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In honor of Science and Environment Day today (Saturday), Sagevision and the Ruijin Community Cultural Center, are erecting a ‘Community Trash Art Mural’ in Fuxing Park. They aim to “create public awareness and interest regarding the impact of trash on the environment in China and the world.”

One of the nice features on Google Calendar is the ability to add the lunar calendar on top of the western one, which helped us verify that today, Thursday, is indeed the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar.

There's a lot of trash produced in Shanghai during Chinese New Years—12,000 tons daily. One report we just read introduces some of the people responsible for cleaning up after the mess are the city's sanitation workers. Many of them are from other provinces, such as Anhui, and a number of the ones introduced in the above link/article are married—couples that not only work the same job but often side by side. The article says that on the 19th, 21 husband-wife sanitation worker couples got to work on the area around the Shanghai train station. They started their day at 5 in the morning and didn't get off until 11pm that day. Yet, as you might expect from such reports, no one griped about it—no proletarian angst here—just hard working people thankful for a chance to realize the Shanghai dream.

Gothamist gets us started with "Law & Order", muppet style. Oh, you know what isn't a crime? Taking pictures on the MTA. So, why are cops stopping photographers? In other Gotham crime, a group of Asian men was attacked by a group of white guys in Queens. Finally, Boy George reports for his court mandated community service. Sweet.

As a kid, Shanghaiist was a video arcade fiend. Looking fondly back on that Golden Age of video game entertainment, plenty of hard earned allowance and Chinese New Year money would have been better off being saved in a bank account rather than being flushed down a coin slot. The Mortal Kombat bloodlust was just too strong to resist! Remember that ego-inflating boost of self-esteem that came with whupping someone's ass for only 25 cents? If you are in need of a reminder, then it would be wise to make your way to the newly opened Sega Player's Arena in People's Square (as previously mentioned).

Here are Miss Chen's qualifications for the 2006 Da Er Wen (达尔文) Award:

We were walking on Maoming Lu near Huaihai Lu recently when we spotted (behind the watch/bag/shoe hawkers announcing to us that Xiangyang Market was no longer) a rather large image of the Statue of Liberty being attacked by a giant octopus. This caught our attention. The advertisement adorning the west-facing wall of the Cathay Theatre was for the movie Octopus 2: River of Fear (also known as "OCPOTUS" on some local posters). We generally try to stay on top of the latest goings on in the film world, and we were curious as to how we failed to notice the release of a movie about a massive cephalopod that attempts to take over Manhattan. So we did a little research.

Shanghaiist was at Xiangyang last night, but it wasn't the usual Xiangyang, but more like Xiangyang on steroids. Everyone ignored the broadcasts telling them to leave. Vendors took off their shirts and slashed prices, selling sunglasses and other knick knacks for 5 or 10 RMB. Even after people started leaving, the market spilled out into the street on Nanchang Lu and Xiangyang Lu where traffic nearly came to a standstill. Expect more of the same today. Bring a suitcase (or buy one!) and some garbage bags -- most of the good stuff is probably already gone, but who knows, you might get lucky.

Since "Beijingist the website" won't be happening anytime soon, we figured we'd welcome our neighbors to the north, ever so slightly, into the Shanghaiist fold. Hence, today we unveil "Beijingist the irregular feature," news and views as seen through a Beijing resident's teary-because-there-is-so-much-damn-dust-and-sand-in-the-polluted-air eyes. Occasionally, like today, we'll even allow these posts to be written in the first person -- because it's a little weird having a Beijinger refer to himself as "Shanghaiist."

The Chinese government has always been sensitive about the news, and part of the way they've controlled is by deciding who is and who isn't qualified or licensed to be a journalist. You don't want FLG they-who-cannot-be-named people showing up as accredited journalists and then disrupting major state events. Of course, many have placed their (last shreds) of hope on the internet, which despite being policed, is still a fairly "free" place to exchange ideas or striptease on your webcam. So imagine our dismay when we saw this short, seemingly innocuous piece of news about the need for those who work in internet news to have accreditation:

China has lifted its ban on beef imported from the United States ... and that is perfect timing, because right now Shanghaiist doesn't feel like ever eating China-raised meat again. Why? We read this story, translated from the Chinese Broadcast News Network (Zhong Guang Xinwen Wang):

If you wear Adidas Y1 HUF (Fong) shoes, there are a growing number of people who would say, "Yes." CSR Asia's Stephen Frost has been on the story for a while now:

Damn, it's already Wednesday and we are just getting around to last Friday's issue of SH magazine. We have been slightly critical of that publication in the past, but now find ourselves reaching for it on a regular basis. They seem to have found their niche and understand what people want out of an English-language weekly in Shanghai -- briefs, quick hits, short pieces that let you know what is new and happening in the city. Basically, they offer what is worth seeing, doing and trying. Some local mags -- well, one in particular -- just feel too bogged down with text. That may sound silly, but we doubt many of you turn to a Shanghai city magazine (or a city blog) if you are looking for a nice, long read. Anyway, SH is very "shitter friendly" -- and we honestly do mean that as a compliment.

Via Peking Duck and Asiapundit we learned of this posting in the Shanghai Daily:

Shanghaiist headed over to Xujiahui Park last weekend to meet French artist Patricia Peides, who is visiting Shanghai to participate in the first Shanghai International Biennial Urban Sculpture Exhibition, part of the 2005 Shanghai Art Fair.

If every single person in China’s population of over 1.3 billion people tossed 34 yuan in, let’s say, Shanghaiist's pocket, that would equal around 5.5 billion US dollars. That is the amount on money being wasted on disposable hotel supplies including toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, slippers and combs. China is becoming wary of this situation as well as its strain on the country’s finances.

Shanghaiist is tired of living in a black hole of music. After our brother threatened to blackmail us if we asked him to send music AGAIN, we started thinking about alternatives.

Bikes get stolen in Shanghai. Sure, they go missing in New York, or Seattle, but Shanghai seems to have less respect for the lock than most metropoli. When our cute orange folding bike turned up missing last week, Shanghaiist went a bit crazy. While many bike theft victims purchase progressively cheaper bikes, following the theory that "this one's so garbage no one could possibly want it," we went the opposite direction. Walking past Speed Cat Bicycle (site in Chinese) every day might have been the reason. In a tiny little shop that would be comfortable in any US college town, Speed Cat is instantly recognizable by the pile of half-assembled frames outside.