For those of you that haven't been able to pluck yourself out of that sinking feeling, Xinhua has a scientific explanation for it — our city has been sinking! In fact, geologists say it's sunk 7.5 millimetres this year, with "severe subsidence" of 8.3 millimetres detected in downtown areas. The... [continue]

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Photo of the Tangshanpeng WindFarm in Shandong Province from Slow Boat to China: Located on a ridge of a low lying mountain range in Shandong province near the seaside town of Yantai, Tangshanpeng is deep in the heart of Shandong's apple country. Share with us how you see Shanghai,... [continue]

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Leave it to the Chinese to make a business out of anything. Richard Spencer of The Telegraph reports that a new breed of waste collectors has struck deals with jewellery makers to pan for gold in the sewage. This business is now proving to be so lucrative that one building... [continue]

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The idea of Mask Week (11/17/2007-11/24/2007) got us thinking about the air we breathe in Shanghai. We know it's bad for us, we can see the haze nearly every day, but just how bad is it. So we got on the web and found the historical records for Shanghai air... [continue]

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