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• Posted Antidote: Vietnam's Jetlag Pho-king up the Shelter to Shanghaiist
  The people who brought us the absolutely awesome Antidote music festival in Zhujiajiao are now hitting up Shelter with three live music acts in one night. On Saturday, Vietnam acts JETLAG (a.k.a. MicMac vs.MauDen), and American electro indie popper Thruoutin will be rocking the space and our bodies. Jetlag, consisting of DJs MicMac and MauDen, has been busy in Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City (Saigon) creating a party scene that people cannot stop...
• Posted Photos: July 4th Celebration @ Boxing Cat Brewery to Shanghaiist
  The weather held up, Carlton J. Smith made everyone shake their booties, and lots walked away with fabulous prizes (the Crocs had their own cheerleading team). All in all, it was an incredibly successful Fourth of July celebration! PLUS, we raised 15000RMB for charity. 12 teams competed in the charity chug off, drinking for the Rotary Club, Red Cross for Sichuan Earthquake Relief, Bo Ai Kids, BEAN, The Library Project, Chi Heng Foundation, Compassion for...
• Posted Interview: Carlton J. Smith celebrating American soul in Shanghai to Shanghaiist
  Carlton J. Smith will help us celebrate the United States' 233rd birthday by performing at the Boxing Cat Brewery Fourth of July party. Born and raised in New York, New York, this R&B artist is a dynamic and engaging performer who writes, produces, and sings all his own music. Strongly influenced by a James Brown concert he went to as a child, his funky beats have given him the nickname "Soul Brother Number New" (first coined by James Brown's road manager), and he makes sure to live up to that name every time he steps on stage.
• Posted Despite Beijing worries, Hong Kong July 1 march being held without restrictions to Shanghaiist
  Today marks the 12 year anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China and to commemorate it, they're holding their annual protest rally led by the Civil Human Rights Front (a tradition that has gone on since 1997). In 2003, the march gained a whole new meaning as Hong Kongers protested the proposal of a government anti-subversion law, Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23, which stated: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall enact laws...
• Posted Early morning coincidences: Train crash and bridge collapse happen at same time to Shanghaiist
  Is 2:34am the witching hour in China? In a bizarre and terrible coincidence for infrastructure, a bridge in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province collapsed at the exact same minute as two passenger trains crashing into each other in the central province of Hunan, if reports are to be believed. The train crash, which happened in Chenzhou, Hunan, killed at least three people and injured 60. Train K9017 from provincial capital Changsha to Shenzhen, Guangdong Province,...
• Posted Never ending porn restrictions now hit sexual health sites to Shanghaiist
  We already know about the Chinese government's obsession with blocking porn. It's brought us the web portal clean up, the Green Dam and - most recently - the heinous Google block. But now they're even tearing down websites that are about sexual health. Beginning July 1, new regulations under the Ministry of Health will further restrict access to information about sex on the internet. The MOH website states that medical information service providers are...
• Posted Cake shop murder to Shanghaiist
  The internet can sometimes be a very dangerous place, especially for teenage girls. Yesterday evening, a 16-year-old school girl named Fang was stabbed to death in Nanjing by a man she met online. She had previously skipped school a few days before in order to visit her "lover," Yu, in Shenzhen but had been brought back to Nanjing by her parents and teachers. But according to a video posted on Sina News, nobody knew...
• Posted Chinese go crazy for Bumblebee 2010 Camaro SS to Shanghaiist
  The Chinese are going crazy about the Camaro Bumblebee autobot from the movie Transformers. When the Bumblebee-esque 2010 Camaro SS came to town to celebrate the opening of Transformers 2, everyone wreaked havoc. In the newest edition of the Transformers franchise, the autobot Bumblebee chooses the Camaro as its auto-body of choice. Main character Sam Witwicky, played by actor Shia LaBeouf, then gets it on his birthday, soon learning that it is muchmore than a...
• Posted How the crackdown on kidnapped children in China is going to Shanghaiist
  The thousands of children kidnapped every year and the ensuing media attention has led to China finally starting up a nationwide crackdown on human trafficking, which began on April 9. The crackdown will last until December and initial reports are that it's been pretty successful. The state media reported on Sunday that 23 children have been rescued from various provinces. According to Reuters: Chinese babies, especially boys, from poor and remote areas may be...
