Around Shanghai

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• Shanghai is the most popular destination for Chinese students returning from abroad. According to the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security, 75,000 returnees have chosen to be in Shanghai, and the city also boasts about 4,000 enterprises founded by returnees.
• According to latest statistics released by the municipal government, Shanghai received a whopping 1.57 million tourists in the first three days of the Chinese New Year.
• Japan's NTT Communications will launch a data centre in Shanghai together with China Telecom to provide international wide-area ethernet service.
• TIME Magazine's Ling Woo Liu says Mattel is giving Barbie the botox treatment with its new 3,500 sq m House of Barbie that will open this March in Shanghai. Visitors can get their hair and nails done at a spa and Vera Wang has designed a $15,000 wedding dress to be sold on a life-sized Barbie at the store.