Around Shanghai: Politics, wine critics, and our emotional attachment to ayis

Xi Jinping, our most likely next President and a member of the "Shanghai faction"

We'll take a moment in this Around Shanghai to highlight this incredibly interesting article about Shanghai's role in the Communist Party. Sure, ex-Prez Jiang Zemin was from here - but it seems like this city's influence stretches deeper than that, and is in fact part of "an on-going factional struggle that has been silently raging at the top levels" of the CCP. [The Hindu]
Wine critic Jancis Robinson is here in Shanghai, and she's got a lot to say on the subject of Chinese wine faux pas. Um... does buying a 35 kuai bottle at Marks & Spencers count as a faux pas? [CNNGo]
When an expat mother and her ayi split ways, her children freak out, which makes her worry about where their emotional attachments lie. Hey, expat lady, here's some advice from an expat kid who was basically raised by a string of different ayis: Stop worrying. By the time they're 15, they'll learn not to be attached to anyone. [Cityweekend]
Restaurants and office buildings in Shanghai are apparently now scrambling to set up nonsmoking areas thanks to the smoking ban. Is this the same smoking ban that was enacted on Monday? Shouldn't they have set those up pre-ban? [Today Online]
According to the Shanghai Greenery and Public Sanitation Bureau, the cleanest areas of Shanghai are Jing'an Temple, the part of Nanjing Xi Lu in the Jing'an District and the Xinhua subdistrict in Changning. If you live there, give a cheer (and continue throwing your trash into trash bins, please)! [Shanghai Daily]

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