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So despite the - well, let's just call it "tumultuous" - climate for magazines all over the world, it seems that the Time Out franchise is taking its chances and starting up a new Shanghai division - an English Shanghai division, that is ( Time Out Shanghai has been out for years in Chinese). What we were surprised about is how much of the new TOSHE (as we're gonna call it now) writing

Some relief for victims of KaiEn English fiasco as ChinesePod CEO downplays Ken Carroll's role

Ken Carroll is still alive! He's just too busy to respond to Shanghaiist's emails! This is going to be a loooong post on the ongoing KaiEn English fiasco , so brace yourselves. One day before KaiEn's unpaid staff were scheduled to negotiate with the Shanghai Construction Group (KaiEn's Chinese partner), co-founder Ken Carroll's business partner and CEO of Praxis Language, Hank Horkoff,

Interview: DJ Vadim and MC Yarah Bravo (and win tickets to their show!)

DJ Vadim and MC Yarah Bravo will host a workshop at Source on Thursday and do a show at The Shelter on Friday.

Where: (for Thursday) Source, No. 158 Xinle Lu, near Donghu Lu 新乐路158号，近东湖路 and (for Friday) The Shelter, No. 5 Yongfu Lu, near Fuxing Xi Lu 永福路5号，近复兴西路

Starts: Thursday, March 11, 7-9PM for the workshop; Friday, March 12,
9PM-late for the

Electrolist: "Electrical problems" close Shelter tonight, BvDub Liveshow on tomorrow

Electrolist, by Shanghai Ultra of the VOID crew, gives a regular lowdown on the Shanghai electronic music scene, with picks, tips, news, and other rumors. Lots of stuff happening now that the summer is officially underway and as Electrolist returns after a prolonged absence. The World Cup is just a week away, that means a month of continual drinking and late nights for a great many - pubs

Longevitist: 10 Shanghai bars/restaurants that have lasted the decade

Maoming Lu now. To think how different it looked ten years ago. Photo by JustLikeEddie In a city like Shanghai, new openings are aplenty and sudden closings even more so. It seems that the evanescent disposition of the city's restaurants and bars make it so that when something stays open for over two years, it ought to be counted as an old stand by. We are, of course, talking about expat

1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.)

Han Han: The rebel punching bag

We make no apologies for professing our love of Han Han : there's something about unbridled angst and resistance to the status quo that really gets us going. Needless to say, that view isn't shared by everyone on the mainland, and we often find Han Han at the center of some controversy, which only makes us more intrigued by him. The most recent blow comes from China Daily's Raymond Zhou ,

Interview: Gregory Harrington on playing both classics and pop on violin

From April 1 to 10, Irish violinist Gregory Harrington will be coming to China to perform his blend of classical and contemporary music. Besides dates in Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin and Dalian, Harrington will be passing through Shanghai for a recital with pianist William Lewis at the Oriental Art Center on April 3. Intrigued by a musician who has been described as combining “velvet

Cinematheque: Oh no! Robin Hood goes macho... (and other film news)

Yes we´ve seen him before, but that won´t stop him from peeking out of the Sheerwood forest once again - Robin Hood, this time portrayed by Russel Crowe. Are the directors and film producers of the world running out of imagination? Something about the film climate of Shanghai, and most of the worlds mainstream cinema this last year has been a bit... repetitive.. with remakes, sequels,

Shanghai's McRefugees (translated) Part I

A few weeks ago, Guangzhou's Southern Weekly had a very interesting feature on the McRefugees - people who, due to low pay or homelessness, spend their nights at 24-hour fast food restaurants - living in Shanghai's Xujiahui area. They were thrown into the spotlight in March, when one man stabbed a McDonalds employee who tried to kick him out. Of the articles in the months proceeding the