Subway trains in Nanjing were delayed along line 2 yesterday, and reports coming out today state that recent heavy rains had a role, by flooding water channels and elevating the underground bed lining which subway track lays on. In a video from one of the stranded trains, passengers mill about annoyed and anxious at the delay, only to then run away in screaming terror when things start going wrong for the train car.
Watch: Nanjing metro passengers freak out when train car goes awry
Weekend Music Preview: Mao Livehouse Shanghai, GBOB Challenge, and other beats
Oh what a weekend for music. Hopefully, you didn't miss out on the Antidote 4th anniversary party yesterday at C's, but in case you did, there's still a ton of other great music events to hit up.
303,000 Google searchers extremely terrified of Chinese people
Jesus Diaz at Gizmodo typed "I am extremely" into his Google search bar and came up with these results. Hmmm... Maybe it's because we aren't afraid to sue over racial slights.
More on the Bank of China terrorism case
NTDTV speaks to Natan Galkovitch, one of 100 victims of terror in Israel who are now suing the Bank of China for not preventing money that was transferred to the Hamas, and Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, an attorney for the plaintiffs. Among the claims of the suit:
...beginning in July 2003, the Bank of China executed dozens of wire transfers for the terrorist groups totaling several million dollars. Many of the transfers were initiated in the Middle East, sent to branches in the U.S. then to an account at a bank branch in Guanzhou, China, the suit said.more ›
Shanghaiist Halloween Party: Do you like scary movies?
A quick note to interrupt your last-minute Halloween costume shopping (we made our costume yesterday ... you'll definitely hear us coming) to let you know what films we plan to show at the big Shanghaiist Halloween Party on Saturday night. If you haven't been to Shanghai Studio, it's a spooky maze-like place that occupies an old bomb shelter. So if music and dancing are your things, we've got rooms for that. If chatting and drinking are your things, we've got rooms for that, too. For those of you who have "other" activities in mind, there are also plenty of dark hallways and corners for you to do your thing.
Around Asia: Sex, bombs and space ports
Video of Thai pen-spinning club in action [h/t to Asian Offbeat]
Around Asia: Five-power naval exercise, $100,000 air tickets and DPRK to be struck off terror list
As Malaysia celebrates its 50th birthday, the unity of the nation has shown cracks along racial and religious divides. Meanwhile, former premier Mahathir Mohammed is recovering after heart surgery
Crossing The Line - Exclusive Shanghai screenings!
Crossing the Line - a documentary by VeryMuchSo Productions with Koryo Tours
Made-in-China: A Closer Look
The recent hoopla over poisonous, tainted, and otherwise malignant Chinese exports — toothpaste, toys, and pet food, oh my! — has left us with an unpleasant taste in our mouths (and not just the minty-fresh kind). Industrial malfeasance has become the bane of Chinese commerce, and we have no intention of downplaying the unique brand of terror experienced by a parent who realizes he just gave his kid a lead-addled plaything.
Today's Links: Canada, chocolate and burning puppies
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Shanghaiist Reads: SH and City Weekend
This week’s editions of SH and City Weekend, summerviewed. (That’s a combination of summary and review. Look it up.)
This Week In -ist: Elsewhere in the Gothamist Network
You know who's going to be upset about those Bikini Bandits? The Houston school system. Houstonist also reports on some redevelopment shenanigans over a landmark theater.
This Week In -ist: Elsewhere in the Gothamist Network
Torontoist (where it's 75 degrees F as of this writing) is keeping things cool this summer, nudity and blood optional. Less cool are the comments in this post about a hipster auctioning off crap so she can buy a house. And no summer would be complete without the twin guilty pleasures of crap dining and crap TV: get them both with Torontoist's interview with "Rockstar: Supernova" star Lucas Rossi and a look at the safety ratings of some of Toronto's favorite greasy spoons.
This week in -ist: What’s happening around the Gothamist Network
DCist is screwed in the event of an oil crisis. Not that we're not all screwed in the event of an oil crisis, just D.C. is more screwed. Don't sell your car yet, District resident, a cabbie can kick you to the curb if he doesn't like your address. Not even Metro can save you now.
This week in -ist: What's happening around the Gothamist Network
Torontoist throws down the gauntlet and challenges all comers: pillow fight, bitch. They also stand up for a fellow blogger taking heat from the TTC and welcome city-wide WiFi.
Notes from the underground: Weekend music picks
Last weekend was quite a stunner, what with Japanese punk, Korean horror-movie music, and a new addition to the C's revival (better than "200 people turning up to DKD wearing mp3 players and dancing in their own heads all night"); but we live in the city where 酒不醉人人自醉 ("people, rather than alcohol, enebriate") and with a population of 13 million, the party doesn't stop so easily. Read on for this week's contributions to our city's tradition of bacchanalia.
Terror in the Middle Kingdom?
It seems that even in China, Americans cannot escape the strong arm of Osama bin Laden. According to the US Embassy in Beijing, "Chinese police advised hotels that Islamic extremist elements could be planning to attack four and five star hotels in China sometime over the course of the next week." And Shanghaiist thought that the local Xinjiangren only pawned assorted dried fruits and yangrou chuan down on the street corner. How can we have been so naive?

