Baidu finally appoints a CTO after two years
After two long years, the void left by the departure of Jerry Liu has been filled by telecommunications technologist Li Yinan. Li was the former Chief Technology Scientist at Huawei Technologies andov... 查看全文
Angry Korean gamer cusses at Chinese gamers
The video of this young Korean gamer who launches into a 5 and a half minute long diatribe against Chinese gamers and their supposed lack of game knowledge and gaming ethics has riled thousands of Chi... 查看全文
Indian national falls to his death at Marks and Spencers Shanghai
The newly launched Marks and Spencers on Nanjing Xi Lu is off to a rather inauspicious start — barely a few days after Shanghai shoppers went on a rampage at the store, an Indian national has fallen t... 查看全文
Photo of the Day: Fearlessness
Photo by Jakob MontrasioMore 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@... 查看全文
Fireworks explosion kills man in Century Park
A fireworks technician died yesterday in an explosion in Century Park, Pudong — and he wasn't even lighting any fireworks. 26 year old Pu Jiliang from Henan province died on the spot at around 12.30pm... 查看全文
Al-Jazeera on child abductions in China
Tony Birtley of Al-Jazeera reports that between 70,000 and 200,000 babies, children and women are kidnapped each year around China. Baby boys are sold for as much as US$5,000 to desperate childless co... 查看全文
British communists wish China a happy birthday
Xinhua News Agency tells us of a celebration held by the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist)in London for the 59th anniversary of The People's Republic of China. The party's head Harpa... 查看全文
China launches first willing manned mission into space
A few instant gems from the clip:"This is a testament to the progress of the Chinese people. Todaywe sent a man into space fully conscious, and without shackles.""China's first manned mission into spa... 查看全文
Video: Midi Festival in Beijing
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Chinese Soundbites Podcast: National Day
Welcome to the latest episode of Chinese Soundbites, a podcast series brought to you by ChinesePod and Shanghaiist. Every week we'll be bringing you topics and words pulled straight from the headlines... 查看全文
Around Shanghai: Marks & Spencers opens, a new Suzhou Creek and yet another tallest building on Puxi
Marks & Spencer's 40,000 sq ft Shanghai store opened yesterday on Nanjing Xi Lu, as hordes of curious Shanghai shoppers rushed for its lingerie, biscuits and jam, writes The Times.Health officials hav... 查看全文
New Zealander skateboards 12,000km from Switzerland to Shanghai
New Zealander Rob Thompson set out from Leysin, Switzerland on June 24, 2007 and spent the next 15 months on the world's longest journey by skateboard ever. He travelled 12,000km solo and unsupported ... 查看全文
Canadian discovers Skype surveillance in China
The New York Times reports that a Canadian human-rights activist cum researcher at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto has discovered that instant messaging (IM) conversations over the Tom-Sk... 查看全文
Teacher beats student with metal bar, then throws her out of the window
ChinaSmack points us to this shocking and sad story of 11 year old student Zhang Yaoyin in Hunan Province who had her had smashed against the desk by her teacher numerous times, then hit savagely with... 查看全文
Case closed on age of Chinese female gymnasts
Officials from the International Gymnastics Federation have ruled that China's gold medal gymnasts were old enough to compete in the Beijing Olympics but two members from the Chinese squad that compet... 查看全文
Today's Links: Tourism boom in Beijing, Taiwanese demand apology and the sharp rise of HIV/AIDS
Holiday tourists flock to Beijing, drawn in part by Olympic venues [Xinhua] "Tourist arrivals here rose 14.4 percent year-on-year in the first two days of the National Day holiday, with 635,000 travel... 查看全文
Video: Flag-raising on Tiananmen Square on 51st National Day
About 30,000 people gathered on Tiananmen Square at 6.10am for the flag-raising ceremony on China's 51st National Day. A flock of doves was freed after the national anthem was sung. 查看全文
Elton John's Aida kicks off 11 city China tour in Shanghai
Elton John and Tim Rice's stylistically eclectic rock musical AIDA opened in Shanghai to a full house at the Majestic Theater last Saturday, starring Marja Harmon as Aida, Casey Elliott as Radames, an... 查看全文
Ritz and Lipton also hit by the melamine crisis
More and more international and Chinese brands are getting embroiled in the tainted milk scandal. Latest news from the Straits Times:SOUTH Korea's food watchdog said on Tuesday that two more snacks im... 查看全文
Around the Blogosphere: Human flesh search engines, street art by handicapped beggar and fake mass incidents
Sky Canaves of WSJ's China Journal tells us of the first lawsuit in China involving "human flesh search engines" whereby the plaintiff has been awarded damages.Baidu, the search engine that's been acc... 查看全文
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