Shanghai's Barbie Store shuts downWe saw this coming, but it still feels surreal: the Shanghai Barbie store celebrated its second anniversary by ceasing to operate. I learned of this demise when I received the following text message this afternoon: 芭比上海旗舰店已完成芭比品牌在中国市场发展的使命，于2011／3／7停止营业。感谢您的支持。 Translation: The Shanghai Barbie flagship store has completed its mission of developing the... continue reading on Shanghaiist
Apple Daily's CG tale of evil Steve Jobs slicing off customer's fingers with a lightsaberWe thought Next Media (parent company of Apple Daily) was running out of newsworthy items to render in CG -- our mistake! After last week's animation of The Internet vs. Justin Bieber, the people who also brought us Tiger Woods being slapped by his wife, Gordon Brown beating his employees... continue reading on Shanghaiist
Girl runs away from home to attend Shanghai ExpoShanghai Daily reports that a 14-year-old girl ran away from her hometown in Guizhou province to attend the Shanghai Expo. The girl, surnamed Tan, had big dreams to experience the glitz and glamor of the Expo with a friend she had met on the Internet. But her hopes were dashed... continue reading on Shanghaiist
Shanghai Expo to pay US$3.2 million for ripping off Japanese song?Expo organizers will be paying US$3.2 million for plagiarizing a pop ditty by Japanese singer Maya Okamoto, reports Epoch Times. The Expo promotional song Right Here Waiting For You 2010, which premiered on television April 1, was found to be roughly 95 percent identical to Okamoto's 1997 song Stay The... continue reading on Shanghaiist
Shanghai Expo's Czech pavilion to live in China forever?Expo goers go gaga over the green screen. Remember that angry email from the Commissioner General of the Czech pavilion to Expo 2010's Steering Committee? Pavel Antonín Stehlík's concern #2 was that the pavilion would have to close in May due to his staff's residence permit problems. Bureaucratic missiles... continue reading on Shanghaiist
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