All the things you'd want to do this Monday to Thursday in Shanghai. On the schedule this week: Brett Anderson, more Oktoberfest partying, The Golden Festival and movie nights aplenty. Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! more ›

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• We were slightly surprised that, despite satellite photos, Shanghais air quality has apparently become slightly more breathable thanks to the Expo. Their secret? Agricultural lessons!
• It’s not just a bad time for commuters this Golden Holiday; at least 80 gay men were picked up by Beijing police after a raid on a ‘gay park’. It’s probably not worth complaining too loudly though, especially with the threat of ‘black jails’.
• Gates and Buffett have had their pro-philanthropist dinner, as have some others with a slightly more ‘normal’ bank balance.

If you needed another reason to celebrate tomorrow, here's one. Three years after the first Chang'e was sent up into space and landed in a planned collision, a second lunar probe is poised to launch, coinciding with the National Holiday. more ›

Saturday started on a definite bummer-note over at Leo Gallery. After Shock is a photo exhibition/charity event designed to raise money for earthquake victims in Qinghai province. Bummer for a number of reasons: more ›

After several rounds of competition, the Pambassadors have finally been named . In what we think may be the best job opportunity in the world, these winning hardcore panda-lovers will stay at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for one month in Chengdu as part of a project seeking to help the endangered species in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature. more ›

The Golden Holidays are upon us! Hurrah for national holidays! Have you been lucky enough to get a full 7 days off of work? Perhaps you just have an extended weekend? Whatever your slave driver boss has permitted you, make sure you make the most of it! Shanghai is set to be full to the rafters over the next few days with people flocking to the city to pay homage to the homeland; with this in mind, you’d better make full use of this week’s Weekendist in order to make the most of your time off. more ›

In commemoration of the first high-speed train trials between Shanghai and Hangzhou, I'd like to present to you something I found on my last trip there: fake Tsingtao. That's right, someone out there is actually making a shanzhai version of the local beer. more ›

The Midi Music Festival (迷笛音乐节) is back and this year is its 12th birthday! China’s longest running music festival is crashing down in Zhenjiang City (镇江) for four action packed days of aural relief this Golden Holiday. more ›

Thomas Crampton's blog drew our attention today to a report released back in June by the Data Center of China Internet (DCCI) on the amount of online user-generated content in China. As it turns out, there is a lot of it. more ›

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