Extra! Extra! Bishops, prostitutes and desensitized genitals

• When in China, don't do as the Romans would do ... or something like that. China is preparing to install another bishop without the Vatican's consent. The ceremony consecrating Wang Renlei, vicar general of the Xuzhou Diocese in Jiangsuu, could take palce as soon as Thursday.
• Are Shanghainese becoming more accepting of people from other province? Accepting enough to marry them.
• Top 8 models at Beijing Auto Show.
• This is scary. Another person was electrocuted while taking a shower due to a faulty water heater. We believe this happened to an Italian girl here last year, as well (but we can't find a link). We are told the big electric cylinder heaters are the culprits. You might want to have yours checked.
• The Shanghai Daily brings us two stories about hookers. One about a Jing'an case in which prostitutes met johns not on the street but in internet chat rooms. And another where a Minghang man hired a hooker to pose as his ex-wife so he could sell some property she owned. So the hooker gets busted for something that doesn't, as far as we know, involve any sex.
• If you are a fan of red-yolk duck eggs, you may have more to worry about that just cholesterol.
• The AIDS activist we mentioned recently has been released, but four others remain in custody. Four days in jail forced Wan Yanhai, director of Beijing Aizhixing Institute of Health Education, to postpone the conference 'Blood Safety, AIDS and Human Rights' originally scheduled to be held in Beijing from Nov. 25-30.
• A 24-year-old grad student in Shaanxi broke a Guiness world record by reciting pi to its 67,890th decimal place of pi without error. It took him 24 hours and 4 minutes. And yes, ladies, he's single.
• Honey, it's not me, it's your bicycle. Bicycle riding desensitizes genitals (and can also cause erectile dysfunction).
• A detailed look (with graphics and everything) at why Lane Crawford closed its flagship store on Huaihai Lu.
• Some students must study golf at Xiamen University, while Fudan University students can hang out at "the country's first money laundering studies center" without going to jail.

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