Around Shanghai: Minhang collapse kills one, gay bathhouses and fans mourn Jackson

  • A building in the Minhang district tottered over and collapsed after the riverbed it was built right next to rose. Surprisingy, it stayed almost completely intact. Sadly, one worker died. [ESWN]
  • Things you probably won't see in the print version: CityWeekend visits a gay bathhouse to help hand out free condoms. [CityWeekend]
  • Shanghai mourned the death of Michael Jackson with tributes at Shelter and a memorial event at People's Square. [EastDay]
  • Oh look, a piece of Brooklyn graffiti was found on the corner of Tongren Lu and Yan'an Lu. [56minus1]
  • The podunk version of the Natural History Museum will be no more! A new one is being built in Jing'an Sculpture Park that will open in 2012 and replace the old facility. [Shanghai Daily
  • Shanghai's moneyed folk have embraced the one sport that only moneyed folk would ever want to play: polo. [BBC]

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"A building in the Minxing district", not 'Minxing', it's 'Min Hang'

Look like there is NO foundation at all!
So, a strong wind will also put down the other building around, sooner or later
That's scary for resident...
Good luck!
At least to put down all the other, that's sounds easy

And now they have townhouses...

toppled apartment - this could also be the architect's fault.
polo - who said money cannot buy anything? look the Chinese, even though they can't play well but hey, they got polo too. I admire the person who came up the idea first, who knows how to make a fortune out of the rich folks

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