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So you're walking down that much talked about half of Wujiang Lu that has been torn down and built back up as a blandclean and modern commercial pedestrian street. You notice this section between Shimen Lu and Maoming Lu is bookended by a Costa Coffee on one end and a Starbucks on the other. A Coffee Bean is located in between, just in case you simply do not have enough time to reach the other two places for your emergency corporate caffeine fix. You notice the more homegrown Il Panino has reserved a spot here, and regional chains Awfully Chocolate and Honeymoon Dessert have taken root as well.

The success of the website Overheard in New York has spawned similar sites in China's major cities, such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Changsha, Xi'an and Shanghai. Recent news reports on this phenomenon are referring to Chinese sites, but there are also English sites: Overheard in Shanghai and this site -- which is still empty.

Shanghaiists aren’t frequent patrons of Xintiandi establishments: With a can of diet Coke going for 38 kuai, we prefer to spend our hard earned Renminbi elsewhere. But, there has always been one notable exception -- we love Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Although the place is hardly budget (26 kuai for a medium ice latte), we like it because it’s close to our gym (no, not Physical -- Megafit, though seemingly just as rainbow friendly), because it’s well air-conditioned and smoke free, and above all ... because it has free wireless internet. That is until today: The wireless service, while still free, isn’t exactly working.

Overheard at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Xintiandi:

Photo of students in Shaanxi Province lining up to buy train tickets back home for Spring Festival from Xinhua.