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Weekendist: Dance, dance, learn to dance

Every Friday, we tell you what sounds exciting to us over the next three days! This weekend, look forward to dance opportunities - both watching and learning, and charitable events galore! Not to mention, rugby fans get to cheer for their favorite leagues LIVE at the Shanghai Sevens and the father of minimal music, Robert Hood, is in town (for all you DJ lovers). For this weekend's live music offerings, check out our Midweek Music Preview. FRIDAY Party animals pay attention! Not Me brings you MELTDOWN; A 5 hour alcohol extravaganza! Yes, for only 80RMB you can enjoy an open bar as DJ’s bring you the best in Hiphop, electro, house and everything in between! 10pm, Not Me, 21 Dongping Lu near Hengshan Lu LA's International Contemporary Dance comes to Shanghai's Downstream Garage. Choreographer Susan Rose and her dancers have dedicated Friday and Saturday to cooperating with Shanghai's experimental indie choreographers Nunu Kong and Nannan for "Powerplays." 7pm, Downstream Garage, 200 Longcao Lu, south of Hua Ting Hotel SATURDAY Rugby fans rejoice, it's finally time for Shanghai Sevens! For the second consecutive year, the Shanghai Sevens are proud hosts of the IRB Asian Sevens Series and will welcome an expanded roster of 12 international teams, 16 amateur club teams, 4 international women's teams, and 2 vets teams. The games on Saturday are 70RMB. For a two day package of Sunday and Saturday is 150RMB. If you just want to come for Sunday, it's 100RMB. Other options: One day VIP Hospitality is 1200 RMB; two day VIP Hospitality is 2000 RMB; Long Lunch (per person) is 880 RMB; Long Lunch (per table) of 10 and Two day VIP Package (per person) is 8000 RMB. Got all that? Good. 8am to 5pm each day, Shanghai Rugby and Football Club ZhangYang Bei Lu 张扬北路 The perfect way to try getting fit while looking hot... for free! Popular yoga and pilates center, theOrangeRoom, is offering a free hip hop dance class for youth this Saturday. You'll be taught by Bella. Bella is a qualified instructor from Korea. She has taken up street dance / hip hop for 7 years and has been a member of a dance crew for 4 years. To sign up, call them at 64063642 or email at information@theorangeroom.cn. 11:30am to 12:30pm, Room B, 7th floor, Saint Laurent Commercial Block, No. 201, Lane 3215, Hongmei Lu To celebrate the launch on their new play this coming week, Shanghai Repertory Theater will be having a party at Abbey Road. 100RMB buys 3 drinks and a raffle ticket and you can win a whole bunch of prizes, including tickets to the play itself! Should be a hoot. 3pm to 6pm, Abbey Road, 45 Yueyang Lu, near Dongping Lu 岳阳路45号, 东平路口. He caused quite a storm when he was in Shanghai last time, at one of most talked-about parties of the last couple of years in Shanghai. Coming back on Saturday to the Shelter with VOID is Robert Hood, who is a pretty big deal aparently and one of the biggest names in "proper" DJ music. The man from Detroit is credited for inventing "minimal" music 15 years before it became the trendy sound dominating clubs in Europe. 50RMB cover. 10pm, Shelter, 5 Yongfu Lu near Fuxingxi Lu, 永福路5号进复兴西路 SUNDAY Learn new dance moves while giving back to the Earth! ARTIST Shanghai will be offering a full day of dance classes at a fraction of the cost. For RMB 50 per class, you can learn Ballet, Modern Dance, Belly Dance, Neo-Jazz and Hip Hop. Best of all, all the proceeds will be used to plant trees to fight desertification and offset carbon emission through Shanghai Roots & Shoots' Million Tree Project! For class schedule and reservations, please call the studio at +86 21 5196 1120 11am to 5pm, Dance Studio ARTIST Shanghai, Room 02-03, F/5, No. 1035 North Nan Quan Rd. in Pudong Jaiya's Animal Rescue (JAR) is a non-profit small animal rescue group. JAR holds monthly Adoption Days and this September 5th is your next chance to get involved. The event is an opportunity for both humans and animals. The animals (dogs, cats, kittens and puppies) have a chance at being adopted, and you guys get the chance to play with the animals and learn more about adopting/fostering via JAR. It’s a free event, so get down there, boost your karma and play with some puppies! 11am to 3pm, Papas Bierstube Restaurant, Hongmei Road 3338, Hongmei Pedestrian Street 22-24, Shanghai. 德国乡村西餐厅上海市闵行区虹梅路3338弄 Help BEAN by baking chocolate, peanut butter, and chocolate chip cookies to sell at the BEAN booth at the Charity Flea Market. All proceeds from the Charity Flea Market support Stepping Stones, a community group which supports English language lessons in migrant schools around Shanghai. BEAN will supply all the materials and ingredients- all you need to bring is yourself! There are limited spaces for this event, so please send an e-mail RSVP to beanshanghai@gmail.com if you would like to join. 2pm to 4pm, Jing An District (email BEAN for actual location) 'Add

