Around Shanghai: Shanghainese men, staring at the stars, and hotels hope for the best

Despite stereotypes, it seems like Shanghainese men are less henpecked than you would think: they're less likely to wash their wives' panties than other Chinese. Wait, what? [Shanghai Daily]
The unwillingness to scrub undergarments also does not stop Shanghai men from being the best husbands, according to a (Shanghai-based) psych professor, Zhang Jiehai. [Danwei]
Micah Sittig tries to look at the stars in Shanghai and apparently it's not a great place to do astronomy. [msittig]
Ladies, have waxing troubles? One of your hirsute own has found the answer to them, and her name is Olga. [meiadeleite]
Everybody wants Shanghai to become a global financial hub, but it seems like they're not completely sure what exactly it needs or wants. [WSJ]
One industry knows what it needs and wants though - the hotel industry's hoping the World Expo makes everything fine and dandy. [Xinhua]

Photo by the shanghai eye

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