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Were you mysteriously stranded along Metro Line 2 this morning? Well, the mystery has been solved. Shanghai Daily reports that a thief climbed on to the roof of a metro train and delayed service for 40 minutes at 8:45 this morning. The man stole a wallet at Lujiazui station, got off the train, and instead of making for the exit, cleverly ran for the tunnel and clambered onto the roof of the train. Perhaps he was trying to be inconspicuous, or maybe he was rehearsing for a role in a Speed remake. Either way, the police were called, and the thief was arrested and taken away uninjured. Meanwhile thousands of people were left stranded all along line 2. Normal service resumed at 9:30am. more ›

It sounded like such a steal that I thought there must be a catch: Morton's - the super luxe steakhouse in Lujiazui's IFC mall - was offering 38rmb martinis, coupled with as many free steak sandwiches as you could eat, for their happy hour every Monday to Friday. But after visiting multiple times over the last week, I can confirm: for once, the offer is as great as it sounds. more ›

A great timelapse (two actually) of Lujiazui's now famous Blade Runner-esque skyline greeting the night sky. By Atardecer en Shanghai. more ›

Sometimes we find a dish in a restaurant that deserves special mention. Other times, we discover a street snack that absolutely needs to be tried. And every now and then, something utterly bizarre comes along and we play lab rat for you. In all those instances, there’s Grab a Bite! more ›

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The new year has barely begun, but we've already got news of the first closure in 2011. Feng Jianwen, proprietor of the well-loved Yunnan restaurant, Southern Barbarian, has written in to inform us of the sad news that his Pudong location has been closed down "due to a dispute with the landlord". We've all got our own evil Shanghai landlord story to tell but one can only imagine the nightmare that he went through -- Southern Barbarian's Lujiazui outlet has been around for only half a year. Well, the good news is that the restaurant is still alive and kicking on Maoming Road in Puxi. Those of you in Pudong will now have to travel a little further to get your goat cheese fix, but hey, it's worth the trek and you know it. more ›

Leave it to New York University, the second-largest property holder in New York, to be one of the first American institutions to try and design a building here just for them. According to the student paper, Washington Square News, NYU is coming to Shanghai in full force. more ›

The bond between Liverpool and Shanghai could soon be set to tighten if planning permission is granted for a Lujiazui style skyscraper, the ‘Shanghai Tower’, to be built smack bang in the middle of Liverpool’s historical waterfront. more ›

• A kitten dressed in lambs clothing? Hmm, we’re sure that’s not how the saying goes. Oh well, that’s the least of our worries; latest rumours to reach us are that street vendors are selling “lamb shiskabobs”….without the lamb; opting instead for kitty cat.
• Well that’s the mid-autumn festival over for another year. Unfortunately it isn’t the end of the hectic ‘holiday’ timetabling that we’re sure many of you are suffering. This mid-autumn festival, Google joined in with the ‘festivities’ by ‘pimping’ their homepage for the day. They paid homage to the lady on the moon; a lady soon to be joined by Chinese astronauts! Obviously remembering her by eating mooncake’s is far easier…and far more cost efficient. You may just want to disregard any leftover cakes though - no point in expanding China’s waistline anymore.
• We’ve been struck with a dose of i-Fever this week. Not only were we slightly puzzled by the over eagerness of some Macnerds to get their hands on an i-pad, (including one guy who queued for 19 hours….despite already owning one?!) but we also realised that Apple get off on seeing people form ‘en mass’ outside their shops; there second store in Shanghai opened yesterday - the same day as the China iPhone4 launch.

