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Aw shucks. Metro Line 7, which was supposed to open sometime this month, will likely have its debut delayed since seven out of the line's 28 stations are still under construction. Metro officials said yesterday that they couldn't “rush to a completion,” but promised that it would be running by Expo time. Line 7 will go from Pudong to Baoshan District and is expected to carry about one million passengers a year.

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After years of back and forth, it looks like Shanghai Disneyland has been given the go-ahead. According to news sources, the Shanghai Municipal Government Informatin offices announced the deal's approval early this morning. While details still have to be worked out between the mouse and the ministries, it seems like a pretty set deal.

                        

A Brazilian National Day celebration with Chinese characteristics took place Sunday at the Jinqiao Green Leisure and Sports Center. It was a party not to be missed, mixing capoeira, soccer and samba, etc., with kung fu and dragon dance demonstrations. Brazilian barbecue and caipirinhas were on hand to keep the attendees feeling full and refreshed.

This doesn't give us much confidence about the water quality in Shanghai: thousands of fish suddenly died yesterday in a Pudong river, according to Xinmin. About 10,000 dead river carp floated down the 1,500-meter stretch of Sanlin river to Sanlin Port and have started to decay and stink. The residents around the area at first started picking up the carp to eat, coming with barrels and plastic containers, but became scared when more and more fish showed up dead. Right now, the district environmental protection authority is saying that all the fish died thanks to a lack of oxygen - low air pressure and a new pump station could have made the water inhospitable. But they can't be completely sure until actual tests come in. Sounds... fishy. Photo from treehugger

Japan's Mori Building Co., which currently has the bragging rights for the biggest building on the Lujiazui block, is jumping back into construction in the city. According to Reuters, CEO Minoru Mori said his company had been "asked (by Shanghai city) to come up with redevelopment ideas for the post-Shanghai Expo site and airport expansion plans there." He is also proposing a shopping complex next to the Shanghai World Financial Center, which he hopes to turn into Shanghai's version of Harajuku's Omotesando Hills. Oh geez. Knowing the government, if he builds a Omotesando Hills, they're gonna build an even bigger one next to it and before we know it, Pudong really will have sunk into the river.

Because you never know who might be watching what we put up on the site. Longtime photo contributor Jakob Montrasio had his amazing images of Pudong skyscrapers featured in a New York City exhibition at the Skyscraper Museum this month. How did they find out about him? Through us! We featured his pics in a post titled “Photos that actually make Pudong look cool” in April 2007.

                           

The Irishness of Shanghai spiked this past weekend as Gaelic football players and their fans from all over the country converged at the 7th All-China Gaelic Games on Saturday. Held at the Shanghai Rugby Football Club in Waigaoqiao, Pudong, the Shanghai Saints and Sirens faced old rivals from Beijing, Dalian, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen, as well as newcomers from Changsha and neighboring Suzhou. The Shanghai ladies won the women's bracket, capturing the coveted cup for the first time in their club history. In the men's final, Hong Kong defeated Shanghai to win the men's cup.

What would have been a 60-year-old woman was found dead in her Pudong home last week - after rotting there for roughly two years.

Finally a reason to go to Pudong! The Shanghai government is handing out discount coupons worth about a total of 900 million RMB in the Pudong New Area district in an attempt to boost tourism.

Uh oh, it looks like us pedestrians aren't the only ones getting stolen from recently, thanks to the current dastardly economic situation. City police have now issued a warning reminding companies that keeping large amounts of cash on their premises may not be a good idea. Shanghai has seen a 35% rise in thefts of local areas since February, compared to the same period last year. The most robbed districts: Qingpu, Pudong, Fengxian, Songjiang and Jiading. Source: Shanghai Daily

File this under the2010 World Expo actually making our lives marginally more convenient, huzzah!

The fire started at around 9:48am at the construction site for Shanghai IFC, a twin set of buildings located at 8 Century Avenue. The flame spread across a dormitory and activity room for migrant workers, causing part of the three story building to collapse before it was extinguished by firefighters at around 11:20. There were no casualties. The cause of the fire is now under investigation. Shanghai's HKD 8 billion IFC building is being developed by the same people who built the IFC in Hong Kong and is expected to house HSBC's Shanghai headquarters. Check out a video report and more pictures at Xinmin.cn.

Got a hankering for traditional Chinese medicine? Officials in Pudong do, and they're currently on a Pudong-wide scout for old medicinal recipes, which are often highly particular to each individual doctor. The collected recipes will be examined by a panel of experts, pruned to the most effective few, and then compiled in a book as “a measure to preserve traditional medical heritage.” We're all for the preservation of Chinese medicine, but we do hope they find a substitute for some of the crueler ingredients - like bear bile and tiger penis. Source: Shanghai Daily

         

Displaying a bravado we can only admire, former SH writer Ric Stockfis managed to talk his way aboard a rusting music-themed ship on the Huangpu last weekend. Moored just south of the Pudong-side ferry terminal, the ship was - according to the guard - called “New Century” and used for singing, dancing and dining at least a decade or two ago.

Dan Chung of The Guardian, who brought us that beautiful reel of the Longchang Apartments, has a new video documenting visitors on the banks of the Huangpu River.

