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Sonic Youth: Just what the Sonic Nurse ordered

We don't want to say we're starved for good live rock music in Shanghai ... but we are starved for good live rock music in Shanghai. Live here long enough and you gradually forget exactly how good it feels to stand up near the stage and get lost in a rock band that knows exactly what they are doing, a band you would pay to see even if you weren't living in China, a band that has actually released original and relevant material this millennium. Well, last night at Shanghai Concert Hall, for two feedback infused hours, Sonic Youth reminded us how sublime an experience that can be. And now we want more. We need more.

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By Dan Washburn in on April 25, 2007 11:35 AM

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Today's Links: Jaywalking, smoking and cheap domains


  • Tech Flocks To Shanghai

    "According to a report from Russell Reynolds Associates based on Shanghai government statistics, 144 foreign companies now have their Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, 48 of which established operations there only in the last year."



  • City traffic police tougher on jaywalking

    "Besides receiving a verbal reminder of the violation, jaywalkers and cyclists will be fined between five yuan to 50 yuan, depending on their behavior and attitude."



  • Shanghai Surprise

    "If you thought the Shanghai index's 8.8% drop in late February was bad, wait until a bunch of rickety Chinese companies collapse."



  • Shanghai's Boutique Hotels And Couture Alleys

    "This Sunday, Yang checks in and checks out a number of Shanghai boutique hotels. How do we know this? We're the suckers who subscribe to Times Select."



  • More pollution control in China

    "The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), China’s environment watchdog, will spend 2 billion yuan (US$250 million) to set up new pollution statistics, monitoring and accountability systems within 18 months."



  • Chinese Domain Name Registration Fees Drop To Almost Free

    "[T]he State Council Informatization Office, Information Office of the State Council and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Internet Network Information Center has announced that all .CN domains can now be purchased for only one yuan."



  • Google, Baidu race to set up online library in China

    "Web search leader Google and its top rival in China Baidu.com are racing to build out their online library services as they battle for a slice of the world's second-largest Internet market."



  • Smoking ban threatens China

    "Smoking harms people's health, but restraining smoking threatens social stability," said Zhang Baozhen, deputy chief of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration. "Smokers rioted when the former Soviet Union collapsed because they could not get any cigarettes. ... The principle applies in China as well."



  • Major Music Companies Sue Yahoo! China

    "Led by industry group the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the corporations, including EMI, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music, and Universal Music, are suing Yahoo! China for an estimated 5.5 million yuan in damages."



  • China's Dog Extermination Plan Condemned

    "The Humane Society of the United States/Humane Society International said in a statement that a vaccination campaign would be a better way to control rabies."



  • China axes foreigners’ tax breaks

    "China ended almost 30 years of favourable treatment for foreign companies on Thursday with the introduction of a measure to equalise corporate tax rates paid by local and overseas enterprises."



  • How To Get Free Product From China: Just Don't Pay

    "There are countless stories out there (including in this blog) of foreign companies sending money off to China for product that never comes. This article is essentially the reverse: Chinese companies shipping product overseas and then never getting paid."



  • Tibetan exiles to protest Chinese rule via 'net video, March 10

    "Videos already uploaded include pilgrims, rap songs, statements from monks, rants from young Tibetan exiles in the United States, and words from ama-la (grandmas). Looks like the revolution(s) will be televised after all."



  • A slow-boiled frog

    "Taiwan may rejoin China peacefully within 20 years"



  • McKinsey Survey on China

    "An interesting survey just out from McKinsey on how executives in Asia perceive the China market. I'm amazed that only 30 per cent of the respondents' companies have operations in China."



  • Letter From China: In Asia, the past divides and alienates

    "Imagine a world where Germany denied the Holocaust, the United States denied the slaughter of Native Americans and Europe denied organizing its immensely profitable and centuries-long trans-Atlantic trade in African slaves."



  • China cracks down on 'virtual money'

    "Regulators have ordered Chinese websites to limit the use of 'virtual money' after concerns that the online credits might be used for money laundering or illicit trade."



  • Shanghai leads in female cancer

    "The cancer rate among Shanghai's women almost doubled in the past 20 years and is the highest in the nation, health officials said yesterday."


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    By Dan Washburn in on March 10, 2007 1:23 AM

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