Currently anyone caught engaging in orgies in China faces up to five years in jail, but activist Li Yinhe hopes to demolish this long-standing law Two's company, three's a crowd, and an illegal crowd too. For now, anyway. Photo by Flickr user ...

Spring Festival is a time for feasting, cleaning, decorating and... bribing child-seeking demons Fei Fei gets her first ya sui qian (压岁钱, 压祟钱). Traditionally, the amount of money received should start with an even number. Eight (八, ba) is lucky ...

As young Shanghainese delay their nuptials, we dig into Cyberspace and discover surprising reasons for their procrastination In a recent survey on pre-marriage costs in six major Chinese cities, Shanghai came top with average costs of RMB 1.4 ...

China Daily’s “Top 10 crackdowns 2009” ranks the authorities' moves to ban pajama-wearing in public alongside major crimes A local resident exercising his Shanghai pajama-wearing rights. off As all good publications, China Daily published a few ...

世界上最棒的城市： 上海是世界第一的 50 个理由 罗列出 50 个上海是世界上第一的理由已经不再困难。 你的理由在其中吗？ GreatestCity_Shanghai_624x310.jpg off 编者按： 由 Natalee Blagden、Jade Bremner、Peter Holland、Kellie Schmitt 和 CNNGo 上海分处编辑 Jessica Beaton 共同参与完成。 1. 上门服务 所有服务 都可以登门, 不仅仅限于中餐美食。 ...

Valerie Blanco and Ellen Feberwee devote 176 pages to how Chinese people choose their English names -- the good, bad and just plain weird Valerie Blanco and Ellen Feberwee chat about their book ‘In China, My Name Is…’ and why someone would name ...

Ethnic Chinese returning to China are known as haigui ("sea turtles") and they now have a music video dedicated to their travels, triumphs and hardships Everything is a pun in China and overseas Chinese aren’t exempt from the language exercise. ...

Plus: China’s hottest 11 bachelors. And: Sharks (yes, real ones) in the Shanghai subway How'd you like to see this guy during your next subway ride? off Chinese artist Liu Bolin created a sculpture titled "Burning Man Obama." Liu says, "The sculpture ...

World's Greatest City: 50 reasons why Shanghai is No. 1 The hardest thing about listing 50 reasons why Shanghai is the greatest city in the world is trimming it down. Did your reason make it? GreatestCity_Shanghai_624x310.jpg off Editor's Note: ...