Andrew Galbraith

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• Commented on Time to stock up on face masks
  Officially, not too bad. The current API is 47-61, depending on your district. Still not great by global standards, but far, far better than Beijing. http://www.semc.gov.cn/home/index.aspx...
• Commented on Shanghaiist views the eclipse (July 22)!
  It has nothing to do with the light "being concentrated". For more info, see this page from NASA: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/safety2.html Main points: "It is never safe to look at a partial or annular eclipse, or the partial phases of a total...
• Commented on In with the old at Wujiang Lu
  Seriously - what's the deal with Nanxiang, and how does it still get any good press? Their xiaolongbao taste like they've been sitting in someone's shoes for a month or two. Tough dough, stale soup and meat. Awful, awful, awful....
• Commented on Blackouts as Shanghai sizzles
  It's worth noting that power outages in China, almost without exception, are controlled: If the grid sees demand spikes that it knows it can't deliver, it will shut down areas rather than allowing insufficient capacity to manifest itself as brownouts....