We all presumed that the one-child policy was going to lead to an aging population, but there's nothing like actual numbers to prove it: 96,700 babies were born in Shanghai last year, while 107,000 people died, according to an official report.
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Master Duncan Wong is Shanghai's hottest yogi, so says the guys behind TheShanghaiShow. Watch Duncan do his yoga amidst the taichi crowd right on People's Square. Somehow, Shanghai and yoga don't quite mix, so this video gets the thumbs up from Shanghaiist for creatively putting the two together. We've been saying forever we want to start doing yoga (sigh), but for those of you that are interested, Duncan Wong runs a studio by the name...
In this week's edition of "Shanghaiist Trashes the Media" we have an article from the Sydney Morning Herald. Here's the premise:
Protest in Guangzhou: Why would you burn garbage?
Barbie Spa: For the cosmopolitan plastic beauty in you
Obama in China: Long gone, and still headlinin'
Lot o' Hotpot: Three Travellers
Dear Slate, yes there are chocolate bars in China
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