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www.nytimes.com — Thousands of public schools stopped teaching foreign languages in the last decade, according to a government-financed survey. But another contrary trend has educators and policy makers abuzz: a rush by schools in all parts of America to offer instruction in Chinese.

news.bbc.co.uk — I'm sure this will go over real well on the mainland.

shanghaiscrap.com — Can't make this up. After the conviction of 5 prostitutes for drugging clients with sedatives in homemade chocolates, there have been more cases reported, so much so the "Shanghai Consulate’s News for Americans" newsletter carries a warning to readers. Who'd have thought such an occurrence was so common place? You have been warned!

www.nytimes.com — An interesting infographic comparing China and the US, how things have changed, and how much more change would be necessary for the two to match.

shanghaiscrap.com — "Not the sexiest topic in the world, but certainly important. In truth, I don’t expect I’m going to hold many of my casual readers with a discussion of seamless pipe dumping..." Adam then goes on to present one of the best framings of the 'dumping' trade dispute I've seen, and goes on to set up some future posts and discussions at the same time.