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• Posted Hophead to Shanghaiist
  Like many of you, Shanghaiist spent the Spring Festival holiday alone in our apartment, drinking to ease the unbearable pain of being enjoying a malt beverage. Or two. Having a preference for hopped-up beverages, Shanghaiist is pleased to report the following alternatives to the formaldehyde-enhanced, flavorless, pilsner-style local product: Fiddler’s Elbow. Hoppy, clean English ale. Available at City Super’s Shanghai Center location. Relatively expensive at 35 RMB/500ml.Sam Adams. American beer, slightly heavier than Fiddler’s Elbow....
• Posted No reindeer were killed during the writing of this post to Shanghaiist
  Chinese businesses are definitely into the spirit of Christmas, albeit with some interesting design choices. Shanghaiist assumes that this “tree,” covered not with the traditional pine needles, but with antlers torn from the still-warm skulls of disobedient reindeer, is a stark reminder: Santa Claus ain’t nuthing ta f’ wit. Happy Holidays, everyone, from all of us here at Shanghaiist. And to all you reindeer, protect ya neck! Photo taken on Fuzhou Lu, near People's Square....
• Posted This dump brought to you by Andy Lau to Shanghaiist
  Coming from Taipei, and with a side trip to Hong Kong, Shanghaiist had sort of acclimated to the omnipresent nature of Andy Lau (刘德华). Between his dominance of the Taipei movie channels, his Baleno endorsements, his singing, film producing, and comic-book-and-radio-play starring, a day did not go by when we lacked the opportunity to reflect on the greatness of this man, this myth, this, this ... Andy Lau. Shanghai, with the exception of the recent...