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May 17, 2008
What: Shanghaiist’s Benefit for Sichuan’s Earthquake Victims When: This Wednesday- May 21st, 2008 Where: Sasha’s Restaurant and Bar (rain or shine) 11 Dongping Lu, near Hengshan Lu (东平路11弄，近衡山路) Time: 6pm-10pm The Deal: BBQ with sausages, burgers, chicken kebabs, short ribs, salad bar, AND free flow Stella Artois beer. Veggie options will also be available. Cost: 180RMB (100% of proceeds, NOT profit, will be donated). That means every jiao of the 180rmb will go the...
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| Lots of very encouraging news today:John Bergen of Sichuan Tech and Business College in Dujiangyan, the first missing foreigner that we posted here, has been found alive and kicking by NBC. He gives his account of the earthquake in the video on the right. Some of his fellow-teachers and students were not so lucky and did not escape from the earthquake, but Bergen says he is determined to stay on and help them rebuild the...
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In honor of Science and Environment Day today (Saturday), Sagevision and the Ruijin Community Cultural Center, are erecting a ‘Community Trash Art Mural’ in Fuxing Park. They aim to “create public awareness and interest regarding the impact of trash on the environment in China and the world.” Shanghaiist has diligently been washing our plastic and metal trash and storing it for this big day. Participants will watch a short video on a product’s life cycle...
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As residents in China, our lives could have been irrevocably changed this week by the earthquake in Sichuan province… or, as for many Shanghai residents, it could be totally unaffected. As part of Shanghaiist’s new Green Scene column, we have “borrowed” a list that shows our readers how we can make a real difference in earthquake victims’ life- today- right now. Excerpts from Crossroads, a website that provides a review of corporate social responsibility issues...
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Recently, Shanghaiist has been getting a whole load of clicks from a most unlikely source, GodHatesFags.com — official website of the loonies at the highly controversial, virulently homophobic, and dangerously extremist Westboro Baptist Church. Clicking over, we found that in addition to calling us "slant-eyed bastards" for an article we wrote about them a long time ago, the "church" has just released yet another press release (pictured here), thanking God for the "Great Killer Earthquake...
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May 15, 2008
If, like us, you've never been in an earthquake before, then this amateur video we found on NoCommentTV that was taken during the recent earthquake (exact location unknown) may give you some idea....
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Photograph of the Reverend Al Sharpton by Armchair Messiah on Flickr Gothamist watched a series of civil disobedience events, protesting the Sean Bell shooting verdict, unfold across the city--over 200 people, including the Reverend Al Sharpton, were arrested. Somewhat related, on behalf of a black freelance reporter for the NY Post, the NYCLU sued the city and NYPD for racial profiling.Phillyist took a look at how city employees are bankrupting Philadelphia. Not that they...
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In this weekend's edition of Opinionist, we present to you the China-relevant portions of Lee Kuan Yew's latest interview with Haslinda Amin of Bloomberg News. At 84 this year, Lee was Singapore's first Prime Minister and current Minister Mentor. In this excerpt, Lee gives his take on recent anti-Chinese sentiment, China's challenges going forward and what China can learn from Singapore in handling the Western media. The full transcript (PDF) of the interview can be...
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By Sue Ann Tay The two-day Lujiazui Forum kicked off in Pudong this morning. This is Shanghai’s first high-level international finance forum that brings together influential government officials, financial leaders and scholars to discuss how to further the financial reform and market opening of China. The gathering of Chinese and international financial glitterati is indeed impressive. People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan opens the forum, with the first panel discussion involving China’s insurance, banking...
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Direct link here. Click around — there are some neat features (if you are into geeky maps and fire). NOTE: We couldn't get the embed code for the map to work, so you'll have to settle for a screenshot. Haven't had much luck embedding maps from Google China recently — anyone have any insight? Figured it out. But the map is a little wide for the space we have available. Screen cap after the...
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From Patrick Carr of Current TV:The Burberry factory in Treorchy, Wales, closed down to much protest last year - but what happened after? In this pod we visit the Chinese factory and find that the same has happened again, with Chinese factory workers near the city losing their jobs as cheaper rural factories means the factory has moved again......
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Thomas Crampton, on a recent trip to Shanghai, catches up with Paul French of Access Asia. French says that so much of what Doctoroff, CEO, Greater China of J. Walter Thompson, and others claim as pioneering was done 80 years ago by adman Carl Crow (of whom he wrote a biography). We're still not quite sure what to think of French's views yet, but we know Doctoroff's Twelve Facts about the Confucian Consumer left us...
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Chinese reports have been saying that around May 1, Google China unveiled its Onebox search function, which allows you to find movies and movie times. If you've used Google in the US, you are probably familiar with this function, it's the thing that sits atop the regular search results, as you can see in the pictures. The main key words are the movie, the name of the theater, and the city that you live in....
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Leading political scientists Kishore Mahbubani of the National University of Singapore, Prof Barry Sautman of the University of Hong Kong, and Dr Chandra Muzaffar of the University of Science Malaysia provide much food for thought in this latest discussion on how China is dealing with the pressure of protests as the Olympics draws ever nearer on Al-Jazeera's 101 East....
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May 3, 2008
Interesting piece by France24 on Shanghai student, Qiu Gonghao, who appears to be having the time of his life studying at the Ecole Polytechnic in Paris, one of the top engineering schools in France. Will this chap ever choose to come back to Shanghai, we wonder?...
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Here, Shanghai, were your favourite stories for the month of April: Most Voted: 1. Attack on an American volunteer by anti-Carrefour mob in Zhuzhou, Hunan: UPDATED 2. (L) China: Nationalist netizens on MSN Messenger "heart" China 3. Artistic rendition of the state of Sino-US relations by one Chinese netizen 4. A Reminder: Shanghaiist's Comment Policy 5. Hillary Clinton calls for Bush boycott of Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing Most Commented: 1. Attack on an American...
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