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Next Friday: Shanghaiist Halloween Party @ Cargo JJ!!

Next Friday: Shanghaiist Halloween Party @ Cargo JJ!!

It's that time of year again! Halloween, our favorite excuse to dress up like an idiot and imbibe more than the recommended units, is just around the corner! And this year, we at Shanghaiist have teamed up with our friends over at BEAN to throw you an absolutely enormous Halloween bash at Cargo JJ! more ›

Photos: Shanghai Tourism Festival 2011

         

A total of 21 floats and 30 performer teams enthralled crowds in a massive parade last Saturday on Huaihai Middle Road to kick off this year's Shanghai Tourism Festival. Featuring the usual flotilla of garish floats, happy minorities and a number of imported acts from Japan, Brazil, Finland, Indonesia and elsewhere, the parade's manufactured carnivalesque atmosphere drew a crowd of tens of thousands. more ›

The state of Sino-US relations, according to a carnival float in Germany

The state of Sino-US relations, according to a carnival float in Germany

Parade float spotted at a carnival in Germany by Racialicious: "Obama and Hu are depicted in bed together, with Obama handing Hu cash- a remark on the tremendous loan debt America owes China. Note how Hu, dressed in yellow, is depicted as wearing a yellow stereotypical “coolie” hat."
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Watch: Europe Day at the Shanghai Expo

Watch: Europe Day at the Shanghai Expo

Just about as close to a parade as we can get in the People's Republic:
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Timelapse: China's 60th National Day Parade

Timelapse: China's 60th National Day Parade

For those of you that missed yesterday's big party, here's an awesome 3.5 minute timelapse version by Dan Chung of The Guardian which is just absolutely sublime and splendiferous. Some have said this is the "only version of China's National Day Parade you need to watch". We agree (and take that, CCTV!). more ›

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