• Yesterday morning, the Pearl Tower caught fire. But since it was at 2am and nobody got hurt, most people didn't care. Xinhua reports that "before the fire there was thunder, which could have triggered the fire." I think they forgot to add the lightning aspect of that in. [Xinhua]
• Well, this is surprising: just having an Expo ticket doesn't necessarily guarantee you a visit to the Chinese Pavilion. Organizers feel that the Oriental Crown will be so popular that you may need to reserve your visit beforehand. Luckily, they'll be inside the Expo venue, so you can reserve, walk around to other pavilions and then come back - like a Fast Pass! [eChinacities]
• Shanghai fashion week came and went pretty darn quick - it was more like Fashion FiveDay, really. If you want to see a gallery of hot fashion finds from this extremely short tribute to clothing, Urbanatomy's got one. [Urbanatomy]

Congratulations, Shanghai! CEIBS (the China-Europe International Business School), located in Pudong, just became the first MBA program in Asia ever to make the Financial Times' Top 10 list of business schools. It climbed to 8th place, from 11th place last year, and beat out both MIT Sloan and NYU Stern. According to the FT's statistics, 92% of CEIBS graduates get employed three months after graduation, and their salaries increased the fastest - by 179% three years after graduation. Topping the top ten was The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the London Business School. more ›