Joel Martinsen

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• Posted Jack Ryan hits Shanghai (about 300 words lighter) to Shanghaiist
  On August 6, translations of six Tom Clancy novels will hit shelves at the Shanghai Book Fair. The books are mostly the originals of the Hollywood adaptations that have been popular with Chinese fans -- The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears -- along with the latest Jack Ryan novel The Teeth of the Tiger and the non-fiction Shadow Warriors. While this is the first large-scale...
• Posted Fourteen ways to die in Shanghai to Shanghaiist
  Here's a useful tourist map of Shanghai -- it labels 14 choice spots to go kill yourself. Adapted from a location map for the 2002 4As Creative Awards Roadshow, this image began circulating online last year but has only recently caught the attention of the traditional media. Experts have been trotted out to decry the harmful influence it will have on the youth, and the subway option has attracted quite a bit of attention, since...