Another big weekend for DJs in Shanghai! Calvin Harris at G+, legendary Sven Vath opens Shanghai's newest club Boon, and TICT brings in Justin Martin for their latest warehouse party. If DJs aren't your thing, there's also a pub crawn, an intro to Art Deco, or a class on macrobiotic eating. Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for more!
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Weekendist: Calvin Harris, Sven Vath, and a TICT warehouse party!
Afternoon Walks: The industrial chic of (Factory) 1933
For many, Shanghai can be an overwhelming stew of cars, crowds, and construction noise, which is why the serenity and industrial cool of the 1933 complex is so refreshing. We've covered 1933 and its artsy shenanigans before, but it's worth revisiting the place that might provide us sanctuary for the next 20 years - or be shut down tomorrow.
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.
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.
Today's Links: Sewage, cyborg pigeons and dead pigs
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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'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."
"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."
"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 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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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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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.
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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