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It's good to see that Shanghai isn't the only major Chinese city with major problems getting foreign music stars to take the stage these days (no offense, Air Supply). Down in Hong Kong, Mariah Carey's concert scheduled for this weekend was canceled. Why? Depends on who you ask. The promoter says the show got canned because Carey made "specific last-minute demands which we find wholly unreasonable and not with the best interests of Hong Kong, us and also the fans." They also said only 4,000 tickets for the show had been sold. Carey's manager, of course, disputes these claims. He said 8,000 tickets were sold and the reason the show won't go on is because the promoter failed to pay Carey money that was owed to her. "If there were only 10 people in this venue, and this particular promoter ... had fulfilled his contractual obligations, we would be there," he said. "Mariah Carey loves her fans in Southeast Asia." Hmmmm. But what about China?

The Rolling Stones arrived in Shanghai yesterday and the media noticed. We read a couple of these stories before we got bored.

The following is an excerpt from an actual IM conversation that took place between Shanghaiist editor Dan Washburn and this Shanghaiist contributor between 8:11 pm and 8:27 pm on Sunday, March 19. The subject? An ad posted on SmartShanghai advertising the launch of an unfortunately named night club in Shanghai and the arrival of one of boxing's greatest figures (prior to the early 1990s) -- Mike Tyson -- to our fair city.

Maybe you have never been to Shanghai. Or maybe you've been here before and miss the place. Or perhaps, like Shanghaiist, you live in Shanghai but rarely have the need/desire to go to Peoples Square. Well, this website offers a virtual way to transport yourself to the big mass of concrete and grass -- all humans and dogs please stay on the concrete! -- in the center of Shanghai (but not that real center of the city ... more on that soon). panoramas.dk offers a scrollable fullscreen 360-degree night image of Peoples Square taken in 2002. The site has hundreds of similar images from all over the world -- a neat way to truly be a virtual tourist (and save on airfare).