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1933: Where's the beef?

The handsome former slaughterhouse building "1933" is an Art Deco landmark in Hong Kou. which we've written about twice before. Apart from the occasional exhibition, its doors remain closed to the public, so we spent Saturday taking a peek around to see how this new "creative space" is taking shape.

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By James Creegan in on February 25, 2008 12:00 PM

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Today's Links: Our booming subway, the North Korean border fence and Shanghai the art deco capital?

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By Kenneth Tan in on August 27, 2007 2:15 AM

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This Old House: Blog follows Shanghai renovation

We imagine plenty of you out there dream, as we do, about buying an old Shanghai lane house and renovating it to its former glory. Well, a city resident named Melanie is doing just that — and she started a blog to document the project's progress. She's only written three posts so far, but we hope she keeps it up so we can all follow along.

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By Dan Washburn in , on March 13, 2007 2:59 PM

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Today's Links: Sewage, cyborg pigeons and dead pigs


  • Get Paid 300 Rmb per Minute and Get Beaten

    "A Chinese businessman has advertised on the Internet for a stand-in mistress to be beaten up by his wife to vent her anger and to protect his real mistress, Chinese media reported on Monday."



  • China: Job applicants must love parents

    "A private company in Anyang, Henan Province in China asks applicants whether they are filial, honest and kind before hiring them. This is the first in the central province to ask about applicants’ ethics during recruitment interviews."



  • China cities lacking sewage treatment

    "278 cities in China do not have sewage treatment plants, according to a report recently released by Research and Markets on the state of the China Sewage Treatment Industry."



  • "Super Girl"-style contests to be shortened

    "China's broadcasting authority has decided to impose a new time limit to some reality pop contests like "Super Girl", "My Hero" and "Dream China". The authority demanded such TV-propped contest run for no more than two and a half months."



  • Cyborg Flying Rats Invade China

    "Scientists with the Robot Engineering Technology Research Center of east China's Shandong University of Science and Technology say they implanted micro electrodes in the brain of a pigeon so they can command it to fly right or left or up or down."



  • China ‘could wait 100 years for democracy’

    "China's communist leaders have no plans to allow democracy in the near future because they must focus on economic development before political reform, Premier Wen Jiabao wrote in a newspaper article yesterday."



  • Shanghai, you've got the power

    "The coastal city's once ailing power supply system has been vulnerable to typhoons and thunderstorms, and been strained by rapid economic growth and infrastructure development. But the Shanghai Electric Power Co said it had finally built a power blackout restart system after years of research and development."



  • How Can Such a Quiet Intersection Have So Many Accidents?

    "The Xinguo Lu-Tai'an Lu area is a clean, quite neighborhood with actually a low-level of traffic. The problem is that a high percentage of drivers moving east and west on Tai'an Road just pay absolutely no attention to the stop signs on either side of Xinguo Road."



  • Tor responds to safety concerns

    "Tor is a toolset developed by a non-profit team that helps you circumvent Internet censorship and increases your privacy and security as you surf the web. ... The Tor team emphasizes that Tor is not 100% secure and nor is any other tool."



  • Woman bitten in fight at temple

    "A violent dispute broke out at Jing'an Temple on Sunday, when a Mercedes-Benz driver tried to barge through the temple gates and allegedly bit a pilgrim who protested at her actions."



  • 'Good' street vendors will survive in Shanghai

    "Street vendors may escape the restrictions on their activities imposed by Shanghai's urban management office if they obtain the permission of residents who live near their stalls to stay in business."



  • BBS: a new forum for folklore

    "On the 18th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the site of Denghai's Great Pig Contest is quite a spectacle. All one can see is over 500 flayed-open fat pigs, each spread on a wooden frame about 1 meter in height."



  • Shanghai's Art Deco Riches Revealed

    "When these buildings went up in the 1920s and '30s, a great deal of money and thought went into creating a beautiful city. Since then, so many new skyscrapers have gone up haphazardly without any aesthetic plan. I just want to show those in power how things could be."



  • Gmail domain dispute looms for Google in China

    "A legal source told Reuters on Monday that Google was trying to buy the Internet domain name www.gmail.cn, which is run by Beijing-based ISM Technologies."



  • Duncan Peattie's Chinese Railway Timetable

    "If you are looking for English language timetable information for railways in China you have come to the right place! I publish both full and Quick Reference timetables - click for details."


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    By Dan Washburn in on February 28, 2007 6:15 PM

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    A subway car built for two

    Yesterday's Metro Express reports on a vote by 2470 internet users of real-estate website Sofun.com to decide which Shanghai metro station has the most romantic potential, ie where you would be most likely to meet your one true commuting love.

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    By Micah Sittig in , , on September 28, 2006 11:03 PM

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    Shanghai home to one of world's 'icons of modern hotel design'

    Via Gridskipper, we learn that The Observer has singled out some of the world's top hotels, calling them the "Magnificent seven: icons of modern hotel design." A Shanghai property, of course, makes the list:

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    By Dan Washburn in , on April 12, 2006 11:54 AM

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