0 – The number of stars that Confucius was given in a scathing film review posted on Shanghai author Han Han’s blog. Aside from being a writer, 27 year old Han Han is also a model, a race-car driver and now, apparently, a chauvinist. He writes, “Whether it’s Confucius or I am Liu Yuejin, [female directors] are quite bad at grasping…films that aren’t about feelings. I don’t really understand why [female directors] don’t go and make films about life or love.” He’s just sayin’, is all. 

4 – The number of Shanghai universities labelled ‘traitorous’ for including English in their entrance exams but leaving out Chinese. The universities dropped the Chinese component in an effort to ease the burden on applicants, provoking outrage from netizens, nationalists, and various other groups without a bunch of exams to take. 

9,200,000,000 – The amount of RMB handed over by Shanghai Zendai Property Ltd. this week, in exchange for a giant slab of Bund. The sale of the 57,000-square metre plot has set a new Shanghai record for both total and average price. 

2 – The length in hours that folk musician Andrew Bird’s played at Shanghai’s Zhijiang Dream Factory last week. Quite a feat, considering he’s essentially a one-man orchestra. 

100 – The likelihood in percent that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will say or do something to offend someone, should he come to the 2010 Expo. The gaffe-prone leader, who was recently hit in the face with a model of the Tower of Pisa, has expressed an interest in visiting the Italian pavilion later this year. 

10 – The number of giant stainless steel ants climbing a 26-metre pole in newly-opened 106 Creative Square in Zhabei district. Creepy.

- Compiled by Alex Taggart