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Last day of Art Charity Program

Since Thursday, mallrats visiting Citic Plaza on Nanjing road may have noticed the greeting card and painting exhibit on the ground floor, right across from McDonald's. We were struck by how atypically childlike the artwork was, and then we found out why: they were all produced by children. The event is called the "Share Your Love" Art Charity program and is organized and hosted by the SMIC Private School in Pudong. We'll let the website...

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By Eric Hu in on December 2, 2007 12:06 PM

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Today's Links: 24, elevator ads and ghosts


  • Large hydropower project in Chonqing to start production in October

    Started in 2005, the new project is slated for completion in 2009 and will account for for approximately 30% of Chongqing's total installed capacity.



  • Shanghai Subway Line 1 experiences problem causing up to half hour delays

    This happened on the 19th, around 12pm. The train stopped in the middle of the tunnel, and then began to slowly move again, only to stop and start a few more times.



  • One more reason to hate those flat-panel ad screens

    "Wouldn't it be simpler just to leave advertising out of elevators? Fewer bureaucratic headaches, and we'd all be 6 to 8 degrees cooler."



  • `24' has China on the Brain!

    "I mean, how many different ways can Jack Bauer save the Republic from terrorists in 24 hours? Well, one way is to have China, the rising superpower, play a sinister role in this season’s back story."



  • Superstition Among Chinese Government Officials

    "These government officials believe in fengshui, gods and ghosts, but not Marxism-Leninism."



  • Shanghai coffeehouse unveils new name after legal battle with Starbucks

    "Shanghai Xingbake Cafe Corp. has changed its name to 'Fangyun,' the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday."



  • MGM complex coming to Shanghai

    "China's showcase east coast city, Shanghai, will soon be home to MGM Studio World, a massive new indoor entertainment complex featuring dining, shopping, nightclubs and extensive entertainment facilities, including a cinema."



  • Snapper seeks payout for plates

    "A city photographer has demanded 460,000 yuan (US$59,740) compensation from a decoration company he says flooded his studio, damaging 60,000 photographic plates and the 'priceless' images on them."



  • Chinese Hotels and Bars Required to Sell Condoms

    "[T]he Chinese province of Zhejiang has taken matters into its own hands. Bars and hotels in the Zhejiang province must provide customers with access to condoms and other contraceptives, or face a $650 fine for non-compliance."



  • WoZone 我族 mobile social networking

    "Wozone 我族网 is a free online social networking service that can also be used on your cell phone."


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    By Dan Washburn in on May 20, 2007 10:45 PM

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    Tour Longhua Pagoda ... but leave heels at home

    Tickets to Longhua Pagoda (second from the right in the Shanghaiist logo) are RMB 100 and proceeds will go toward the pagoda's renovation, which hopefully won't be made more of a necessity by all the tourists. To that end people wearing high heels won't be allowed inside (which eliminates a large chunk of female Chinese tourists). Leave your lighters and knives (and children shorter than 1.4 meters) at home, too -- a lot of the pagoda is made of wood.

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    By Dan Washburn in , on September 15, 2006 12:00 PM

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