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The word is out. Shanghai's first nature reserve in Nanhui District's Dongtan area has officially been established. The 40.3 km long beach area will be a haven for birds such as white cranes and little stints. Many migratory birds also nest there each year.

Color us excited. The "Lust, Caution" trailer is out!

Around a week ago, Shanghai Daily ran a story entitled "Top tourism sites named":

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We just read from the Shanghai Daily an article on Shanghai's famous peaches. But before we get to that, can we be bitch about the near nonsensical lead paragraph of this story?

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Despite the delays caused by a couple of major typhoons, the last piece of asphalt was laid on Shanghai’s Donghai Bridge yesterday, ensuring that it will be open to traffic by the end of the year. Construction work on the massive 32.5-kilometre bridge began in Luchao Harbour (on the coast of Nanhui District, south of the Pudong International Airport), in 2002. According to one report: “The major construction phase of the bridge was completed within three years while engineers said a similar effort could take as long as seven to eight years.”

The Associated Press is reporting that heat caused a steel container full of liquid ammonia on the back of a truck to explode Tuesday in Nanhui District, sending 60 people to the hospital. By late Tuesday, however, only three people remained hospitalized. While the AP says 100 people were injured by the blast, Shanghai Daily puts the number at 65 -- and says the injuries were caused by three separate explosions, the worst being the one in Nanhui that occured at 12:30 p.m. The paper also said a talcum powder container exploded at Shanghai Xiangmao Co., Ltd., a Jinshan District factory with a "troubled history." Four workers were burned, some on as much as 30 percent of their body. A similar explosion at the plant injured 10 on June 20. The day's other accident occured at 6 a.m. at the intersection of Wuyuan Lu and Wukang Lu. A gas pipe explosion sent two people to the hospital.

Here's why. About 100 Shanghai delivery van drivers went on a 10-hour strike yesterday, according to the Shanghai Daily. They were contract workers for Yongle Household Electrical Appliances in Nanhui District and were scheduled to deilver air conditioners to hundreds of customers. (The weather has been a bit warm lately, if you haven't noticed.) The drivers stopped working to protest harsh working conditions -- long hours, few breaks -- and a random fining system. Some drivers claimed they were actually losing money on the job.