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OMF! This is the best synthesis I have seen of American culture. A bit raw, though. I wonder if they'd have the balls to do the same with Muhammad? ...

That's great of Google, if it had any chance to work. I don't want to sound cynical but the initiative will have no results at all. Most people in the area of the earthake don't use twitter or G or a...

Good that someone finally covers the Zoo of Shanghai. I already wrote about it when I did my first visit last year, the way people behave is terrible, the monkeys cages were full of bags and sweets w...

Yes, all very true, but I don't agree it is necessarily related to the Expo. People like P. French are very critical of the Expo because of these problems, but everyone knows that the destruction of...

Sure, Shanghai urban design is not the most user friendly, but I don't think it is so bad as you put it. For example there are lots of parks that invite to relax and sit down. And in spite of my criti...

I was there as well yesterday and took some pictures (see here) My verdict was a bit less optimistic than you, I would say 70% good and 30% bad. In particular I hated the way the two levels of the pr...

They really have something weird with dogs here. And it is not only the government, but many people as well. Last year in Zhongshan park I saw a middle aged man literally running away in panic from a ...

Of the people I know in this list, a few of them are very brave and they surely deserve the prize more than last year's winner. But the last on the list sincerely I think it is a joke. Unlike the Da...

Unbelievable. And very sad. Was there any need for CPC to do that?...

Pity. So when they are done with the little stands and shops, and when they have them all neatly packed up in their insipid malls: who will want to go out for a walk anymore?...

Ok, I am not saying we don't need global forums on health, education and poverty. We surely do. The problem is, this kind of argument can be used against anything, and it is demagogy in the way that i...

"Aren't we more in need of a well branded global forum on health, education and poverty." No, no, you cannot use that argument. It is primary school demagogy. I got a better one: How does the interne...

Yes, I like the retro ring of World Fair but you need to stick to searchable terms nowadays. People will google up World Fair and end up in the World Fair of Sausage & Shnitzel. Very distracting! Act...

No, No, No! We want our new skyscraper... Weird and unharmonious article. What's up with China Daily? It looks like another episode of the Shanghai - Beijing CCP feud. It is very Hu Jin Tao to bash...

Tnx for the tip, James. Just one addition: in that Kangdinglu alleyway, right next to the serbian there is also one Basque restaurant that opened this Summer. As far as I know it is the only one in Sh...