the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site (and here)....
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Today's Links: Android, airline carbon taxes, Citigroup, cadmium poisoning, Deng Fei and more
A few links to start off your day: Android, airline carbon taxes, Citigroup, cadmium poisoning, Deng Fei and more
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Chinese women ready to fight for Olympic Boxing gold
China's national women's boxing team may have only been formed in 2010, but they're already aiming for Olympic gold. Huey Fern Tay of Australia Network News reports.
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The story behind that viral video of young North Korean accordionists
Remember that video of the five young North Korean accordionists' rendition of A-ha's Take On Me? It's totally gone viral since we showed it to you last Friday (watch it if you haven't!). Evan Ramstad, the Wall Street Journal's Seoul correspondent, caught up with Morten Traavik, the artist behind the performance that will soon open at Barents Spektakel, an international arts fest in Norway. He writes of Traavik's long labour of love in making the project happen:
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Iowa governor: Xi Jinping's visit biggest event since Pope came in 1979
Vice president Xi Jinping (习近平), the man widely tipped to take over leadership reins from president Hu Jintao very soon, is due for a visit to Iowa. The state's governor Terry Branstad has rolled out the red carpet even before Xi's arrival, describing his trip as the biggest thing that's happened to Iowa since Pope John Paul II visited in 1979:
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China embassy in Libya attacked over Syria veto
Angry Syrian and Libyan demonstrators threw rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli to protest China's veto of a UN Security Council resolution urging Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down:
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Disgraced former Jingan chief Zhang Renliang given political resurrection in Kashgar
Zhang Renliang (张仁良), the former Jing'an district chief who was sacked last year in the wake of the devastating 2010 fire that ravaged an apartment building, killing 58 and injuring 71, has been given a political resurrection with his new appointment as deputy party secretary of Xinjiang's Kashgar prefecture. Zhang's new job comes just seven months after he was sacked from Jingan district, along with dozens of other officials that were either replaced, punished...
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Ram and deer to marry at Yunnan zoo on Valentine's Day
It's beginning to look like China's animal parks are subtly attempting to lead the way in liberalizing attitudes towards nontraditional relationships in the motherland. Not two months after Harbin allowed two gay penguin parents to adopt, now the Yunnan Wild Animal Park is promoting interracial marriage! To celebrate the love between "Long Hair" (长毛) the ram and "Junko" (纯子) the deer, they will hold a wedding ceremony on Valentine's Day next week. Junko and...
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The Economist launches their new China section
For the first time in 70 years (to the month!), the Economist has launched a new section of their magazine. The last time this happened was when they started up the US section following the events at Pearl Harbor. Now we say something something about how it's representative of a new global shift yadda yadda. They debuted the new section in their January 28th edition (see cover right.) It's all very exciting. If you,...
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Shanghai flights delayed last month due to falling space debris!
Terrifying rendition of the debris done by Michael Carroll. This is weird. Just a few weeks after we heard about the scary possiblity of a German satellite crashing down into the heart of Beijing last October, now Shanghai Daily tells of another threat from the skies! Last month around 17 flights arriving in Shanghai on January 16 were instructed not to land for fear of space debris incoming from a failed Russian Mars probe,...
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JUE Next Gen Photography Competition now open for submissions
It's time once again for Shanghai's only favorite music + arts festival! And you can be part of it this year if you fancy yourself savvy with a camera. This year JUE Festival is teaming up with fashion brand ospop to launch the JUE Next Generation Photo Competition. Not only will they showcase a selection of 15 winners as part of the festival, they're also offering a cash prize of 10,000RMB to the winning...
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Bundle up, Shanghai! Temp. to drop significantly in next 48 hrs
It's going to be colder than an Eskimo witch's mammary the next few days, so hopefully everybody's got their thermal underwear for the chill of the next few days. The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau stated this morning that low temperature forecasts will drop by 7 to 9 degrees in the next 48 hours, with winds expected to reach up to 61 km/h.
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Sheer Lin-sanity! Knicks' Lin gets 28 pts in 99-88 win over Utah Jazz
The basketball-loving city of New York is currently in a mild tizzy over the revelatory play of Jeremy Lin, after Lin shot 58.8% from the field to score 28 points and dish out 8 assists (both career-highs) against the Utah Jazz in a 99-88 win.
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Weibocalypse! Sina, Tencent & others to require real name registering for social media by March 16th
The Weibo accounts hosted by Sina, Sohu, NetEase and Tencent will require real name and ID number registration from all users by March 16th, with unregistered users to be denied posting and forwarding capabilities. The announcement was made at the Beijing Weibo Development Management Regulations Seminar held today in Beijing.
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Woman dies after walking off a bridge while texting in Chongqing
A 45-year-old woman died recently after walking off a 20-meter bridge onto a river bank in the Jiangjing district of Chongqing, apparently
because she was distracted by the text messages on her cell phone.
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Photo of the Day: Bubbye!
Photo by Denny Brechner. Want to see your picture here? Share your mobile photos with us via Instagram using the tag #shanghaiist....
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Today's Links: Higher gas prices, higher office rents in Beijing, and higher internet speeds for everybody!
A few links to start off your day: Higher gas prices, higher office rents in Beijing, and higher internet speeds for everybody!
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CCTV America goes live
State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has officially launched CCTV America in its bid to capture a greater share of the global audience. The new operation, located out of a brand new studio in Washington DC, will be produced by about 100 journalists in 15 bureaus in North and South America, offering viewers four hours of programming daily in three programmes: Biz Asia America, a business news broadcast; The Heat, a talkshow; and Americas Now, a news magazine programme.
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How China's super rich differ from their western counterparts
"There's two things that stand the Chinese super-businessman out from this Western counterparts. The first that he's self-made. So in Europe, take America, about a third or a quarter of them inherited their money. Here's there zero inherited money because 30 years ago there was no money, no money in the market at all. "
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Watch: Taiwan celebrates the Lantern Festival
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Interview: DJ Mystykal Cut, this Friday at Hiphop Hijack
Manning the decks at the Hiphop Hijack party at Zeal this Friday night will be DJ Mystakal Kut (France), who's opened for Sean Paul and spun at parties for Usher, Gucci Mane, and Tony Parker. We caught up with the Miami-based DJ to get his thoughts on China, the perfect hypothetical music, and the relative merits of Beyonce and Rihanna.
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New signups on Sina Weibo grinding to a halt?
We heard the bad news yesterday -- Weibo users on Sina, Sohu, NetEase and Tencent have until March 16th to register with their real names and identities, failing which they will no longer be able to post or retweet updates. Sina Weibo, the market leader in the microblogging segment, appears to be already feeling the heat. Digicha's Bill Bishop observes:Chinese news reports about the March 16 deadline state that since January 1 Sina has...
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Midweek Music Preview: Swedish post rock, a Lamb of God warm up, and that Jefferson Airplane guy!
Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: The guitarist from Jefferson Airplane plays solo at Yuyintang, Sweedish post-rockers Immanu El promote their new album, and local metal heads play a Lamb of God pre-party show! Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for everything else. THURSDAY Ethnic Thursdays @ Fennel Lounge Heh, in this questionably-named weekly...
