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• Those of you who want to buy a cheap DVD of the Olympic opening ceremony had better hurry up as the Shanghai Culture Inspection Team is planning a crackdown on pirated versions of this show. No worries though, the official DVD of the ceremony will still be available RMB 55.
• Just as school is about to start Shanghai has been listed as the most expensive city for university and college students in mainland China. According to the China News Agency's, a university student in Shanghai needs to spend about RMB1000 on food and housing each month. In the cheapest city for students, Chongqing, just RMB500 would suffice each month!
• As anyone living here will have noticed, a storm with heavy thunder and rain — the worst in 100 years — hit Shanghai on Monday the 25th. No casualties have been reported, but over 60 of the city's streets were flooded.

In the spirit of keeping you, the readership, informed as to the latest and greatest Shanghai happenings, we thought we would share an exciting email we received from our friends over at Spli-t Works. We've been told to keep our calendars clear on the 30th of June, as Absolute House is expected to be graced by The Go! Team. more ›

Just recently, we came across a report from December 2006 about the lives of seven individuals, each making 1,000 yuan (US$128) per month, living in seven different Chinese cities. The cities included Beijing, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Changchun, etc., as well as our own city of Shanghai. The following is our translation of the interview with Xiao Nao, who lives in Shanghai. Although it was published in December, some of the references (like taxi fares) lets you know the interview took place some time before that: more ›

We don't know how you felt upon reading the title of this post, but we're sure it would have been better (or more appropriate) if you had first dropped some acid. more ›

With the game being a derby in some senses, with Xian being known as Inter Shanghai until moving last year, Xian were cheered on by a group of around 100 Inter fans, who couldn't resist turning to oppose their bitter rivals Shenhua. more ›

We think we've finally figured out why so many people here carry umbrellas. They're not for sudden thunder showers. They're not for keeping skin fair and white. They're for keeping crap from falling on your head. From the Shanghai Daily: more ›

So, how’s your Plum Rain season shaping up so far? While Shanghaiist had the good fortune of ducking most of it back home in the States, the word on the street (by "street" we mean our trusty MSN messenger) is that it’s been pretty brutal! Well, fret not, relief is on the way ... maybe. According to the always “no-so-reliable” Shanghai Meteorological Service, the deceptively sweet sounding, but “god do I f@$#ing hate it” Plum Rain belt is still straddling the Yangtze Delta and pushing southward, due to arrive in our lovely city’s airspace later tomorrow or the day after, with chances of scattered thunder storms and a possible drop in temperature (to a cool low 30ish range -- time to break out the turtle necks). This could all mark the end of this iteration of the dreaded Plum Rain season. Whew, about time! Unless of course the weatherman is wrong, in which case the wretched heat/humidity continue and we’ve just wasted a bunch of your time. But we do continue to appreciate your readership, as always. more ›

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Shanghai is bracing today for what is being billed as a "catastrophic storm," as it bears down on Eastern China. "Coastal authorities should be well prepared for the typhoon as it could combine with a local spring tide to cause increased devastation," the National Meteorological Center warned Thursday. "In the next three days, damage is likely to be caused by weather including lightning, thunder, hailstorms and gales." Some Shanghai businesses are letting employees go home early today. Shanghaiist suggests you take your bosses up on that offer, buy some nice bottles of wine and hunker down. Be safe, everyone. more ›