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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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Gothamist went on the Wall Street roller coaster during a crazy week for financial institutions (bankruptcy, sale, bailout) and the county.
Phillyist analyzed the problem of hecklers at live performances.
Londonist eagerly anticipated the annual Open House Weekend, where for one weekend only, the public get to poke around some of the capital’s [...]

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“I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, Sir, because I’m not myself you see.”
~ Alice, from Alice in Wonderland
According to the South China Morning Post (subscription required), the Chinese government has taken to censoring the financial media in effort to stem the floodgates of discontent brewing over dismal market sentiment.
With the craziness of the financial [...]

Photo taken at a dilapidated housing area on Suzhou Creek near the Shanghai Train Station by Bill Greyskull

The man who burnt himself to death on the Bund yesterday has been identified. According to Xinhua his name was He Rulong, a retired factory worker. The article gives no direct reason for his action, but mentions the facts that He was divorced, an alcoholic and that he suffered from severe back pains. It also [...]

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, in Mandarin Chinese.
This week the topic, and food, on everyone’s lips… mooncakes. As the gifting and re-gifting festivities take place this weekend, [...]