Ex-Pudong Vice Governor Kang Huijun, who allegedly accepted nearly 6 million yuan in bribes, has been sentenced to life in prison. Kang, who became known as “Pudong's landlord,” was arrested in 2007. Besides the bribes, he and his wife, Wang Xiaoyin, also illegally owned 11 million yuan worth of property. Wang has been given a five-year term and about 18 million yuan of the couples' net worth has been repossessed by the government. Caijing published a great summary of what Kang and Wang did leading up to their arrest.

Congratulations, Shanghai! CEIBS (the China-Europe International Business School), located in Pudong, just became the first MBA program in Asia ever to make the Financial Times' Top 10 list of business schools. It climbed to 8th place, from 11th place last year, and beat out both MIT Sloan and NYU Stern. According to the FT's statistics, 92% of CEIBS graduates get employed three months after graduation, and their salaries increased the fastest - by 179% three years after graduation. Topping the top ten was The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the London Business School.

Shanghai made it to 4th place in Forbes' list of the world's tallest cities with a total of 21 towers climbing over 700 feet. The current tallest is the Shanghai World Financial Center, at 1,614 feet, but it'll be surpassed by the Shanghai Tower, which is expected to be completed in 2014 and reach heights of 2,000 feet. It was beat out by Dubai, Hong Kong and, at number one, New York City.

We folks in Pudong are very excited about the long-overdue Japanese supermarket that recently opened in the basement of Yaohan, or more widely known as Babaiban (八佰伴).

According to China Daily, the Walt Disney Company and Shanghai's municipal government have finally signed a project proposal to build a Disneyland theme park on the Chinese mainland. Assuming the newspaper hasn't jumped the gun, this would put a stopper on the will they won't they drama that's shadowed the deal since it was a glint in Mickey Mouse's eye.

2012 could be your special year. Construction began yesterday on metro Line 12, which will connect Minhang district with northern Pudong, passing through Xuhui, Luwan, Jing'an, Zhabei, Hongkou and Yangpu along the way. Most eye-popping line: "Nineteen stations on Line 12 will connect with 16 other Metro lines." Line 19 (still in planning stage) being one of them. It doesn't seem too long ago that there were only two metro lines and there would be a mad dash for open seats at Shanghai Railway Station, because that is where Line 1 began. It doesn't seem too long ago, because it wasn't. By 2012, Shanghai is supposed to have 13 metro lines covering 500 kilometers. [Shanghai Daily]

    

Last Friday, the Xuhui District PSB was reported to have received a "threatening message" claiming there was a bomb in the Ikea store located on the corner of Caoxi Lu and Sanhui Lu. Acting on the news, a team of about 50 policemen was dispatched to the store to evacuate everyone. Patrons were only told there was a "mechanical problem" and within half an hour, the store was empty. Police then combed through the store with the help of the special service unit of the fire department and ascertained that there was no bomb in the store. The case remains under investigation.

A random internet search brought us to this kinda cool poster from artist Steve Thomas. It's a retro-futuristic advert for the World's Fair in 2474 (we guess) that celebrates Shanghai's "Five Centuries of Progress." We suppose that means the 2010 thingy we're hosting goes OK. Ironically, the Pudong skyline used to represent the future in the poster is already the old Pudong skyline. The best part: Entry to the World's Fair is only four credits. And children get in for a half credit! We can't wait until 2474.

Shanghai-based blogger Elaine Chow plunks down 150 kuai and writes, "It took one last elevator to bring me up those three final levels. This time, as I stepped out of the elevator and into the walkway, it was hard not to gasp." Read it all here. And read all of Elaine's Gizmodo posts here.

• Just in time for Halloween, Microsoft's latest update earlier this week certainly has a trick or treat feel to it. If you're one of the millions of PC users using a pirated version of Microsoft office on a pirated version of Windows then firstly shame on you, and secondly you'll be inconvenienced by a scary black screen every sixty minutes and a perpetual warning that your software is fake on your task bar. The latest WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) and OGA (Office Genuine Advantage) Update isn't meant to “brick” your PC, it is just meant to freak you out and pretend to look like you're system has suffered an untimely death.
• And after that little scare and you are truly repentant this Hallows eve, but still think over a thousand Renminbi is too much to pay to make your computer do the most basic of tasks, then visit the Ubuntu site for a legally free operating system. But don't do it until October 30 when it's latest version, the Intrepid Ibex is released. For an office alternative you can try Open Office.
• Chinese software maker Kingsoft, in reaction to this latest somewhat intrusive update has issued a statement that although they are also against software piracy they won't be introducing an update that is effectively malware to their WPS Office product.

A fireworks technician died yesterday in an explosion in Century Park, Pudong — and he wasn't even lighting any fireworks. 26 year old Pu Jiliang from Henan province died on the spot at around 12.30pm when he was loading onto a truck near the gate of the park. Fireworks displays by Russian, Japanese, German and Chinese artists had been scheduled at Century Park for Sept. 30, Oct. 3 and Oct.6 as part of the National Day celebrations. No other casualties have been reported and the police have not furnished more details surrounding Pu's mysterious death.

A 33-year-old Filipino woman has just been arrested Tuesday for trying to smuggle an undisclosed volume of heroin at Pudong airport. This follows last September when a 25-year-old Filipino man was also arrested in Pudong for sneaking into Shanghai with 1.2 kilos of heroin in his hand-carry luggage (!!!). In both instances, suspects boarded Cebu Pacific flight number 5J678 which flies Manila-Shanghai.

Photo from Chad Ingraham: Has the Shanghai real estate market reached its peak?