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By now most of you know that the reason you are working this weekend is not because of a wrathful God but because the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is having a big ol' conference in Pudong. However, because of various transportation, security and aesthetic concerns (yes, your silk pajamas) the government is implementing measures that are sure to be a nuisance and inconvenience to many. Here's what we've heard thus far:
• A reader who works in Raffles City by People's Square received a company email that said no one could enter or leave the premises between 12 pm and 6 pm on June 15. They've been advised to eat lunch and be back before noon, and have been advised to bring extra food and drink.
• By far the worst punishment we've heard of thus far comes from a reader who has been told to vacate his own apartment from 4 pm-11 pm on two consecutive days, the 14th and the 15th. During this time no visitors are allowed in either.
• Yet another reader in Pudong received a notice from the local PSB (view in English and Chinese) saying that they would have to "decrease going outside," wait for friends or visitors at the entrance of the village or building (a hassle if your village is big), not hang clothes outside, put their outdoor flower pots away, and keep pets inside in order to avoid "accidents".
Public transportation is going to be affected as well. Here's a detailed list of the measures (in Chinese), and in English:
The Bund area: June 14, 18:00-22:00. Most nearby roads closed to car traffic unless you have a conference pass.Lujiazui: June 14, 16:00-22:00 and June 15, 7:00-15:00, nearby roads closed to car traffic.
Century Plaza: June 15, 14:00-21:00, no goddamn cars unless you have a goddamn pass.
People's Square: June 15, 18:00-23:00, same deal.
Yan'an Lu elevated road, tunnel, etc. : to be determined.
If you read the report above you will see that not all the roads in those areas will be closed off -- the area enclosed by the roads is closed off at the specified times, but that doesn't mean that every road that marks off the area is closed. For details, read the report.
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We were out yesterday when my gf bought a Vogue magazine. After we unwrapped the magazine, we were trying hard to find a rubbish bin to throw away the plastic wrapper, but couldn't find any! (we were at Shanghai Railway Station metro line 3) The person on duty told us that the gov instructed all rubbish bins to be removed to prevent bombs being placed in them...
A police just dropped by our office to make sure no assassinators hiding here...
Did they find the bomb?
At the core of Lujiazui, my company was told to tell every employee, especially those who will be in the building on those SCO days, no close to windows, no photo, no video. The police will take over the building, so please be compliance. Every employee needs to send a acknowledge email to department manager, although only two or three people of each department will actually come. Yes, it's a SOE (State Owned Enterprise).
Peijin, no, lucky they didn't, or I will be spending the rest of my life at a state prison.
We had another police coming this morning to write down everyone's name..etc
I'm not sure how this relates to the meeting, but the two local "massage" parlors on my block were closed last night (I live near Xujiahui). Last night was the first time my boyfriend wasn't propositioned while coming home. If this is happening all around the city, i guess these diplomats and officials will have to stick to KTV girls.
My fiancee was told that she could not return to her hotel room on Guangdong Lu from noon to midnight on the 14th. This is the kind of rubbish that is perpetrated when an illegitimate government not controlled by the rule of law is in power. The Chinese just keep taking it....amazing!
One of the bigwigs is staying in the Pudong Renaissance Hotel, and a friend of mine who lives on the 23rd floor of a building facing the hotel has a cop next to the elevator (the cop is on the 23rd floor, not the ground floor) 24 hours a day. Don't know about the other floors.
Cops closed Jing Xiu Rd. for a convoy of 17 vehicles today, we had to wait a good 20min afterwards before we could get on the road.
Went from Century Park to Lujiazui on Century Av. today, 50m, stop, 50m, stop, 50m....
24th floor it is! Thanks for the tip Romeo!