Shanghaiist

shanghaiist.com — "Now, that'll learn the little larcenist. In Pudong around 11:30am on Sunday, a couple from Anhui province tied up their 12-year-old son from a metal frame used for hanging clothes and used a whip to demonstrate traditional child-rearing techniques. The boy was being punished for stealing 300RMB from his parents, who work as electronic waste recyclers, to play video games.

shanghaiist.com — This one's just for fun: Apparently (and adorably) the Changsha Underwater World conducted a systematic health check of all its female animals in honor of Women's Day last week. This involved sending an 80-year-old sea turtle to the local Children's Hospital for a CT Scan, which because of her size was the only way to check on the health of her internal organs.

shanghaiist.com — Richard Burger, an editor and columnist and blogger at PekingDuck.org, shares his five most significant stories of the decade. Few have watched China as closely as Richard over the last 10 years, and it's cool to get his perspective on what the key stories were.

shanghaiist.com — It's not every day urban myths come true - but doesn't really surprise me that it would happen here in China. According to Shanghaiist, a 1.5m croc was found in the construction area of Subway Line 10, Dongfang Mall stop in the Yangpu district.

shanghaiist.com — The boyfriend who posted dirty photos of his ex-girlfriend on the net, presumably as revenge for her kicking his butt to the curb, has been detained by Shanghai police. "The incident has triggered commentary from Chinese netizens, who mostly fall into two groups - one of which feel the man is deranged and another, more conservative group, which argues that the girl kind of deserved it."