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The folks at Urbanatomy have a great feature up on this very important date in history: when the Communists and Nationalists clashed in this fair city, completely altering its fate forever. It was this day that the Nationalists' final line of defense, up along Suzhou Creek, collapsed. Roughly five months later, Mao Zedong would proclaim the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

And what's more you can vote for us! Yep, That's have opened voting for their annual awards with a whole range of categories from Best Band to Shanghai Hero. There's also a Best of the Web category where this humble blog has received a nomination. Click here to get voting.

Zachary Mexico's first book, China Underground, just came out this month. It's an edgy look at margins of modern China—and it's a real page-turner. Mexico mixes it up with the masses, returning with sixteen tales of unique individuals "trying to figure out what's going on, trying to carve a place out for themselves in the new China."

Yet. For those who like to keep up to date on Shanghai-English-language-website news — yes, all three of you — head on over to Urbanatomy.com. That's the future home of a new website from the folks at That's Shanghai. And if Urbanatomy.com is as half as good as thatssh.com ... someone seriously needs to be fired over there, because thatssh.com is really quite awful. But they know that — hence the new site. But why...