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A group of Shanghai residents who had applied to the government for the right to hold an anti-maglev protest were rejected by the government. Despite this, small numbers of them intended to go on another "walk" in order to publicly air their grievances. This time, they were stopped by some other residents. According to this AP article, this is what happened:

Residents in armbands used a megaphone to warn people not to "linger here too long," to avoid problems with the police, who had rejected their petition to hold a protest march against the magnetic levitation, or maglev, train.

They say bad news travels fast. That Pudong gas blast we told you about on Saturday has made it to international news. The Associated Press, Reuters, the International Herald Tribune, BBC, Times of India, ABC (Australia) all reported on the blast. more ›

People who made the news this week more ›

Down-side of Chinese in outerspace: Finding out the Great Wall isn't actually visible to extraterrestrials. more ›

Today is one of those days where count our blessings that we are not rich and powerful and have never once (OK, once) been called a "tycoon." If those words describe you (and you are Chinese and corrupt and/or friendly with the corrupt) then you may not be free to breath in Shanghai's fresh sea air much longer. Just ask Zhou Zhengyi (also known as Chau Ching-ngai), who in 2002 was called China's 11th richest man with a fortune estimated at US$320 million. He was released from prison in May after serving a three-year sentence for fraud and securities manipulation, then detained again in October and formerly arrested yesterday on charges of bribery and using phony tax receipts. Someone needs to update his Wikipedia page. more ›

In another case of contamination of regional water supply, officials in Shanxi province of northern China have cut off the water to 28,000 households after a truck overturned due to 'brake failure' on the highway, spilling 33 tonnes of toxic chemicals into a river that supplies water to Xiyang county. more ›

Beijing will play host to an NFL preseason game next year, the professional American football league announced today (it had been rumored for a while). The New England Patriots will take on the Seattle Seahawks at 8:30 pm on August 8, 2007 in Workers Stadium. The game will be televised live in both the United States (NBC) and China (CCTV). (The Associated Press story, linked to above, said the game "will be shown live on NBC at 8:30 a.m. ET on Aug. 9. The dateline was "FOXBORO, Mass." -- forgive them if they don't quite understand how the time difference works up in New England.) more ›

Photo by raincontreras taken from the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site. more ›

Eugene Nelson, who works for Intel in Dupont, WA, was supposed to board a plane from Hong Kong to Taiwan. Instead, he got on the plane to Taiyuan. It then took him an astounding five days to get home, as he only had American Express (hasn't he seen those Visa commercials?) on him and could not withdraw cash from ATM machines because they were not "foreign enabled". One would think that would be the end of the story. One would think that Eugene Nelson would have liked to keep his idiocy below the radar. more ›

The Associated Press is reporting that heat caused a steel container full of liquid ammonia on the back of a truck to explode Tuesday in Nanhui District, sending 60 people to the hospital. By late Tuesday, however, only three people remained hospitalized. While the AP says 100 people were injured by the blast, Shanghai Daily puts the number at 65 -- and says the injuries were caused by three separate explosions, the worst being the one in Nanhui that occured at 12:30 p.m. The paper also said a talcum powder container exploded at Shanghai Xiangmao Co., Ltd., a Jinshan District factory with a "troubled history." Four workers were burned, some on as much as 30 percent of their body. A similar explosion at the plant injured 10 on June 20. The day's other accident occured at 6 a.m. at the intersection of Wuyuan Lu and Wukang Lu. A gas pipe explosion sent two people to the hospital. more ›