Blog Profile / Shanghaiist
| URL : | http://shanghaiist.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | China / Shanghai | |
| Posts on Regator: | 14075 | |
| Posts / Week: | 52.1 | |
| Archived Since: | March 20, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
13% of Shanghai teens are smokers, more girls taking up smoking
A new survey by Jiaotong University's public health school has revealed that over 13 percent of children aged 12 to 18 in Shanghai have tried cigarettes, and almost 4 percent are regular smokers, the Shanghai Daily reports. [ more ›...
Watch: Laowai is outraged that the bus didn't stop for him (even though it did)
Beijing Cream spotted this video of a foreigner in Chengdu losing his shit at a bus driver for failing to stop / slow down when he saw him running (which begs the question of how he got on the bus in the first place). [ more › ]
Get thee to Shanghai Beer Week this weekend
Shanghai Beer Week ends this sunny weekend. Make the most of its extensive offerings of beer while it lasts. [ more › ]
Shanghai teens are prudes, liars when asked about sex
The Shanghai Education Commission surveyed over 800 middle and high school students in the city about attitudes towards sex. What do the results tell us? That Shanghai high school students are fucking liars. [ more › ]
Watch: Westerners may soon be drinking baijiu cocktails
While opium wasn't much appreciated in the past, China has largely embraced other forms of Western narcotics, particularly cocktails. Now Reuters reports that in exchange for the Manhattan, Black Velvet, and White Russians, China is exporting cocktails of its own to the West... made with baijiu. [ more › ]
Weekendist 24-26 May: UEFA Final, Shanghai Fight Night, DJ Neil Armstrong and the Design, Art and Fashion Fair
Hooray! Our favourite three days of the week have arrived. Friday, Saturday, Saturday to Sunday weekend, get get get with us, you know what we say! What? You don't? Well, let me tell you! We say party every day, pa-pa-pa-party every day. Show More Summary
Chinese demand for luxury goods strong despite growth slowdown
Westerners might be familiar with the Chinese people's love for luxury products from their shopping behaviors in name-brand stores overseas. New research suggests that despite the nation's overall growth rate slowing down, China has leap-frogged Japan to become the top spender on luxury products worldwide. [ more › ]
Anhui teacher promotes birth control, but only for helping with the gaokao
According to Netease, female students in Maanshan, Anhui province, have been advised by a teacher to take birth control to delay their periods and avoid any potential negative effects menstrual pain would have on their gaokao score. [ more › ]
BBC Country Ratings Poll: China and Japan much less popular, North Korea stable
The BBC World Service has released the 2013 edition of its annual Country Ratings Poll, which surveyed over 26,000 people in 25 different countries. [ more › ]
Why are Jews so smart, ponders retired Chinese official
Jews, why are they so smart? Why are those people, those Jew people, so damned smart? What particularly is it about them, apart from their Jew-ness, that makes them smart? Answers to these questions and more can be found in former top Chinese official Wu Guanzheng's new book. [ more › ]
We're getting rich this year! says Peking University professor
Cai Hongbin, esteemed professor at Peking University's Guanghua School of Management explained in a press conference this week why China may be getting luckier in years ending in four. [ more › ]
Watch: Shenzhen subway platform pooper does the deed in only 10 seconds
We're sure you were all very disappointed that Tuesday's Shenzhen poop news didn't come with a video. Well rest easy, as one has surfaced, showing that not only was this particular woman indiscriminate when it comes to choosing defecatory locations, she's also lightning fast. [ more › ]
Small village bans fireworks, enjoys continuous serenity
Tired of the racket caused by the constant barrage of fireworks? You should consider a move to Beiling in Hubei province. After a small fire on a balcony caused by fireworks inspired a village-wide ban, Beiling residents are currently enjoying their 8th year of freedom from noisy pyrotechnics. [ more › ]
Police officer gets severe infection from pollution after saving girl from river
It's tough out there for a good guy these days. You can get sued, beaten and, now, contract pneumonia. [ more › ]
Car eyelashes: Hong Kong's latest, mildly frightening vehicle accessory
Affixing giant fake eyelashes to your car's headlights may soon be a trend, as in this picture of an amorous-eyed Porsche that was taken in Hong Kong. [ more › ]
Damn you autocorrect: Reuters refers to China's household registration as 'hookup system'
Anyone who's attempted to text someone a Chinese address or phrase knows what a bad mix autocorrect and pinyin are. Reuters discovered this the hard way after references to the hukou system in an article about increasing urbanisation in China were changed to "hookup system". [ more › ]
A Chinese businessman paid $400,000 for a pigeon
A Belgian pigeon named Bolt has become the most expensive racing bird in the world after he was purchased for $400,000 by a Chinese businessman. [ more › ]
Body of missing woman who fell down manhole discovered
The body of a young woman who disappeared in March after falling down a manhole during a heavy rainstorm in Changsha was found in Hunan Province's Xiangjiang River on Sunday, according to Shanghai Daily. [ more › ]
Dennis Rodman bored of being asked about North Korea
International man of mystery Dennis Rodman has had enough of being America's unofficial ambassador to North Korea. Gawker's Camille Dodero caught up with the Worm at his recent 52nd birthday party in New York. Dodero was told in no uncertain terms by his representatives that "We’re not gonna talk about North Korea, we’re gonna move on." [ more › ]
Allegedly 'adorable' tiny spiders discovered in Sichuan
Two new species of tiny spiders, each less than one millimetre long, have been discovered in Sichuan. Wired describes them as "adorably chubby". That's one reaction. Another reaction is terror. They are less than 1 mm long and could be anywhere. [ more › ]