http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/19/extra_extra_zha.php All comments for Extra! Extra! Zhang Ziyi, web stats and Japanese manhole covers en-us 2009 shang_kenneth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:13 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kenneth@shanghaiist.com kenneth@shanghaiist.com 60 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/19/extra_extra_zha.php#comment-204600 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/19/extra_extra_zha.php#comment-204600 Comments Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:26:45 +0800 <p>Oh btw I love Zhang Ziyi.</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/19/extra_extra_zha.php#comment-204599 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/19/extra_extra_zha.php#comment-204599 Comments Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:19:47 +0800 <p>"unsuitable for the flaneur"? I can't think of anywhere more suitable!!! The fact that you don't actually have to take part in it creates the perfect definition of flanuerism.</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/19/extra_extra_zha.php#comment-204598 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/19/extra_extra_zha.php#comment-204598 Comments Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:51:38 +0800 <p>I read that article too! I wrote to the New Yorker complaining about it because the man obviously did not do his research. What is with all these hacks who think they can write about this city without actually spending some time here? He was probably paid by Vincent Lo to write it.</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/19/extra_extra_zha.php#comment-204594 http://shanghaiist.com/2006/01/19/extra_extra_zha.php#comment-204594 Comments Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:50:46 +0800 <p>I particularly enjoyed the New Yorker's assertion that Chinese streets are purely functional and unsuitable for the flaneur or gawker. Had the man ever been here, or had he just looked at the cover of the Lonely Planet guidebook?</p>