Results tagged “takeout”

Prodded by our relentless editors to find stuff in the Chinese media, we came across a rather strange article, the date of which was yesterday, but which referred to an event that happened almost ten months ago in early March of 2007. The article talks about a robbery in Nanjing of two foreigners, in their apartment, by two Chinese men.

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Of course, flipping though last Wednesday's print edition (we found it over the weekend while at Huashan Hospital ... inner ear infection) it is apparent that Shanghai Daily is in no position to refuse ads from anybody -- really, hardly any ads at all. Perhaps it is a wise business move for the paper to team up with an illegal DVD store that grossly overcharges its customers.

We'd like to thank everyone who braved the rain Thursday night and attended the first Shanghaiist Happy Hour at Cotton's. About 75 people showed up, and a crazy good time was had by all (just look at that photo). Here's what one party goer said: "Had no idea there were so many hipsters in Shanghai, it looked like a giant Weezer video shoot ... great stuff." Interestingly, the DJ for the party -- Shanghaiist's iPod -- played not one Weezer song, but his performance was still good enough to move him up 1,177 spots in the world rankings. Impressive. (Actually, the DJ judges said he would have jumped even higher in the rankings had he not played a Zeppelin song --in his defense, it was a request.) Other key stats for the night: