Around Shanghai: Little blue people, ladies in qipao... and Cherie Blair

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  • Not to be outdone by the Australians, the Belgian pavilion has a mascot now as well. Lots of tiny, blue mascots actually, and they're called "The Smurfs." Heard of them? [Shanghai Daily]
  • China Music Radar has put up a pretty comprehensive review of Pepsi: Battle of the Bands. If you're still curious, check it out. [China Music Radar]
  • We're fascinated by the amusing and adorable Shanghai Qipao club - a Qipao-wearing get together for ladies around town - so we love that someone's done a feature on it. [World Hum]
  • Other things we're fascinated by: The bullet train that will take us from here to Beijing in four hours. FOUR HOURS. Someone's done a feature on that too. [CNN]
  • Cherie Blair, wife of former British PM Tony Blair, is coming to the JC Mandarin on August 16 to talk about "life pursuits, career development, the education of the next generation" and all that. Sounds riveting. [SmartShanghai]

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