Ada Fredelius

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• Posted PSA: Beware the cat snatchers to Shanghaiist
  Yesterday night, after enjoying a drink at one of our favorite pubs, we were strolling home along Fuxing Lu in the Luwan district. At one o' clock the streets were empty except for the odd beggar or 串-seller. It was then we noticed a middle aged man in a white shirt who seemed to be fiddling with something like a cage. As we came closer we saw that it was indeed a cage, about...
• Posted Photos: fake brick lane houses in Hongkou to Shanghaiist
  With less than a year left to the Expo, Shanghai is getting ready to show off its splendor to the expected hordes of visitors. We're sure that no one staying here can have managed to escape the Haibaos that have been popping up all over town, or the many renovations under hand. In Hongkou, at Zhoujiazui Road we came across what we suspect is another Expo-related move meant to smarten up old lane houses: Fake...
• Posted Photos: Harmonized graffiti in Luwan to Shanghaiist
  A few months ago we stumbled upon some rather critical-of-the-politico graffiti at the crossing of Luban lu (鲁班路） and Quxi lu （瞿溪路）, in the Luwan District. When we returned this weekend, we found a harmonized wall. The only words now discernible was a half hidden: "Long live Chairman Mao". So, as a dedication to this ephemeral billboard of contraband thought, we finally uploaded the pictures we had taken before. The pre-harmonized graffiti read: "Petitions don't...
• Posted In Changsha: Demonstration for the right to be a woman to Shanghaiist
  Yesterday morning, two young male to female transsexuals took to the streets of Changsha City, Hunan Province. They carried banners saying: "I want to have a sex change and live my life as a woman" and "Even if I die from it, I want a sex change, one day as a woman would be worth it". A curious crowd gathered around the two. One of the demonstrators, who introduced him/herself as Shen Qingqing (申清清)...
• Posted At the Barbie Shop: Entrance to a world of feminine mystique to Shanghaiist
  We finally went to have a look at the Barbie flagship megastore on Huaihai Road over the weekend in an attempt to sidestep the first week rush. What stood out to us most: This rather... suggestive... escalator. We hardly knew where we would end up if we entered. It turns out that the only thing this promising entrance leads to is the third floor shop. While we weren't expecting something ultra-yonic at the end...