The Economist interviews "Mao's translator" Sidney Rittenberg

The Economist has posted an interview with "Mao's translator," Sidney Rittenberg (李敦白). Arriving in China in 1944, Rittenberg befriended Mao, Zhou Enlai and other top Communists. During his long involvement with the Chinese Communist Party, Rittenberg was imprisoned twice. The first time in 1949, after being falsely fingered as a "spy" by Joseph Stalin, he spent six years in solitary confinement and the second time in 1968, for ten years when labelled a "May 16th element" (五一六分子). In spite his long time in prison, Rittenberg still expresses a restrained fondness for Mao, who he describes as the "best listener I've ever run into." Like any reformed communist, Rittenberg is now making big bucks as an advisor for multinationals like Hughes Aircraft and Intel on their China buisness, and he has many interesting observations on China, past, present and future. The interview runs about 15 minutes and streams a bit slowly, so you may wish to download it directly here. 'Add

Pet(s) of the Month: 11 cats of Lane 26

This month's Adoptable Pet from Jaiya's Animal Rescue Name: The 11 cats of Lane 26 Age: From 3 to 6 Health: Vaccinated, dewormed and de-flead. All spayed and neutered. Ideal Home: People that have experience with adult cats. Story: CF (rescuer), an animal lover and keen supporter of animal rescue groups in Shanghai contacted JAR in hopes that we can provide a permanent roof and love for the cats that he has managed to rescue in the past 6 months. Marvin (JAR founder), Alejandra (rescuer/foster parent and volunteer), Dr. Stephanie Goltz and CF met up on August 2nd in order to decide how to help these beautiful cats. Luckily, CF has kindly provided cat litter & trays, cat food, water, bowls, bedding, cushions and a fan to try and make the cats as comfortable as possible. Unfortunately, the room that CF has rented (where the cats are residing in) will be taken over very soon. Hereafter, JAR needs to find foster/permanent homes for all these 11 cats as soon as possible. JAR requires adopters/foster parents who are experienced with adult cats, having patience, compassion and determination to rehabilitate them after the hard life that they have had. Certainly, JAR wants to give them a chance to be re-homed and to have loving permanent homes. The cats are very timid and shy, but quite lovely and sweet. Can you help? Are you willing to support JAR and give these cats the opportunity they never had? All these cats have been spayed/neutered, and they are 3 to 6 years old. All of them have received their vaccinations, which has been possible thanks to the gracious support from Dr. Stephanie Goltz (who currently is working at the PetsHome Gubei Hospital). As always, time is of the essence. Please consider offering your love to these beautiful cats! For more information about being a foster parent or how to adopt another cat or dog from JAR, please contact shanghaidogs@gmail.com, or come to visit JAR during its “Special Adoption Day in Pudong” on Sunday, September 5, from 11:00 to 15:00 hrs, at Papas Bierstube Restaurant, Hongmei Road 3338, Hongmei Pedestrian Street 22- 24, Puxi, Shanghai (德国乡村西餐厅上海市闵行区虹梅路3338弄虹梅休闲街). JAR is a non-profit small animal rescue group that is committed to protecting and improving the health and welfare of animals through pet health care, education, and the promotion of adoption/ foster care as an alternative approach to purchasing animals. We are dedicated to domestic animal population control, promoting pet adoption / fostering and reducing the incidence of abandonment. 'Add

