Around Shanghai: Shopping sprees, quieter streets, and group weddings
- Recession be damned! Shanghai shoppers spent more than 1.2 billion yuan over the past 3 days of the holiday weekend. This represents a 23.6% increase over last year. It seems none of us were able to resist the lure of deals, promotions, and other bargains that chased us around over the holiday. [Shanghai Daily]
- Although it might be a mess at the moment, some of that construction on the Bund is finally panning out - the new Pennisula Shanghai hotel is scheduled to open by mid-October. The hotel with combine Art Deco architecture characteristic of the area with modern luxuries. [Urbanatomy]
- Walking down the street with all of the traffic noise from the cars, buses, mopeds, old women yelling, and bicycles always manages to give us a headache. Shanghai is trying to clamp down on its bus drivers who are honking excessively by installing "horn-monitoring" devices that fine drivers if they are honking in a non-emergency situation. Although part of us is relieved to hear there will less noise, the other part now worries about getting hit by a bus even more. [Shanghai Daily]
- One of the hallmarks of life in China, is the constant censorship of information. Mao Yanyang's new show, "Mao Yanyang @ 20,000 Hz", criticizes the media system that controls China. Presented at Art Scene Warehouse, this show is a reflection on China's history of censorship and a clear criticism of it. [Art Scene]
- A group of 60 couples were married on October 5, 2009 in Shanghai in a wedding that focused around traditional Chinese characters. The newly married couples celebrated with friends in relatives in a grandiose ceremony. [Xinhua]
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