http://shanghaiist.com/ Shanghaiist is a website about Shanghai, China.Editor-in-Chief: Kenneth TanSenior Editor: James griffithsFounding Editor: Dan WashburnPublisher: Gothamist en Copyright 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:55:40 +0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/19/grave_robber_killed_after_ancient_t.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/19/grave_robber_killed_after_ancient_t.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/19/grave_robber_killed_after_ancient_t.php#comments ]]>Xinhua. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-19T15:55:40+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/19/anti-pervert_tights_the_latest_summ.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/19/anti-pervert_tights_the_latest_summ.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/19/anti-pervert_tights_the_latest_summ.php#comments ]]>Beijing police have recommended, why not just slip on a pair of these hairy leg stockings to keep the perverts at bay? [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-19T14:55:55+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/19/benoit-sergio.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/19/benoit-sergio.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/19/benoit-sergio.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-06-19T14:30:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/beef_and_liberty_winning_new_burger.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/beef_and_liberty_winning_new_burger.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/beef_and_liberty_winning_new_burger.php#comments ]]>Patrick Henry eaten one before his speech, he would've said "give me beef and liberty, or give me death!" And indeed, these burgers rank amongst the most titillating beef pucks in the city. [ more › ] ]]> Food/Drink 2013-06-18T23:30:43+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/help_jared_and_heather_open_chinas.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/help_jared_and_heather_open_chinas.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/help_jared_and_heather_open_chinas.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> Food/Drink 2013-06-18T17:00:39+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/guangzhou_metro_mistakenly_destroys_2000_year_old_tombs.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/guangzhou_metro_mistakenly_destroys_2000_year_old_tombs.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/guangzhou_metro_mistakenly_destroys_2000_year_old_tombs.php#comments ]]>China Daily reports. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-18T16:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/eyeball_licking_japan_sex_trend_among_teenagers.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/eyeball_licking_japan_sex_trend_among_teenagers.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/eyeball_licking_japan_sex_trend_among_teenagers.php#comments Eyeball licking, as we reported this month, is allegedly* becoming something of a trend in some Japanese schools. TomoNews created this helpful video to explain why you too might want to engage in some oculolinctus (please don't). [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-18T15:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/chinese_football_team_sinks_to_new_low_with_5-1_defeat_to_thailand.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/chinese_football_team_sinks_to_new_low_with_5-1_defeat_to_thailand.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/chinese_football_team_sinks_to_new_low_with_5-1_defeat_to_thailand.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-18T14:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/chinese_customs_bust_russian_bear-p.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/chinese_customs_bust_russian_bear-p.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/18/chinese_customs_bust_russian_bear-p.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-18T12:03:30+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/streakers_in_beijing_protest_piracy_with_blow_up_dolls_and_guitars.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/streakers_in_beijing_protest_piracy_with_blow_up_dolls_and_guitars.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/streakers_in_beijing_protest_piracy_with_blow_up_dolls_and_guitars.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-17T21:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/china_to_cut_emissions_30_percent_by_2017.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/china_to_cut_emissions_30_percent_by_2017.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/china_to_cut_emissions_30_percent_by_2017.php#comments ]]>air pollution problem in China. Worry no more, the Communist Party has finally decided it is time to do something real and effective to fix this issue which kills thousands of Chinese citizens every year. On Saturday the government announced that they will order companies in heavy-polluting industries to cut their emissions down 30 percent by 2017. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-17T20:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/chen_guangcheng_says_china_pressure_caused_nyu_to_kick_him_out.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/chen_guangcheng_says_china_pressure_caused_nyu_to_kick_him_out.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/chen_guangcheng_says_china_pressure_caused_nyu_to_kick_him_out.php#comments ]]>claimed that dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng was leaving New York University (NYU) because the school had yielded to pressure from the Chinese government. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-17T19:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/toxic_metals_found_in_thousand_year_old_eggs_in_guangxi.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/toxic_metals_found_in_thousand_year_old_eggs_in_guangxi.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/toxic_metals_found_in_thousand_year_old_eggs_in_guangxi.php#comments ]]>according to the SCMP. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-17T18:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/xenophobic_attack_on_chinese_students_in_france.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/xenophobic_attack_on_chinese_students_in_france.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/xenophobic_attack_on_chinese_students_in_france.php#comments ]]>SCMP reports. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-17T17:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/this_weeks_beer_offer_from_cheers_i_2.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/this_weeks_beer_offer_from_cheers_i_2.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/this_weeks_beer_offer_from_cheers_i_2.php#comments ]]>amazing offer from Shanghaiist's beer partner Cheers-In! [ more › ] ]]> Other 2013-06-17T16:22:20+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/wife_cuts_off_husbands_penis_to_preserve_marriage.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/wife_cuts_off_husbands_penis_to_preserve_marriage.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/wife_cuts_off_husbands_penis_to_preserve_marriage.php#comments ]]>Xinhua reports. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-17T16:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/pencil_this_in_17-20_june_festival.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/pencil_this_in_17-20_june_festival.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/pencil_this_in_17-20_june_festival.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-06-17T15:30:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/ghana_releases_169_chinese_illegal_gold_miners.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/ghana_releases_169_chinese_illegal_gold_miners.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/ghana_releases_169_chinese_illegal_gold_miners.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-17T15:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/xi_jinpings_birthday_was_two_days_a.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/xi_jinpings_birthday_was_two_days_a.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/xi_jinpings_birthday_was_two_days_a.php#comments ]]>Kim Jong Un remembered, dammit. We must have had the dates mixed up. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-17T12:58:43+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/yulin_diners_gleefully_prepare_for.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/yulin_diners_gleefully_prepare_for.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/yulin_diners_gleefully_prepare_for.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-17T12:16:47+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/watch_guangzhou_airport_worker_coul.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/watch_guangzhou_airport_worker_coul.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/17/watch_guangzhou_airport_worker_coul.php#comments File this under "he couldn't give less of a fuck." Lucky passengers waiting on the runway in Guangzhou bore witness to their plane being loaded with record-breaking levels of incompetence, as this phone-answering box-chucker tossed their cargo all over the place. Pink-shirt man, we salute you (and hope those boxes weren't filled with vases and precious artifacts). [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-17T12:01:18+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/big_bamboo_jonathan_cope_on_brawl_on_the_bund.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/big_bamboo_jonathan_cope_on_brawl_on_the_bund.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/big_bamboo_jonathan_cope_on_brawl_on_the_bund.php#comments ]]>Brawl on the Bund takes place on Saturday night at the Hyatt. Shanghaiist's own James Griffiths is taking part, fighting for the Big Bamboo Red Team. We spoke to Big Bamboo's Jonathan Cope about the event and how Big Bamboo got involved. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-14T21:15:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/nanjing_police_help_french_laowai_find_his_apartment_after_he_forgets_which_building_he_lives_in.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/nanjing_police_help_french_laowai_find_his_apartment_after_he_forgets_which_building_he_lives_in.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/nanjing_police_help_french_laowai_find_his_apartment_after_he_forgets_which_building_he_lives_in.php#comments ]]>chinanews.com reports. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-14T19:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/mcdonalds_new_rice_menu_review.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/mcdonalds_new_rice_menu_review.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/mcdonalds_new_rice_menu_review.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> Food/Drink 2013-06-14T18:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/nanjing_bike_crash_victim_refuses_medical_help_from_paramedics_crashes_again.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/nanjing_bike_crash_victim_refuses_medical_help_from_paramedics_crashes_again.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/nanjing_bike_crash_victim_refuses_medical_help_from_paramedics_crashes_again.php#comments Paramedics attending an accident in Nanjing on Wednesday had to fight with one of the injured parties to convince him to seek medical treatment rather than go to work. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-14T17:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/beijing_to_install_1000_trial_safety_nets_across_manholes.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/beijing_to_install_1000_trial_safety_nets_across_manholes.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/beijing_to_install_1000_trial_safety_nets_across_manholes.php#comments ]]>The Beijinger. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-14T16:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/china_football_soccer_team_ignored_by_fans_following_defeat_to_holland.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/china_football_soccer_team_ignored_by_fans_following_defeat_to_holland.