• Posted Interview: Safety Scissors cuts to the chase to Shanghaiist
  San Francisco-based Safety Scissors (http://www.myspace.com/safetyscissorsmusic) brings his "minimal techno"/electronic pop music to China for the first time. Where: The Shelter (5 Yongfu Lu near Fuxing Xi Lu, 永福路5号) Starts: Saturday, June 20th, 10PM Cover: 40rmb For more local events, visit the Shanghaiist Calendar. Matthew Curry, also known as Safety Scissors, told us his roots in minimal techno music began early - he was allegedly listening to his mother’s heartbeat before leaving the womb. When...
• Posted Green Dam software actually pirated? to Shanghaiist
  So not only is the Green Dam firewall software filled with whopping security flaws, it now looks like it's not even original code. The Jinhui Computer System Engineering Company, creator of Green Dam, is now being accused of using stolen intellectual property from the American firm Solid Oak Software. The Green Dam software is meant to filter the web and mainly focuses on porn. According to Solid Oak, the Chinese company has taken substantial...
• Posted Photos: Ghostface Killah mows us down at WTF Club to Shanghaiist
  Ghostface Killah rocked out Wu-Tang style in Shanghai last Sunday night, June 14 at the WTF Club in Red Town (which some of you may have known as the old hip hop club, Candy). With the artist originally facing visa complications, many were worried he wouldn't actually make it to Shanghai. But in the end, Split Works! stuck to their word and helped deliver an incredible show. Support from local musicians - including Red Star,...
• Posted An evening at the Chabad in Shanghai to Shanghaiist
  We all know that moving to a brand new city without family or friends can be quite intimidating. For those of you that have come to Shanghai but left behind your much beloved bubbies (grandmas) at home with noodle koogle, white fish salad, lox and bagels, don't fret: We've found a community that will make you feel as if you never left home. Shabbat at Beit Menachem Synagogue, a Chabad in Shanghai, is an...
• Posted Hong Kong shuts down elementary schools for 14 days to Shanghaiist
  Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang announced today that beginning tomorrow all kindergartens, primary schools, and care centers in the city will be closed for 14 days. It was decided after it had been determined that the recent H1N1 flu cases had been transmitted within the local community. From Bloomberg.com: "The government is well prepared and will monitor developments closely," Tsang said. "There's no need to panic." The first locally contracted case in Hong...
• Posted The Vagina Monologues are coming to Shanghai to Shanghaiist
  The Vagina MonologuesWhere: Mecooon (Xiahemicang) Longcao Lu, Lane 200, No. 100, 3rd floor. (龙漕路200弄100号3楼） Dates: Friday, June 19- Sunday, June 21 7:30pmLanguage: MandarinTickets: 30 RMB. Please send an SMS with the date you will be attending the show, and number of tickets you will buy to 13564971702. A maximum of two tickets per person.For more local events, visit the Shanghaiist Calendar. Eve Ensler's celebrated play—The Vagina Monologues —is coming to Shanghai. First produced in...
• Posted Cafes: <em>Chill</em> out near the Portman to Shanghaiist
  It is hard to miss the new Chill café, located at the Ritz Carlton Plaza on Nanjing Xi Lu. Wooden tables and chairs are set up on the terrace near the street in an open air space. Tall red beams sit behind the café and a fountain in front lights up in different colors at night. We were surprised by the quick service - the minute you sit down at a table with either...
• Posted American journalists on trial this week in North Korea to Shanghaiist
  The trial for American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling in North Korea is coming up this Thursday, amidst rising tensions between Pyongyang and the rest of the world. The two women, who work for Al Gore's Current TV network in the U.S., were detained when they crossed the China-North Korea border in March. Lee and Ling have been accused of hostile acts, such as espionage, and entering illegaly into the country. Being convicted...
• Posted Sports: 7th All China Gaelic Games this Saturday to Shanghaiist
  On Saturday, the Shanghai Saints and Sirens will be hosting their 7th All China Gaelic Games, a competition for all the folks into Gaelic football in this fine country. Over 180 players consisting of eight men's and six ladies' teams from Beijing, Dalian, Changsha, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Suzhou will kick off the tournament at 9:30am. For those of you who are new to Gaelic football (don't worry, some of us at Shanghaiist are...
• Posted Solar eclipse darkening Shanghai in two months: July 22 to Shanghaiist
  You'll want to remember the warnings your parents gave you about looking directly at the sun, because in exactly a month, the longest total eclipse of the 21st century will be visible from Shanghai on Wednesday, July 22. A total eclipse is when the a full New Moon passes between the earth and sun, casting its shadow over the earth while in the path of the suns light. It will be visible for a...