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Weekendist June 27-29: an acapella group, Canada Day, and Double Happiness 27 Jun 2013 | 09:46 pm
The Harvard Krokodiloes bring 50’s classics back in style with their distinct brand of gloriously camp musical persuasion. In their 7 decade history, they have seen to the a capella needs of kings, pr...
Four forgotten Shanghai food streets 27 Jun 2013 | 09:37 pm
Now that we've looked at Shanghai's most overlooked street foods, we thought we'd round up Shanghai's most overlooked (okay, overlooked by laowai) food streets too. These are the streets that exist in...
Dish of the Day: Crayfish on Shouning Road 26 Jun 2013 | 09:35 pm
The eating experience is pretty primal. The blood-red critters are first dumped into a metal tub and plopped on your table - most likely a fold-out one on the garbage-strewn sidewalk since Xiangbadao'...
Major airlines' headphones linked to Chinese prison labor 26 Jun 2013 | 11:04 am
Qantas, British Airways, and Emirates have allegedly been sourcing their in-flight headphones from a Guangdong prison, according to the testimony of two recently released inmates. The carriers purchas...
Renmin University hottie crashes school's server 26 Jun 2013 | 10:35 am
Renmin University's redesigned home page (it's back up, can be viewed here) was knocked off-line on Monday evening after photos of an attractive graduate brought too much server traffic and crashed th...
Edward Snowden may just be hanging around in Moscow airport 26 Jun 2013 | 09:55 am
Remember that Tom Hanks movie where, due to a bureaucratic loophole, a man languishes in legal limbo in an airport terminal? Combine that with some Bond-level espionage and globe-trekking, and you'll ...
Watch: American boss held hostage in his Chinese factory 26 Jun 2013 | 09:15 am
Chip Starnes, bourgeois landlord capitalist roader from Florida, attempted to close down a wing of his medical supply factory outside of Beijing several days ago, only to be met with strong resistance...
Activists try to ruin perfectly great dog massacre 26 Jun 2013 | 08:45 am
The annual Yulin dog meat festival is no stranger to controversy, and this year was targeted by animal rights groups from throughout China. The June 21st festival was inundated with "more than 20 acti...
Watch: This hastily-made Snowden action flick is really entertaining 26 Jun 2013 | 08:15 am
JShotVideo aren't the first to think that the Snowden affair has all of the makings of a decent action movie, but they are the first ones to go through with it. Considering that the production time fo...
Nanjing woman flaunts bag of heroin to an off duty policeman on a train 26 Jun 2013 | 02:45 am
A Nanjing woman has been arrested after flaunting 2 grams of heroin to a plainclothes police officer while attempting to flirt on a train. [ more › ]
