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Elaine Chow

  • Name: Elaine Chow
  • Location: Shanghai
On October 20, 2010 8:14 AM in Photos: TVCC tower Beijing dismantling, they said:

Hi Bokane, Actually, they were found to be illegal, which was even more of mud on the face for the CCTV organizers. Beijing has laws that don't allow fireworks to be let off in certain areas for fear...

Actually, lots of Chileans and foreign media have complained that the way Chile handled it was also propaganda-like leading up to the rescue and during the rescue. What with all the bright lights, Pre...

On September 16, 2010 4:40 PM in Thursday Timewaster: Nail Household v. Demolition Team!, they said:

Ha! Sorry, got distracted by the game itself....

On September 14, 2010 5:03 PM in Is China Wal-Mart selling shark meat?!, they said:

Huh! I've had shark meat before and thought it was pretty tough and stringy (and I guess it is commonly said amongst Chinese people that it sucks)... but I suppose that may just be the fault of chefs ...

I did mean it as nchr said - Beijing's 8000 billionaires makes Gates and Buffett interested in China, but so far only two of the ones they've invited have accepted the invitation (two out of the 50, w...

On August 24, 2010 9:20 AM in Bizarre places to see Haibao: On pregnant women bellies, they said:

I've been spelling it wrong my entire life! :( Thanks, duly noted....

Hey man 1) Nothing in there said they got accosted by scuzzy officials. Seems that was left to the actual Chinese Chinese girls. 2) I don't get why sitting around for 11 days to earn 4000RMB would m...

Hi Xiwang, Good question! It is a pretty difficult process, but the main problem is that bringing your animal to different locations all have different regulations. For instance, the UK and Australia...

On August 18, 2010 9:54 AM in Zimbabwe to use Chinese RMB as legal tender?, they said:

Hi Mlr, Interesting note! I threw it in because that's how he was referred to in the article - one that, if you read, doesn't exactly paint Zimbabwe in a great light. I was assuming that he had done ...

On August 17, 2010 4:06 PM in Disturbing statistics about disposable chopsticks, they said:

~it's a mystery!~ Just kidding, it was a missing " in a tag. Fixed it now....

On August 12, 2010 10:56 AM in The Winner of the Ctrip Mustache Summer Contest, they said:

Woah, since it's getting heated in here, I think I need to clarify. Ctrip paid us absolutely nothing - not in cash or benefits or hell, Ctrip points - to run this thing. Their blog simply asked us to...

On July 26, 2010 9:21 AM in Expo Pub Crawls: Totally worth the 90RMB ticket, they said:

Nope, you've got to get in before... I believe it was 9pm. The gates close then and the only way to go is out....

On July 21, 2010 8:25 AM in Chinese carpenter survives being impaled with a steel pole, they said:

Check the picture in the link at the end - I didn't post it on Shanghaiist because it may be too gruesome for a good portion of our readership, but it definitely shows how that pole could have gone th...

On July 13, 2010 10:09 AM in Does China have eyes on hosting the World Cup?, they said:

Sorry, my bad. it's fixed now. ...

On July 13, 2010 10:08 AM in Does China have eyes on hosting the World Cup?, they said:

Sorry, my bad. It's fixed now....

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