Around Shanghai: Artistic slipmats, Shanghai Disneyland's land, and some sports folks news

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  • Shanghai is going to be the next stop for A Nice Set, a traveling exhibition of customized slipmats designed by leading artsts from around the world. The exhibition will open at 7:30pm on September 12 at SOURCE. [Neocha Edge]
  • The Wall Street Journal has a great piece on Zhaohang village, which contains land that would've been razed to build Shanghai Disneyland. As is the way in China, many villagers didn't get the compensation they were hoping for. [WSJ]
  • Bad news for all those trying to make a quick buck on their foreign faces, apparently Shanghai is cracking down on foreign people modeling firms. [Shanghai Daily]
  • Dwight Howard gives a shout out to the city, literally. While here, he allegedly yelled "WO AI NI SHANGHAI (I LOVE YOU SHANGHAI)!" [CCTV]
  • Usain Bolt will be returning to China next month to run a 100 meters race in Shanghai. It'll be the first time he's run in Asia since the Beijing Olympics. [Reuters]
  • Some poor dude was wrongly nabbed by the police in Shanghai for alleged assault. But it looks like he got 6000RMB for his troubles. [Shanghai Daily]
Slipmats picture from Neocha

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