Extra! Extra! Fizzy drinks, filthy drinks and EBay auctioning itself?

• The prices of both Pepsi and Coke (the beverage) have gone up in Shanghai. The eight percent hike, due to higher prices for raw materials like sugar and plastic, went into effect this month. The result: soft drinks are still really cheap here.
• How is this for a vote of confidence: "Chen Guoguang, vice director of the local branch of the state Water Quality Monitoring Network, said it might not taste good, but tap water is definitely safe to drink." We'll stick to the bottled stuff for now. Also, more than 40 percent of Shanghai's waterways remain "seriously polluted."
• Is EBay China up for sale?
• Want to bury your dead pet? Head to Suzhou -- there is no room in Shanghai.
• Free Hao Wu!

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