The West Nanjing Road Metro station is earmarked to be the interchange for lines 12 and 13 by 2012, reports xinmin.cn and Shanghai Daily: Line 12 is to run from Zhongchun Road in Minhang District to Jinqiao in Pudong New Area and Line 13 will stretch between Fengzhuang in Minhang District to Huaxia Road West in Pudong.......

"All stalls and businesses inside Metro stations will be shut for a month from today, including news stands, because of public security concerns for the Olympic Games. Shentong Metro Group, owner and operator of Shanghai's Metro, said it had decided to close them because of local government requirements to step up public security at stations. The suspension of business will affect 1,080 stores as well as up to 12,000 square meters of commercial areas inside......

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Following on from the story of a straight couple's clinch on the metro in January, the latest video doing the Chinese internet rounds is an all-girl couple getting frisky on line 2. In an attempt to justify this blatant voyeurism, we would say that we find the online reaction (as translated by ChinaSmack), to be the relevant and fairly positive aspect of this story:"If this happened everyday on Shanghai’s metro, Shanghai’s would no longer have......

That's right, lots of road closures, stronger than average nationalistic fervour, and even more tat being sold on the streets than normal can only mean one thing: the moment we've all been waiting for is here! The international leg of the relay might have been less than harmonious, and it might be three days later than originally expected (following an understandable postponement for this week's official mourning period), but tomorrow [Friday] will see the Olympic......

Everyone's favourite superhero probably read on this blog that Shanghai's buses aren't too safe lately, so he decided to take the subway instead. More pics after the jump [h/t to ChinaTravel.net]......

By Benjamin Cohen Construction on Metro Line 12 is set to begin this year. (see map)Police have detained a woman who allegedly dismembered her husband's body with axes and knives, then scattered the body parts around Pudong and Jiangsu Province.Luggage Security checkpoints have been added to Metro stations so police may search bags to prevent the entry of hazardous materials.Two university graduates secretly filmed people having sex and then blackmailed them were sentenced to prison.Pudong......

Last night's Shanghai Evening Post contained several meaty public transportation related articles covering the following topics: Documents have been released suggesting that an extra Puxi-Pudong line could be added to the plans for Shanghai's metro system, turning Lujiazui into a two-line interchange station. With the completion and opening of Lines 6 and 8, plus the rapid development of the Zhangjiang High-Tech Park, Line 2 has become more and more crowded at all hours. In addition......

A summary of some of the Shanghai public-transportation-related stories making the news lately:The longest ocean-crossing bridge in the world is set to open near Shanghai on May 1. According to the Shanghai Daily, "the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, which starts in southern Shanghai and ends in Ningbo, will shorten the trip between the two cities by more than 120 kilometers". Construction on the bridge began in 2003. Nanjing will soon join Beijing in banning foldable bicycles......

A summary of some of the Shanghai public-transportation-related stories making the news lately:An intelligent, wireless signaling and control system already successfully implemented on Lines 6, 8 and 9 will be used for all new lines built between now and the World Expo in 2010, theoretically cutting the lowest time between trains to 90 seconds.According to news reports, the new 3G cellphone network being rolled out in Shanghai has complete coverage on all metro lines and......

Two recent stories from the Shanghai subway system might be worth your notice:A score of news reports are heralding new measures to alleviate passenger load on Line 2 trains on the Pudong side, where Zhangjiang High-Tech Park station has become one of the metro system's highest trafficked stations due to what the Xinmin Evening Post calls “白领客流”, the "white-collar passenger flow". More trains are being added to both the morning and afternoon rush hours, and......

A last-minute add to the program over at JZ, the Copenhagen-based group called Jazz Kamikaze who have been getting rave reviews will be playing this thursday night at JZ Club. In fact, when Shanghaiist was in Copenhagen last February, we didn't hear the band but got to jam a bit with some of the players in it. They were great, very creative and vibrant musicians. And killer players! So we're expecting a great show from......

A minibus explosion early yesterday morning in Pudong's Nanhui industrial zone killed one and injured four.Maglev activists have applied for approval for yet another demonstration slated for March 1 but the Public Security Bureau has rejected it. We are assuming that means the protest will go on anyway.A student who was accused of theft and subsequently jumped from a third-floor window has taken seven of her classmates as well as the school to court, demanding......

Not that free jazz hasn't landed plenty of times already here in Shanghai, in fact all too often jazz bands that come through town are a bit too "free" for most audiences. But such is the nature of that beast called free jazz...it's certainly not for everyone. But in any case now it has begun to have its own regular performance by a locally-based group, so those of you who do like this unique musical......

By Mike Chen When: 2007-2008 Where: Shanghai Metro......

Taco Bell, we hardly knew ya. An article in this morning's Metro Express commuter paper reported that a Yum Enterprises spokesperson has confirmed the closing of Shanghai's two Taco Bell Grandes, at People's Square and in Gubei, as well as the chain's single Shenzhen location. Instead of pushing Americanized Mexican food in a tough market, the owners of KFC and Pizza Hut have chosen to concentrate on expanding their new Chinese "quick service" venture East......

