Around Shanghai: Empty offices, subway heart attacks and flights to Taiwan

• In China, Empty Office Spaces Fill the Sky [CSM]
  "'Even without the financial crisis, Shanghai's office market was slated for a correction,' says Hingyin Lee, director of research in Shanghai at Colliers International, a property consultancy and agent. 'This [crisis] will lengthen and deepen the correction.'"
• Expat Heart Attack on Line 2 [Shanghai Public Transportation]
  "A long-term expat in his 50s had a heart attack coming out of the Science and Technology Museum metro station yesterday, and passing pedestrians rushed to help him out."
• Shanghai-Taiwan Direct Flight Date Set [China Daily]
  "China Eastern Airlines (CEA) will launch its first direct chartered flight from Shanghai to Taiwan on Monday...from Monday, flights from Shanghai to Taiwan will increase from three times a week to daily, and direct flights from Nanjing will also be increased from one to two a week."
• A Solar Panel On My Rooftop? [Pacific Epoch]
  "Shanghai Development and Reform Commission recently released the "Shanghai Solar PV project Temporary Legislation." This legislation enables people to install private solar panels on their roof tops for the first time. People will even get paid if they generate electricity for the grid."
• UPS Opens $125m Cargo Transit Hub in Shanghai [China Daily]
  "The hub, with a total investment of $125 million, is the US courier's largest international transit facility in Asia and will connect China to its global air network with direct service to US and European destinations."
• Shanghai’s Most Valiant Chevrolet Girl [ChinaSMACK]
  "The owner of a Chevrolet Captiva, that had already been attached to a tow truck, was unhappy, started the car, and drove away with both the car and the tow truck."

Video from ChinaSmack.