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Are subways supposed to be the place for enterprising young singles to look for significant others or something? Last year, a young man pitched a tent to get a wife on Line 7. Now, a girl's trying to pitch other guys' tents on Line 9 - all in the name of finding love. more ›

• A growing number of Chinese women - especially in cities like Shanghai - are exercising to a controversial new fitness routine. Hint as to what it is: you need four inch heels and a pole to get started. [New York Times]
• You know the recently completed Metro Line 7? Apparently, it's got some great shopping along it. [Cityweekend]
• A new Indian place is opening on Thursday in that Luwan food area that's also home to Mesa/Manifesto and Taco Loco. Its name is Dera and it has the most expensive Naan in town, apparently. [SmartShanghai]

Yup, “Shanghai Metro Pole Dancing” is as avant-garde of a public art form as it gets in Shanghai, and faithful subway riders - to their dismay, we hear - have been getting more than they’re paying for. more ›

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