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Yuyintang: May holiday madness

May holiday was looking a bit bleak for music fans after the cancellation of the Midi Festival both here and in Beijing. However, despite initial setbacks Yuyintang are determined to put something on.

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By Andy Best in on April 29, 2008 3:00 AM

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Today's Links: It's all about the RMB, naval miscommunications, and China's new head boffin


  • Shanghai's bank lending soars in April

    "Most of the loans went to the manufacturing, water conservancy, real estate and retail and wholesale sectors,"



  • Mainland investors transfer RMB70 billion from savings to stocks until April this year.

    "The investment spree has aroused concern from the industry watchdog."



  • Alleged HK insider-trading scandal draws criticism from the US

    "A light regulatory regime, lightning fast flows of information and gossip, plus a get-rich-quick-at-all-costs ethos make markets such as Hong Kong open to abuse,"



  • U.S. Pacific Command Chief 'confused' about Chinese anti-satellite tests

    "An anti-satellite test is not necessarily a clear indication of a desire for peaceful utilization of space. It is a confusing signal, shall we say, for a country who desires, in China's words, a peaceful rise."



  • Search for Korean freighter delayed by Chinese captain's inaction.

    "The crew of the Chinese ship - the 4,800-ton JinSheng - was unharmed and made it back to Dalian where they reported the collision to Chinese authorities, Suh said, delaying search and rescue operations for several hours."



  • China's New Science Minister Is Out Of The Box

    "Wan is the man that the Communist party leaders want in charge... so much so... that they don't appear to care that Wan is not a party member, another rarity for a cabinet minister."



  • Forbidden City's Mao portrait vandalised?

    "Most of the picture was intact, but workers could be seen in a crane cleaning the lower left area of the huge portrait, which appeared damaged by soot after the vandal hurled a burning object at it. Police were swarming the area."



  • Concerns about Chinese food safety turns to pesticides

    "Spraying chemicals on crops improperly or using products that may be fake or banned risks the health of China's hundreds of millions of farmers and could lead to unsafe levels of residues in fruits and vegetables,"




  • Cargo crate cat surives China-US shipment

    "Somehow, the cat survived at least 35 days inside a container filled with motorcycle gear."



  • Idiot and cigarette butt started massive May Holiday Heilongjiang forest fire.

    The national headquarters for the prevention of forest fires sent about 10,000 fire-fighters, together with airplanes, to help extinguish the fire. The fire was put out five days later.



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    By Tim Beckenham in on May 13, 2007 9:44 PM

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    Today's Links: Cancer and consumer confidence rise, blackmailers hit cemeteries, and poisonous fish arrive in Shanghai!


  • China's most lethal illness is.... cancer

    "Cancer topped the list of ten most lethal diseases for urban residents in China last year, followed by cerebrovascular disease and heart disease..."



  • A first hand account of Suzhou Expat Paedophile

    Bill Dodson writes... "That Freeman could be so comfortable in Suzhou says as much about being an expat in China as it does about Suzhou."



  • Harbin Tiger Park or Harbin Tiger Farm?

    "... over the past few years there have been several stories detailing the efforts of Liu Dan and his colleagues to reintroduce tigers into the wild. But this latest interview exposes the Harbin park as a fraud."



  • Mainland stocks break records

    "A stronger yuan will push up real estate sales as more foreign investors buy houses in China to bet on further yuan appreciation,... Banks also benefit from a booming property market.''



  • Electronics and white goods lead the charge on Golden week spending boom

    "the total retail sales of consumer goods in the country totaled 3.2 trillion yuan in the golden week from the May 1 to May 23 this year, up 15.5% over the same period last year."



  • Chinese investors don't worry about the 'looming' bubble?

    "there are other, less rational reasons to disregard the advice of China’s top economic officials and stop worrying about the bubble: some people just like to gamble."



  • Farmers extort Pudong cemeteries by stealing urns

    "At least one of the cemeteries hit by the thieves simply paid up and failed to report the crime, apparently out of fear of offending the relatives of the person whose ashes were stolen."



  • Shanghai's pirate removalists raise ire of authorised companies

    "The house movers used to make a good profit about three years ago with a booming market in this business," said Wu. "The illegal operators are having an adverse effect."



  • Poisonous pest fish find worries Shanghai's authorities

    "Officials said the fish could seriously harm aquatic creatures if it is allowed to breed in open water..."



  • May Holiday sees peak in teenage abortions

    "Teenagers under the age of 18 made up nearly 80 percent of the abortion patients during the holidays and some girls may even have been having their second operations in months,"



  • 800 homes in Yangpu district flooded by broken pipe

    "Neighboring residents said the water rose to ankle level and left some of their clothes soaked and floors covered in mud..."



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    By Tim Beckenham in on May 10, 2007 11:01 PM

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    Pencil This In: What's coming up this week in Shanghai

    Still recovering from your May Holiday partying? Well, there's no respite. Here are a few things that Shanghaiist is keeping an eye on over the coming week.

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    By Tim Beckenham in on May 10, 2007 8:57 AM

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    Time to dust off your accordions, Shanghai

    The 2006 Shanghai International Accordion Festival kicked off yesterday! All of your favorites will be performing, including Peter Soave, Alexey Peresidly, Nikolay Sivchuk, Antonio Mancini, Pavel Fenjuk, Jerome Richard and Cyril Blanchard. All told, there are 500 accordion players in Shanghai this week -- 501 if you count the guy who always plays on the corner of Nanjing Xi Lu and Shaanxi Lu.

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    By Dan Washburn in on May 3, 2006 6:50 PM

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    Golden Weeks! Get yer fresh hot Golden Weeks!

    Chinese holidays -- or "golden weeks" -- have always confused Shanghaiist. The "official" days always seem to be announced at the last minute (like less than two weeks before the actual holiday) even though based on past holidays you can pretty much guesstimate when the golden week will be. Adopting a "when in China" stance, many foreign companies in China wait until the last minute to tell employees what days they will actually have off. The end result is a mad rush of about a billion people to get out of town. Thank God for ticket agents.

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    By Dan Washburn in on April 12, 2006 10:36 AM

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