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Satellite TV box fires ... and new sports channels

Heres' a public service announcement to (illegal) satellite TV users from Shanghaiist: Don't put stuff on top of your satellite receiver box. We had gotten in the habit of placing the occasional DVD or DVD sleeve on top of our satellite box, which is covered by a bunch of small vents. Not long ago, while working at our computer (surprise, surprise) at around 1 am, we heard a popping noise coming from near the TV...

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By Dan Washburn in on November 30, 2007 11:51 AM

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NBA in Shanghai: No room for the little man

The NBA is coming to Shanghai again on October 17. This time the Cleveland Cavaliers, fresh off the worst NBA Finals performance we have ever seen, take on the Orlando Magic. If meaningless preseason hoops is your thing, start booking tickets to Minhang District now. The game is being played way the hell out there at the Shanghai Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center. And for those of you who remember the 2004 Shanghai clash between the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings (tickets for which started at US$12) you might be interested to know that tickets for the 2007 version start at US$105. Now, we know the dollar has gotten weaker ... but this seems like a greedy move for a sport and league that should be trying to appeal to the common man. (UPDATE: According to the seating chart, it looks like very few nose-bleed seats were priced at RMB 200, but maybe they are sold out.)

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By Dan Washburn in on June 19, 2007 6:44 PM

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Watching the NBA Finals on satellite TV

If you are wondering, yes we do live in one of the only apartments in Shanghai not equipped with local cable TV. We're sure we could get it installed, but have never gotten around to it. The finals are being shown on 22 Chinese television stations.

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By Dan Washburn in on June 8, 2007 11:07 AM

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Today's Links: Prison Break, rats and robots


  • Fox: Read My Tattoos, No Prison Break In China

    "News Corporation's (NYSE: NWS.A) Fox Television denied that it has licensed Beijing based media company Zonbo Media to remake American TV series Prison Break or any related online activities in China, reports Beijing Youth Daily."



  • Lawsuit says Ark. company selling counterfeit Budweiser in China

    "Anheuser-Busch Inc. sued USA Bai Wei Group Inc. in Arkansas' Pulaski County Circuit Court, seeking an injunction to revoke Bai Wei's corporate charter and require a name change."



  • Seeing China as it's not

    "Why are these experts, who supposedly know China better than anyone does, so eager to patronize China's leaders, and so reluctant to condemn Chinese repression of dissent?"



  • The Chairman wears Nike

    "This is the cover to Brutus No. 616 (1 May 2007). ... The portrait of Mao wearing Nike is apparently the product of a Chinese artist, though I can’t verify this."



  • 3.9% profit margins in Chinese apparel sector

    "According to government figures, the overall profit margins in the textile industry are only 3.9% - the lowest of any major industry."



  • Tramcar will reappear in Shanghai

    "Some tramcars might be able to run in the Zhangjiang area in Pudong ... Even now, many old local residents in Shanghai still remember such tramcars, which the Shanghai people called 'dang dang che', or 'clanging cars'." Trolleys.



  • NBA Finals Trophy to tour to China in July

    "This first-ever tour is together presented by NBA and the world's leading express and logistics company, DHL. The two will also present other activities in China." Ripped straight from the press release, sounds like.



  • National robot soccer competition in Wuhan

    "The winners will represent China at the Federation of International Robot-soccer Association World Cup in San Francisco on June 13."



  • China rat 'baby boom' blamed on global warming

    "Xinhua News Agency quoted animal husbandry officials in Altay prefecture in northern Xinjiang saying a warm winter had resulted in a 'baby boom' of rats in April, a month earlier than normal."



  • Forbes Cancels China Philanthropy List

    "Ms. Zhang Xiaohua, marketing director for Forbes China, attributed the cancellation to the immaturity of charity in China. 'Chinese entrepreneurs haven't reached a consensus on charity and therefore it is immature to make such a list,' she said."



  • China fines man for violating one child policy

    "A private businessman has been fined 600,000 yuan (US$78,000; euro 58,000) for breaking China’s strict one child policy, state media reported." But is it really that strict?



  • China's Geely in negotiations to export to Turkey, SAfrica - report

    "China's largest non-state-owned carmaker, which has export agreements in place in Indonesia, Russia and Ukraine, declined to give details."



  • 57,000 employed foreigners in Shanghai by end Q1

    "The top 10 countries in terms of number of employed foreign workers were Japan, America, Korea, Singapore, Germany, France, Canada, Malaysia, Australia and Britain." That leaves an awful lot of unemployed.



  • Decaf coffee Available Again

    At Starbucks.



  • The Barbarians Have Crashed the Gate

    "This is the face of Shanghai these days. Not to be all mean'n shit, but how badly would you like to punch one of these Chads in the mouth?"



  • Jim Dandies - boutique selling chic clothes, art

    "One of Shanghai's "undiscovered" shopping gems is Jim Dandies, tucked away opposite IKEA in the Xuhui District. It sells chic clothes and art by painter Yurika (Eureka) Nakae from Suzhou"



  • Accor Increases Boutique Presence In Shanghai

    "Located at Yandang Road, the Pudi Boutique Hotel Shanghai offers 52 rooms whose prices range from RMB4680 per night to RMB14000 per night." Ouch.



  • Wages rising slowly in Shanghai for most

    "It notes that in 2006, the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions surveyed employees in 250 enterprises. The data showed that 50.6% of employees had not received a wage increase in nearly three years."



  • Who demolished these houses?

    "A report in Beijing Times...has led to a remarkable photo essay on the People’s Daily society link at People.com. Beijing Times had orginally reported on an unidentifed demolition contractor that had moved in to demolish houses in the Chaoyang District."



  • Beijing Websites Apologize For Chinese Porn

    "The two websites are Uusee.com and Zol.com.cn. They have been required to publish formal letters of apology on their front homepages. The website owners have also been ordered to remove the offending content immediately."



  • Great Dragon of China is cut down to size

    Does this story seem a bit late to you?



  • Web opens world for young Chinese, but erodes respect

    "Excited and emboldened by the wealth of information they find on the Internet, Chinese teens are breaking centuries of tradition to challenge their teachers and express their own opinions in class."



  • 'Over-working models' in vogue in big cities

    "Working 10 or more hours a day, almost no days off, no regular meals and lack of sleep - that's the life for 70 percent of the white-collar workers in four of China's big cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou."



  • More Than Half Of Chinese Officials Of County Level Believe In Fortune Tellers

    "The report is named《Analytical Report of Basic Science Literacy of County Level Officials in China 》." Explains a lot.



  • Woman kills daughter who can't count

    "Police in southern China have detained a woman after she admitted killing her four-year-old daughter because the child could not count, according to news reports."



  • LETTER OF THE CHINAMEN (1852)

    "When the 'Chinamen' responded to 'His Excellency' with an open letter ... the result was general consternation, followed by support from a number of leading newspapers, and a consequent flurry of articles and editorials."


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    By Dan Washburn in on May 15, 2007 5:41 PM

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