Around Shanghai: Expo toilets, China's Ivy league, and yelling at nature

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  • No worries about getting the runs while exploring the World Expo - Shanghai has been making extensive efforts to ensure that we are never far from a toilet. The city has installed toilets about every 200 meters for the estimated 400,000 daily visitors expected each day. In addition, sophisticated rubbish collection systems will help us to forget we're in a Chinese city. [Shanghai Daily]
  • Looking for something culturally stimulating this week? The Tony award winning Soul of Shaolin tells the story of Hui Guang, a son and his mother. The show is a stunning display of Wushu Kung Fu that is sure to astound you. The performance starts this Thursday at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. [Smart Shanghai]
  • China is planning on forming an organization of top universities called the C9 and Shanghai's very own Fudan University and Shanghai JiaoTong University will join with other prestigious schools across the nation in a Chinese "Ivy League". We wonder if they're copying this tradition for better education opportunities for their students or to increase elitism? [People's Daily]
  • ROAR (continuing loud noises)! Sometimes we just want to scream at the top of our lungs at... say... the moped driving on the side walk that narrowly missed hit us. Apparently yelling is really good for you, at least according to traditional Chinese medicine. Recently groups of people have been heading of Shanghai to Hangzhou to yell in nature. [CNN-Go]
  • Need a job? Who doesn't these days? Luckily for us foreigners, there's going to be a job fair this weekend. It's name: Shanghai Job Fair for Foreigners. Hmm. Check it out at the Swisshotel in Jing'an on Saturday from 9am to 4pm. [SmartShanghai]
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By Michael Sutich in on October 28, 2009 12:00 PM Comments 2 Likes Likes

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