Michael Sutich

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• Posted Around Shanghai: Pollution art, Turkey Day, and Bar Rouge blows out candles to Shanghaiist
  A few weeks ago the metro stop at People's Square was turned from a bastion of commercialism into a moving display of environmental art. Check out the large installation, which featured work designed for the China Environmental Protection Foundation, and wish it was there instead of Haibao looming at you. [China Environmental Blog]
• Posted Around Shanghai: Food safety, taxi etiquette and Han Han's Solo to Shanghaiist
  Another case of technology for perhaps technology's sake? Expo officials announced that all food entering the 2010 Expo grounds will monitored with Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to ensure the quality and safety of the food. [Shanghai Daily]
• Posted Extra! Extra! Rare fungus collections, Sino-US relations and Hawaii now saying "Ni hao!" to Shanghaiist
  After more than 70 years a large rare fungus collection has been returned to China from Cornell University. Curator Shu Chun Teng smuggled the collection out of the country at the start of World War II just as the Japanese were invading to keep it safe. He later suffered during the Cultural Revolution for "selling China's history." [New York Times]
• Posted Shanghai Corporate Pavilion photo competition's October winners to Shanghaiist
  Photos are Bath Time by Elke Martini and World Expo Construction (世博建筑) by Yilong Design Month three of the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion photo competition has just been completed and the newest winners have been announced. The People's Photo Archive Campaign runs through April 2010 and is aimed at showcasing the Expo's goal of "Better City. Better Life". This month's winners featured a bunch of new names, with the themes of ordinary people and everyday...
• Posted Sister Bear wasn't a fluke, school violence IS increasing to Shanghaiist
  In the light of the recent violence we've seen in schools across China, and especially after it hit Shanghai (which we're pretty sure has made everyone's ears perk up in a way the Guangdong instances haven't) the government recently released data and statistics proving that schoolyard beatings are actually pretty regular... and a big problem. According to China Daily: In January, Zhan Shaoyun, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, proposed a...