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By Staff in on January 14, 2008 3:12 PM

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Coming soon: The world's biggest ferris wheel

If tourism officials have their way, visitors to Beijing in 2009 will not only have to climb the Great Wall of China, but also the Great Wheel, says Ben Blanchard of Reuters. At 208 metres tall, the Great Wheel will be the world's largest ferris wheel — higher and bigger than both the London Eye and the Singapore Flyer which opens in March next year. Our eyes were drawn to these lines in the Reuters...

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By Kenneth Tan in , , on November 6, 2007 9:31 AM

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Today's Links: Bird flu, fake Vista and one crazy Andy Lau fan


  • Shanghai-made Ferris wheel applies for Guinness World Records

    "It is 25 meters taller than the London Eye, currently the tallest observation wheel in the world, and only cost one-eighth the price to build." Probably very safe.



  • Six feared dead as Beijing subway tunnel collapses

    "A contractor had tried to conceal the collapse from authorities by sealing off the site and confiscating the workers' cell phones, it said, citing rescuers."



  • Chinese director receives official approval for movie on Nanjing Massacre

    "The film, to be titled 'Nanjing! Nanjing!', has been approved by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television, and filming is expected to start in April and be completed by the end of the year."



  • Lau's crazy fan refuses to take father's ashes home

    "Yang Lijuan, a crazy fan of Hong Kong star Andy Lau, left Hong Kong yesterday with broken dreams, a destroyed family and no plans to take her father's ashes home."



  • Dad's suicide follows daughter visit with idol

    "A father whose daughter has been obsessed with a Hong Kong pop star for 13 years committed suicide in Hong Kong one day after he and his wife escorted his 28-year-old daughter to meet her idol."



  • Shanghai's Tombstone Raider Uncovers Forgotten Jewish History

    "In sidewalks, ditches and piles of rubble, Bar-Gal, a 41- year-old Israeli photojournalist, searches for slabs with a sign -- a Hebrew character, a Torah shape, a Star of David -- that identifies the long-lost headstones of Shanghai's once-thriving Jewish community."



  • Bayi win China basketball championship

    "Former NBA centre Wang Zhizhi led the Bayi Rockets to the 2007 China Basketball Championships Wednesday, dethroning three-time defending champs Guangdong Tigers 88-83."



  • : Shanghai in the Movies

    "The filming of the movie was extraordinary, extremely beautiful and capturing a number of Shanghai's distinctive elements very well, without a glance at Shanghai's tourist skylines."



  • Yahoo to offer e-mail storage without end

    "Two countries - China and Japan - are excluded. 'We will continue working with these markets on their storage plans, Kremer said in a statement." But can't anyone in China just use a .com account?



  • Anhui boy dies of bird flu mysteriously

    "An initial investigation showed that the victim didn't have any contact with infected or dead poultry. A local veterinarian center also didn't find any animals infected with the bird flu."



  • Beijing warned against sending cell-phone porn

    "Beijingers who send pornographic text messages or pictures on their cell phones may face fines up to 3,000 yuan (US$385) and two weeks in administrative detention, the local public security department has warned."



  • Pudong forest park opens to public

    "Tourists can walk along a two-kilometer shoreline in the park, which is at the confluence of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River. The park also has three piers."



  • Man's finger fractured by Metro train door

    "I was pushed to the front of the crowd, and the train was pulling into the station just centimeters away from my body," Gu recalled. "But nobody would move out of the way and no one was there to keep the anxious crowd in order."



  • Another way to beat The GFW - tunnel out with your own secure proxy server

    "However if you're like me and want to save a few RMB and already host your own web-site on a Unix-based server you may want to set-up your own secure proxy server through the use of SSH tunnelling. Sounds difficult? Well, it isn't. "



  • I love chinglish.

    “Nuclear Area - Wonderful space for individuals”. Picture taken near the Yangchang road in Shanghai, China.



  • Tennis-Shanghai to get Masters Series tournament in 2009

    "Shanghai hosted the season-ending Masters Cup in 2002, 2005 and 2006, but this will be the first time a top tier Masters Series event has been staged in Asia."



  • Pirated Windows Vista Identified In Shanghai

    "Shanghai Yangpu Department of Industry and Commerce has identified a batch of pirated Windows Vista software worth about RMB2 million and they have transferred two suspects to the local police." Wow. What a surprise.



  • Hohn Daly confirms Shanghai appearance

    "John Daly confirmed Tuesday that a recent injury would not prevent him from appearing at the BMW Asian Open next month at Tomson Pudong." Their headline typo, not ours.



  • MG = Modern Gentleman

    "Oh dear. How mighty brands can fall! Nanjing Auto, the new owners of MG, the classic British marque, have re-branded it as “Modern Gentleman” (however, it still apparently carries the British flag, so not all is lost)."



  • Buddha Machine: spiritual, generative transistor radio

    "The Buddha Machine from Chinese manufacturer FM3 looks like a cheap transistor radio. Turn the single dial, and it starts making crazy-ass, generative ambient music."



  • Chinese MMO offers accounts to banned players who donate blood

    "The makers of China's popular MMO Cabal told banned players that they could get back into the game if they donated blood."


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    By Dan Washburn in on March 29, 2007 8:03 PM

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    Wheel-less: City's future skyline will never be the same

    Our brothers and sisters at Londonist breathed a huge sigh of relief yesterday — they no longer have to redesign their logo. They will remain, for the foreseeable future, the city with the biggest ferris wheel. Pop open the champagne, guys! They have Shanghai to thank. Our idiot city planners have decided to scrap plans to build a "spinning giant":

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    By Dan Washburn in on January 12, 2007 6:54 PM

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    Isn't French Culture Year over?

    It was just over a year ago that Shanghaiist was with a company -- whose CEO is rumored to have been beaten-up by thugs at least once and possibly arrested for fraud by Chinese police -- that was commissioned to write up a business plan for a Chinese developer based in People's Square, looking to add a little amusement park gaudiness to the Square's collection of museums. The developer had been making frequent trips between London and Shanghai, working hard at luring the Tussauds Group into China. But Shanghaiist never heard anything more about a wax museum for the city and assumed Shanghai was safe. Until now:

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    By Bliss Khaw in , on September 22, 2005 10:11 AM

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