We've heard our skyline compared to Blade Runner and an equally sci-fi term: "the future." Basically always, they're referring to Lujiazui. One company is adamant about changing that: Ping An Insurance. more ›

Check out all our coverage of Shanghai's first Apple Store. more ›

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Just hours ago, a construction site near the metro in Pudong's busy Lujiazui business district caught fire... in a big way! Apparently an entire worker's dorm was burned to the ground, right across from the Ping An insurance building. Maybe the worker's dorm grew sentience, caught sight of the awful, awful architecture of the Ping An insurance building, and then erupted in flames of shame. Just kidding. more ›

Mac freaks rejoice - people around Shanghai have spotted the first Apple Store to hit the city. The flagship was announced earlier this year with an opening set for Summer 2010. If this red cylindrical curtain is any indication, it's going to be a lot like their flagship New York City venue on Fifth Avenue. more ›

One of the Shanghaiist staff's favorite hang outs, Yunnan restaurant Southern Barbarian, is opening its second location in Lujiazui this week and we went there to check out the menu. In short: same great food, same insane beer menu, fancier digs. more ›

Awesome fireworks, marred only by the awful commentators. Don't miss the Oriental Pearl Tower transformed into a fiery phallus towards the end. We thought for a moment it was going to blow up: more ›

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Recently, we were invited to go to a winter menu tasting by a restaurant called Aqua Bar. The only way we would have ever gone was to be invited, since not only is the place out in Pudong, it's smack dab in the middle of a residential complex, making it near impossible for us to ever have discovered or tried to discover it for ourselves. That having been said, the food was good enough to write about... and so we shall. more ›

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We've often accused Shanghai of trying too hard to emulate the other great metropolises of the world: London, New York, Paris. But it seems that, more and more, the city it will most likely resemble is Venice. According to a recent article by the Associated Press: more ›

A picture of a deeply submerged Lujiazui has been making the rounds on various internet forums, and it's got Shanghai newspaper Xinmin pretty worked up. The picture shows several Pudong-side waterfront landmarks, including the iconic Pearl Tower, halfway sticking out of the water. The forum titles tend to show the photo with the title that the pictures are from a new study in the U.S. which purports that two thirds of delta regions around the world are at high risk of flooding - including Shanghai. more ›

Japan's Mori Building Co., which currently has the bragging rights for the biggest building on the Lujiazui block, is jumping back into construction in the city. According to Reuters, CEO Minoru Mori said his company had been "asked (by Shanghai city) to come up with redevelopment ideas for the post-Shanghai Expo site and airport expansion plans there." He is also proposing a shopping complex next to the Shanghai World Financial Center, which he hopes to turn into Shanghai's version of Harajuku's Omotesando Hills. Oh geez. Knowing the government, if he builds a Omotesando Hills, they're gonna build an even bigger one next to it and before we know it, Pudong really will have sunk into the river. more ›

Because you never know who might be watching what we put up on the site. Longtime photo contributor Jakob Montrasio had his amazing images of Pudong skyscrapers featured in a New York City exhibition at the Skyscraper Museum this month. How did they find out about him? Through us! We featured his pics in a post titled “Photos that actually make Pudong look cool” in April 2007. more ›

Guess who's climbing to town? According to the Shanghai Daily, the world's top climbers are coming to mainland China for the first time May 2nd and 3rd for a contest hosted by the International Federation of Sports Climbers. more ›

We really hope all this great weather we've been experiencing this past week is going to hold up until the end of May, because we plan to be spending the entire weekend of May 29-30 outdoors at the Lujiazui Central Green for the inaugural Foodelicious, a food and wine event that aims to be the signature culinary event for all of Shanghai. From the press release: more ›

While the Chinese government may not have been quite as turned on about Earth Hour as we may have initially hoped, Shanghai at least gave the movement - which involves turning everything (you can) off for one hour every last Saturday in March - a good try. It switched off the lights at the iconic Pearl Tower and was supported by the ICBC building and several prominent Lujiazui hotels. more ›

The fire started at around 9:48am at the construction site for Shanghai IFC, a twin set of buildings located at 8 Century Avenue. The flame spread across a dormitory and activity room for migrant workers, causing part of the three story building to collapse before it was extinguished by firefighters at around 11:20. There were no casualties. The cause of the fire is now under investigation. Shanghai's HKD 8 billion IFC building is being developed by the same people who built the IFC in Hong Kong and is expected to house HSBC's Shanghai headquarters. Check out a video report and more pictures at Xinmin.cn. more ›

Details are scarce, but there is billowing black smoke coming from near the Pearl Tower in Lujiazui, Pudong - the financial district of Shanghai. The fire seems to have started in the workers dormitory of a building under construction right next to the Sheraton Hotel on Pujian Road (浦建路 38). more ›