Results tagged “lotterytickets”

This is probably one of our favorite Chinese traditions so far: apparently lottery winners, in order to conceal their identities from the populous, dress up in costumes when receiving their fake oversized media checks. This has been going on for a while, and netizens have begun to give awards for the best costumes on Chinese forum sites. It's kind of like a taste of Halloween year round!

• Someone has taken issue with the thug guards at Xintiandi, which allegedly harassed not only a poor kuadi delivery guy who had his bike stolen, but also a group of Taiwanese kids just looking for a place to sit. [Access Asia]
• Lost Heaven just had the grand opening for their massive four-story Bund location. Urbanatomy's I Love Shanghai blog was there to check it out. [Urbanatomy]
• Shanghai has started selling World Expo-themed welfare lottery tickets, with a top prize of 300,000RMB. All profits will be donated to the earthquake-affected areas of Sichuan. [Xinhua]

• Well, good for the US expo team. They were able to miraculously sign the official Expo confirmation of their presence on Friday despite only having half the funds they wanted just last week. [Shanghai Scrap]
• Speaking of the Expo, new lottery tickets - with proceeds going to Sichuan earthquake charity funds - will feature Shanghai's 2010 pride on them. [Xinhua]
• One of the best sommeliers in China is in Shanghai! Vivian Tian of Kee Club took second place in the China National Sommelier Competition and wins a trip to Argentina for her good nose/taste buds. []