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You heard that right, ladies and gentlemen... Our city's foresighted urban planners, God bless their hearts, have looked into their glassball and decided that Shanghai needs another Lujiazui — and really, soon — in three years to be exact. Well if they were able to build Lujiazui I in ten years, we have every confidence they can build Lujiazui II in three. Never ever ever doubt the ambitions of Shanghai city planners. Just build first,...

In preparation for the upcoming National Day holiday and the enormous amount of tourists that it will bring to the city's eateries, top restaurant review website Dazhong Dianping (roughly "Reviews by/for the Masses") has posted a list of the best locations to indulge in five of Shanghai's local specialties:

If "burger" can be defined in the simplest terms as meat crammed in a bun, then we think Macau-Portugese restaurant chain Lisboa can throw their hat in the ring for next year's Shanghaiist Burger Grill-off. Their pork bun (pictured) is one of the many affordable delights that keep us heading back to Lisboa when in need of some Asian-style comfort food.

We have already told you that H&M will open in Shanghai on April 12 (in the old Benetton building at 651 Huaihai Zhong Lu), and now we have a little more to add to the story (emphasis on a little). This is the hard-hitting stuff you have come to expect from Shanghaiist — yes, Kylie Minogue is coming to Shanghai (earlier this month it was announced that Kylie is the new face — and body, we assume — of H&M swimwear). Sadly, that's about all the "news" we have to offer. The email from the PR firm handling the launch said she'd be appearing at an event for "special invited guests" on April 11. And that's about it.

Our earlier post about "Shanghai's seven commandments" reminded Shanghaiist reader Ryan of a similar sign he saw when he was brave enough to enter a toilet stall at the Super Brand Mall's Lotus Supercenter. Hanging on the stall wall was another sign which we share with you below. Said Ryan:

It's the beginning of December in China and "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" keeps playing in the grocery store (damn you, Lotus ... or should we say Blotus?) so that can mean only one thing: Christmas is quickly approaching! So here you are preparing for the holiday season. You've already purchased your real tree. And, you've been preparing your killer rum apple cider recipe, that turned your last holiday party into a sleepover (good times!). But wait, it seems that you forgot something ... the gifts! Look no further than to a recent addition to Shanghai — Toys 'R' Us!

Shanghai malls haven't been doing too hot lately. The Cloud Nine Shopping Mall in Zhongshan Park can claim to be "the city's biggest shopping center in terms of floor space," but suffers from a severe lack of tenants and had to cede their home-grown basement grocery store to Carrefour in in June due to lackluster sales. In July, the Los Angles Times exposed Shanghai's luxury malls as "ghost malls", spearing Plaza 66 and others for renting space to designer name brands at cut-rates in order to create a façade of prosperity and high fashion for the city.

Now that Shanghaiist has firmly established itself and is roundly recognized as a boob lover, we bring you this bit of deliciously titillating news: Hooters, the casual American restaurant chain, known for its scantily clad, buxom young waitresses, and not much else, is opening its second Shanghai location ... in Pudong. The first one, in Gubei, opened in 2004.

It wasn't too long ago -- like late 2004 -- that professional boxing was banned in China. Too dangerous, the communists once said. Well, boxing must not be dangerous anymore, because now you can watch it at Super Brand Mall. On February 24, nine matches will take place in an event co-sanctioned by the World Boxing Association and the Pacific-Asia Boxing Association. Spectators are invited to "come and see who will take home the golden belt," whatever that is. Still, you never want pass up a chance to see super featherweights Gao Li Jun and Jonna Chowkowen duke it out. (Yes, they are females.) The fights are supposed to start at 2 pm and tickets range from 100-300 RMB. More information, in Chinese, can be found at cnboxing.com. Or you can call 6426-5797.

A couple of weeks ago, Shanghai was beset by rumours of UFO sightings. According to a story in the Shanghai Daily:

Shanghaiist has fond memories of ritualistic post-swimming-practice trips to the Dairy Queen for a Peanut Buster Parfait. We remember these trips being almost a daily occurence. Oh, to be young again in the pre-mandatory-nutrition-information-labels United States! Our metabolism now is not quite what it was when we were 8, so we'll have to make our trips to Shanghai's three Dairy Queens much less frequent. Wait -- Shanghai has three Dairy Queens? You betcha. All of them are new this year. No more traveling to Beijing just for a Blizzard! (Shanghaiist never did that ... and if we did, we wouldn't admit it.)