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/china_football_soccer_team_ignored_by_fans_following_defeat_to_holland.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-14T15:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/eric_x_li_ted_global_2013_chinese_meritocracy.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/eric_x_li_ted_global_2013_chinese_meritocracy.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/eric_x_li_ted_global_2013_chinese_meritocracy.php#comments ]]>grand wizard of Chinese exceptionalism Eric X Li got himself invited to speak at a TED conference. What's surprising is that the concentration of smug in the room didn't cause the universe to implode. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-14T14:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/true_love_is_dead_rupert_murdoch_divorcing_wendi_deng.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/true_love_is_dead_rupert_murdoch_divorcing_wendi_deng.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/true_love_is_dead_rupert_murdoch_divorcing_wendi_deng.php#comments ]]>Rupert Murdoch is divorcing his 44 year old wife, Chinese-born Wendi Deng. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-14T13:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/watch_fading_lives_short_film_tiny_carousel.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/watch_fading_lives_short_film_tiny_carousel.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/watch_fading_lives_short_film_tiny_carousel.php#comments Shanghai-based filmmakers Tiny Carousel (previously) bring us this portrait of a small historical quarter of China's largest city that threatens to be consumed by Shanghai's non-stop development. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-14T12:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/weekendist_june_14-16.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/weekendist_june_14-16.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/weekendist_june_14-16.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-06-14T11:30:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/british_teenager_denied_job_at_the_body_shop_over_lack_of_chinese_language_skills.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/british_teenager_denied_job_at_the_body_shop_over_lack_of_chinese_language_skills.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/british_teenager_denied_job_at_the_body_shop_over_lack_of_chinese_language_skills.php#comments ]]>the BBC reports. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-14T11:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/pride5_rundown_of_main_events.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/pride5_rundown_of_main_events.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/pride5_rundown_of_main_events.php#comments ]]>Shanghai Pride returns to the city for a fifth year this weekend, check out our rundown of the main events taking place during China's premier LGBT pride event. [ more › ] ]]> Arts & Entertainment 2013-06-14T10:30:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/second_most_expensive_suit_in_the_world_sold_in_hong_kong_for_hkd_1_million.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/second_most_expensive_suit_in_the_world_sold_in_hong_kong_for_hkd_1_million.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/second_most_expensive_suit_in_the_world_sold_in_hong_kong_for_hkd_1_million.php#comments ]]>SCMP reports. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-14T10:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/french-expat-bar-88.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/french-expat-bar-88.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/14/french-expat-bar-88.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-14T03:22:39+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/shenzhou_10_successfully_docks_with_orbiting_space_station.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/shenzhou_10_successfully_docks_with_orbiting_space_station.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/shenzhou_10_successfully_docks_with_orbiting_space_station.php#comments ]]>Shenzhou 10 spacecraft have successfully docked with the Tiangong 1 orbital space module. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-13T20:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/6_people_diagnosed_with_cancer_every_minute_in_china.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/6_people_diagnosed_with_cancer_every_minute_in_china.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/6_people_diagnosed_with_cancer_every_minute_in_china.php#comments ]]>more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-13T19:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/hunan_firms_gives_employees_condoms_for_dragon_boat_festival.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/hunan_firms_gives_employees_condoms_for_dragon_boat_festival.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/hunan_firms_gives_employees_condoms_for_dragon_boat_festival.php#comments ]]>Dragon Boat Festival as part of the company's rewards and benefits package. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-13T18:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/chinese_national_sentenced_to_12_years_for_computer_scam.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/chinese_national_sentenced_to_12_years_for_computer_scam.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/chinese_national_sentenced_to_12_years_for_computer_scam.php#comments ]]>the BBC reports. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-13T17:00:00+07:00 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/plane_slides_off_runway_during_landing_at_shanghai_hongqiao_airport.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/plane_slides_off_runway_during_landing_at_shanghai_hongqiao_airport.php http://shanghaiist.com/2013/06/13/plane_slides_off_runway_during_landing_at_shanghai_hongqiao_airport.php#comments ]]>Shanghai Daily reports. [ more › ] ]]> News 2013-06-13T15:00:00+07:00