Shanghai Metro authorities have proposed that Shanghai's local dialect join English and Mandarin as one of the official languages for Metro announcements. The exact reason behind the addition remains yet unclear, and not surprisingly, the fledgling project has sparked a furious debate.
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Shanghainese to join English and Mandarin in the metro?
Earnshaw Books: Book launches, a Beijing Shanghai debate, and poetry
Earnshaw Books will host an evening of performance to celebrate this month's release of two new titles - The Peace Correspondent by Garry Marchant and China Rhymes by Shamus A'Rabbitt, featuring a new foreword by Andrew Chubb.
Shanghaiist Sunday Show: The Olympic Torch on 101 East
Leading political scientists Kishore Mahbubani of the National University of Singapore, Prof Barry Sautman of the University of Hong Kong, and Dr Chandra Muzaffar of the University of Science Malaysia provide much food for thought in this latest discussion on how China is dealing with the pressure of protests as the Olympics draws ever nearer on Al-Jazeera's 101 East.
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