Yunnan cooperating with US conservative group on new 'abstinence education' program

young couple, girl pulling away from boys advances. As if China’s hormonal and horny students haven’t got enough to contend with. With universities getting all up in their "are you or aren't you a mistress" business and some high schools already patrolling the halls for kissing couples, now "God" has gotten in the way of them even learning about doing it... at least in Yunnan. The Educational Bureau of Yunnan province has recently instructed schools and universities to teach students to abstain from premarital sex and to ‘cherish their chastity’. The program; ‘No Apologies’ (无悔今生) is the ‘love child’ of an American conservative Christian organization - Focus on the Family (FOTF), whose main goal is "nurturing and defending the God-ordained institution of the family and promoting biblical truths worldwide”. Some of the things they teach include the dangers of pornography (sore wrists? Big phone bill?), the benefits that delayed gratification has on marriages (after so long, anyone will do), and the theory that sex distracts youngsters from realizing their dreams (because successful single people are eunuchs). Oh, and no fundamentalist Christian group is complete without a homophobic slur, right? They also preach the importance of ‘honoring the heritage of sexuality’ whilst condemning SpongeBob SquarePants for its pro-homosexual messages to elementary kids. Barney and Jimmy Neutron were in the firing squad too. Strangely enough, FOTF's co-founder, who was recently caught vacationing with a known male prostitute, wasn't. In the organization's quest to promote their rants message, they are now spreading the message in China by hitting the younger generations. Schools in Yunnan will soon be issued with a US-published booklet that contains topics on contraception (hopefully not just the rhythm method), how to maintain pre-marital chastity, things to consider with regards to abortion and rather bizarrely..... ‘how to tell whether a person is infected with the HIV virus’. Now, we're no doctors, but we’re pretty sure (really, really, really sure) that unless HIV sufferers walk around with ‘HIV’ stamped on their forehead, then telling whether or not a person suffers from the illness is almost impossible. The focus being on the maintenance of pre-marital chastity, the pamphlet also includes role-plays in order to fully verse students on what to say if they face a situation that could lead to sex. Role play scripts include: Boy: "If you love me, you will have sex with me." Girl: “If you love me, you would not want me to give up my cherished chastity.” Boy: "It's very safe, I have a condom." Girl: You want me to bet my future with that condom?” Boy: "You are the only thing I want to dedicate myself to." Girl: Good! If I am your only, then you can wait until after we are married.” Sassy! We love how it's only boys who are made out to be the horny ones. After all, girls can't really want it themselves, right? That'd be so... ungirly! Also, can you imagine anyone actually being shut down by these? Our guess: These phrases will work as well on innocent Yunnan girls as they did on Bristol Palin. When it comes to the ‘birds and the bees’, Chinese students have a pretty raw deal. They are either faced with the prospect of learning ‘what goes where’ from the internet (which could be pretty risky given the nature of some sites. Coming soon - ‘Why Chinese students love BDSM’) or from so called ‘sex-perts’ sharing their ‘sexpertise’ when parents don’t feel comfortable doing so. If you really want more than the current 32% of today’s Chinese youth learning about sex through school, do you really want them learning it this way? 'Add

Li Ning picks up Evan Turner and USA Diving

In what could be its biggest get yet, China's leading sportswear brand, Li Ning, signed NBA rookie Evan Turner to an endorsement deal Monday. Turner, the 2010 NCAA National Player of the Year, was selected second overall in the draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. Li Ning already has bigger NBA names in Shaquille O'Neal and Baron Davis, but both were signed when they were well past their prime. USA Diving has also inked a contract with Li Ning, making it the team's official apparel sponsor through 2012. The brand's other non-Chinese national team sponsorships include Spain and Argentina's basketball teams, and USA Table Tennis. Although these signings and Li Ning's opening of an Oregon concept store and R&D center have all lead to speculation that this could be China's first brand to become an international powerhouse, I've always said that these moves are more about creating an appearance for Chinese customers than about seriously competing with Nike and Adidas globally. Quoted in People's Daily, Ben Cavender of China Market Research Group puts it pretty clearly: ""What they don't admit to and what they are being slightly cagey about is that their strategy is to firm their position in China as a domestic brand. They can appeal to a certain Chinese nationalism by playing on being able to compete head-to-head with the major international brands because they have these big-time athletes." Related: Can China's hottest sportswear brand go global? Evan Turner image: Hi.baidu.com This article also appeared on China Sports Today 'Add

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