Xiaoxia Zhuang

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• Posted Funeral jobs increasingly popular in poor economy to Shanghaiist
  We thought we had heard enough about death this past weekend during the Qingming Festival, but in an increasingly populated city bursting with residents, something oft-neglected when it comes to the logistics of city planning comes from the more morbid end of the spectrum. That's right, we're talking about funerals. In these crazy economic times, the only thing more consistent than hearing daily reports of the stock market tumbling or watching hopelessly as one's...
• Posted Backlash against public displays of pajamas to Shanghaiist
  Barring this past week's cold spell, temperatures are slowly beginning to rise here in Shanghai and with that, the amount of people we see walking outside in pajamas have invariably increased as well. But if one Shanghainese bureaucrat has her way, then Public Displays of Pajamas (or PDoP for short) might soon become a thing of the past. The Montreal Gazette reported that Guo Xilin and other members of Shanghai's Rixin district's local neighborhood...
• Posted Podunk museum award again goes to the Shanghai Museum of Natural History to Shanghaiist
  Sure, we already gave it a first visit last year, but this is a museum that virtually commands us to try it again. Did anything change? Does it still look like it's in a state of permanent decay? Are the displays still unintentionally hilarious? Inquiring minds need to know! Well, we decided to take another trip back this weekend and the answer is... in short, yes, the Shanghai Museum of Natural History is still the...
• Posted Interview: Reptile and Retard studying abroad at the Shelter to Shanghaiist
  Esben and Mads, i.e. Reptile and Retard Within two months of their arrival to Shanghai, Mads Damsgaard Kristiansen and Esben Valloe (i.e. Reptile and Retard) have managed to score an Antidote-sponsored headlining gig at The Shelter. Taking a stage that recently hosted the likes of People Under the Stairs and DJ Kentaro, these two young lads will make their Shanghai debut this Saturday. Shanghaiist had a chance to talk to Reptile and Retard this...
• Posted Shanghai Pudong, Hongqiao airports uniting by subway before May 2010 to Shanghaiist
  File this under the2010 World Expo actually making our lives marginally more convenient, huzzah! Shanghai's Hongqiao and Pudong airports are pretty darned far from each other - what with SHA located a good 13km East from downtown Puxi and PVG set squarely at the very Western tip of Pudong. Getting from one airport to the other usually involves a blend of taxis and buses (sometimes combined with metros and the Maglev) through often traffic...