While Beijing is still basking in the afterglow of the Olympics, Forbes and the Economist have been looking further afield, and have ranked the business attractiveness of China’s bigger cities.
From Forbes (via China.org.cn):
Top Five:
1. Hangzhou
2. Shanghai
3. Wuxi
4. Nanjing
5. Ningbo
“Hangzhou was named the best place to do business in China for a fifth consecutive year in a Forbes survey…Shanghai came in [...]

Rumours have already started circulating that China Mobile will be the carrier to introduce the HTC G1 Android phone to China. Launched last Tuesday by T-Mobile in the States, this phone is the first device to run on the Google develop platform Android./p
Digitimes.com reports that as the only Chinese carrier that is a member of [...]

From Reuters:
Shanghai police will post photos and videos of jaywalkers in newspapers and on TV in a bid to shame them out of breaking traffic rules, local media reported on Thursday.
Offending pedestrians, moped riders and cyclists would be snapped at selected intersections and their images put in regular columns and on special television programmes set [...]

Last night’s gig was much welcomed after a long drought in Shanghai’s experimental/ indie electronic music scene (think DJ Krush back in December 2006), judging by the large turnout ready to party on a week night. Daedelus, outlandishly dandy as ever with massive sideburns (that would do well to give Gaz Coombes a run for [...]

A 33-year-old Filipino woman has just been arrested Tuesday for trying to smuggle an undisclosed volume of heroin at Pudong airport. This follows last September when a 25-year-old Filipino man was also arrested in Pudong for sneaking into Shanghai with 1.2 kilos of heroin in his hand-carry luggage (!!!). In both instances, suspects boarded Cebu [...]

Yeah, that long holiday week is almost here, isn’t it? Well if you want to tack on an extra two days, this might be your ticket. On Thursday night, Free the Wax is bringing Daedelus to The Shelter with his brand of hip-hop/synthpop/electronica. What’s it sound like?
“Brilliant fusion of Aphex Twin and Aaliyah. Like Beck [...]

This has gotta be one of the most spectacular stories we’ve read on Shanghai Daily. A 22 year old Zhejiang native has flown back from Italy to Shanghai to turn himself in to the police for a gang rape he was involved in six years ago. Shortly after the incident, the young man emigrated to [...]

ChinaSmack outdoes itself with its two recent posts: Post-90s Kids Do Not Take Military Training Seriously and Kidney Stone Gate: Latest Updates & Funny Sanlu Photoshops
Adam Minter of Shanghai Scrap laments in as polite a way he can over the state of expat advertising in Shanghai.
Marc van der Chijs goes shopping at Carrefour and finds [...]

Looks like our earlier warning to not eat or drink anything with dairy content for the time being bears repeating. Singapore has now found traces of melamine in White Rabbit candies, wildly popular throughout Asia. The Straits Times reports:
Singapore’s Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said samples of White Rabbit-brand Creamy Candy imported from China were [...]