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Late last year we documented SH magazine's trials and tribulations. The English-language weekly stopped publishing in December, but it continues to be a source of drama in 2009. A final "funeral issue" — death themed from front to back — was finished and set for publication on December 19. But the swan song never saw the light of day. Until now. The issue in its entirety can be found after the jump on this post. Here's some back story from someone familiar with the situation: 
SH's tombstone
It was supposed to be published on December 19th but the China Foreign Language Advertising people, SH magazine's partners and the holders of the actual license, demanded so many changes that it became unfeasible. There's evidence of one in the PDF, which is the shopping "I Want It". In this version, it's an acoustic guitar. In the original, it's an urn, and the contact details for the urn are still there. A little glimpse of what it would have become with all of their suggested changes — terribly boring.
So have a look, and tell us if you can find anything particularly controversial.
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Good on these guys for having a sense of humor about it all. They even invited Michael Cole back for one last interview! LOL.
Best. Ex-pat-mag. Ever.
Inappropriately, I was laughing all the way through. Great job.
Best suicide sale issue. Ever!!
Love the clip art - surreal!
Fun times.
It's really too bad they couldn't get it printed.
That was dead good
There's got to be a way to download it, print it out on a color printer and just distribute it.
Will be greatly missed
Another great thing killed by festering, awful, bad China.
What, no photo or reference to 'celebrity chef' Eduardo Vargas?
For those who actually live in Shanghai and are not just passing through or slumming on mom and dad's credit card, SH will hardly be missed, except for the fact that it makes pretty good bird-cage liner.
I dare say that if Vargas stopped opening 3 restaurants a week, he wouldn't have gotten quite so much coverage in the "new restaurants" section.
Good reading for the duration of a single crap. I will miss it.