Elaine Chow

When the Expo people first revealed Haibao, we were less than pleased. Then the Australian mascot came along and we thought to ourselves, well at least we're not that obvious. Then the Taiwanese mascot made its appearance and we were thankful that at least Shanghai wasn't being represented by... continue reading on Shanghaiist

According to Shanghai Daily, the "fog" alert was elevated to level red today, the highest of the three levels available for "fog" alerts. It was so bad it caused major traffic disruptions, particularly at Pudong International Airport, where 3,500 passengers were stranded until visibility rose above 50 meters. By... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Not only is Edison Chen breaking the silence on his sex scandal, promoting his pre-sex scandal movies, and starring again in post-sex scandal films, the boy-you-can't-keep-down-no-matter-how-many-scandalous-pictures-get-released-onto-the-net is also adding to his fashion empire. Earlier this year, he returned to Hong Kong to find sponsors for his clothing empire, managing to... continue reading on Shanghaiist

As reported over the last week, China's Ministry of Commerce and ad giant DDB have released their previously delayed public relations campaign touting products made in China. The ad, which you can watch here, shows a bunch of consumer goods with the tag line "Made in China with [insert... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Chinasmack is currently working on translating some of the most popular Chinese internet memes from 2009, and they want your help to think of good ones the netizens of Netease may have missed. We've already seen some of our favorites: "What brother is eating is not noodles, but loneliness," "Believe... continue reading on Shanghaiist