Dear Slate, yes there are chocolate bars in China
Cinematheque: Mulan is finally Chinese again! (and other film news)
Protest in Guangzhou: Why would you burn garbage?
Barbie Spa: For the cosmopolitan plastic beauty in you
Obama in China: Long gone, and still headlinin'
Olympic Games.
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A meteorologist says that it wasn't the mist from firecrackers and fireworks that caused the cancellation of 190 flights at the Beijing airport. Shanghai residents don't mind celebrating Chinese New Year with "foreign foods" such as pizza and hamburgers. (Useless) factoid: In January 2007, Shanghai imported an average of 3.2 billion USD worth of foreigns goods per day. The Washington Post on China's internet addiction treatment centers.
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add to facebookIt’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … mannequin traffic cop? Yup, that’s what you would have seen, if you were driving on the Sihuiqiao section of Beijing’s intercity highway yesterday. Propped up in a construction zone, a crash test dummy fully equipped with a safety vest, a hard hat and an auto-rotating signaling stick (we want one too for the next Shanghaiist Rave). A crash test dummy wearing a helmet -- we love it.
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