Around Shanghai: The end of Avatar, the expansion of a Laris empire... and other news

This is the last weekend you can catch Avatar before it's replaced by Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland in the city's 3D theaters (though it seems like it'll still be on the one IMAX screen in the city until March 26). [CNNGo]

David Laris is a busy bee these days - which means we're in for a treat. Fans of Fat Olive, look forward to another one. Fans of his more casual Slice, get ready for Pie Hole. Lovers of his fancy outpost Laris, he's now taken over the kitchen at URBN. Oh yeah, and he's opening up a golf ~~course~~themed clubhouse too. Woah. [SmartShanghai]

Oops, it looks like protesting Liu Xiaobo's sentencing has gotten one person sentenced himself: Mao Hengfeng, a Shanghai resident, has been ordered to serve one and a half years of "re-education through labor" for shouting slogans about human rights outside a courthouse. [New York Times]

Shanghai is planning on developing a "downtown duty free business" to "enhance the city's status as a major international center for trade." You know what that means - CHEAP BOOZE. And perfume. [Moodie Report]

The snow may not have stuck, but Tuesday's little snowstorm did screw up Shanghai's ports. More than 80 ships were delayed or had their trips canceled thanks to it. [People's Daily]

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