Priceless: Inspired by the work of bloggers in Toronto and London I have created my own anagrammed map of the Shanghai Metro! So if you’ve ever fancied travelling from I’m a hot dashing dinosaur (Shanghai Indoor Stadium) to Thoroughly Hawaiian Satanists (Shanghai South Railway Station) to Drab Penguin (Nanpu Bridge) now is your chance! Check it out: Shanghai Metro anagram map Note for pedants: I used the common English name of the station as posted......

This video entitled “这个女人太要了” ("This girl wants it too much") uploaded to Youtube just five days ago has received over 317,000 views and raised a storm on the Chinese internet. It shows a young Chinese couple hugging and kissing at a subway exit point before finally saying goodbye. Well, it turns out that the clip was taken via the surveillance cameras that you see all around subway stations and the (really annoying) voices in the......

The weekend has arrived and with Chinese New Year looming things have gotten much quieter on the live music front. Friday night Club 8 and Pelle Carlberg, both from Sweden, will bring their pop sound to the crowds at the Shanghai Concert Hall. It had been scheduled for the Dream Factory but due to lack of a proper live music license has been moved. Shanghaiist's interest in this show has been piqued by the oddly......

This is just a rumor at this point. But it is a strong rumor. Not a weak rumor, or a flat out lie (like these). Basically, we think you can mark your calendars ... and use pen. Here are the details as we have heard them: March 2: Björk March 9: Harry Connick, Jr. March 22: Maroon 5 All shows will be at the Shanghai International Gymnastic Center, 777 Wuyi Lu near Zunyi Lu (not......

LAist listed a top ten list of sorts: things they hope not to see in Los Angeles in 2008. (one example, pictured above). Shanghaiist was surprised to learn that "godless," "atheist," and "commie" China is soon going to be the world's largest supplier of Bibles! Torontoist picked some of their favorite photos of 2007. Londonist was relieved to hear the fire at the Royal Marsden hospital didn't harm any of the patients even though......

The lonely orphan of the Shanghai subway system, metro Line 9 will be opening this Saturday along with new Lines 6/8 and the extensions of Lines 1/4. Line 9 has been nicknamed the "Ancient Speedway" because it passes through several historically significant satellite towns of Shanghai: Qibao, Jiuting and Songjiang. Because stubborn neighbors have delayed Line 9's connection to Lines 3/4, a bus connection between Guilin Rd and Yishan Rd will substitute for a direct......

As Saturday, December 29 approaches, Shanghaiist wonders if the addition of three new lines to Shanghai's subway system will do anything to relieve the congestion on the city's metro rail system. Let's ask the Shanghai Daily: Longest wait times expected on Line 6 Crowding expected on Metro 8 Longer hours, bigger crowds on Line 4 Ouch. 'Nuff said. Photo of sardines in a tin by stijn.......

There has been plenty of criticism leveled at the Shanghai subway system, both on Shanghaiist and elsewhere, for things that could be better about it: it closes too early, the interchanges take too long, it's too crowded and too hot/cold, it doesn't reach XXX place, etc. If you fancy yourself on optimistic person, though, you know that one way to change the negatives into positives is to change your complaints into things you're looking forward......

Shanghai wants 50 top minds every year “Local authorities are offering lucrative packages to lure leading academics to the city under a new scheme to help boost its competitiveness.” Shanghai to launch int’l channel targeting foreigners “The ICS programs, covering news, information, fashion, entertainment, foreign TV shows and movies, will be aired in English and Japanese, with Chinese captions, for 19 hours a day.” Shanghai GM to launch Buick LaCrosse hybrid prior to Olympic......

Not too surprising, we suppose. They broke ground on this at the expo site today, More from the Shanghai Daily: The structure is named as "the crown of the East" as its most distinct feature is the roof. It will be made of traditional dougong brackets, which have a history of more than 2,000 years. ... China Pavilion's design was chosen from 344 entries submitted from all over the world and revised by experts, the......

Last week we were coasting on Shanghai Metro Line No. 2 when our attention was suddenly seized by this new Adidas ad displayed on the LCD next to the exit. We were so awestruck by the concept and grandeur of the commercial that we momentarily lost all of our cynicism about big corporations pushing merchandise...and almost missed our stop. Then, as we got on the escalator off the Huangpi Lu exist, we noticed the entire......

Line 1: The 2nd northern extension: Bao'an Highway, Youyi Road, Fujin Road. People's Square now a 3-way interchange (photo from the Line 1 platform):......

Time to top-out your public transport cards, all RMB 999 folks, Opening Day is upon us! The Shanghai metro system will soon be welcoming into the family "three lines and two segments," as the opening as been nicknamed, consisting of new Lines 6/8/9, the 2nd northern extension of Line 1 and the final stretch of the Line 4 loop line. Thanks to "planning with Chinese characteristics" it is still unclear whether the first day of......

If you have never seen what a Chinese job fair looks like, you NEED to take a look at this clip. Recruitment fairs usually have more security guards for crowd control and police on standby than other fairs, but it looks like even the organisers of this most recent fair in Jiangxi were taken aback by the turnout. As captured on the clip, a stampede almost broke out but fortunately, it did not. The truth......