Although China—like the rest of the world—care a lot less about the Winter Olympics than they do about the summer games, there is indeed an Olympics coming up. Olympic gold medals are a huge source of national pride in China, so the Vancouver 2010 Olympics will be watched more closely here than in most countries.
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China in the Winter Olympics: Facts and figures
New live music venue and You Say Party! We Say Die!
Here is a piece of good news (for all you live music lovers out there) to help quench your thirst while you wait out the events drought that inevitably hits during every Chinese New Year. End of March there is a promising new live music venue (no cover bands!) opening up. Unfortunately, we have been sworn to secrecy on location (hint: former sports bar somewhere on Huaihai Road) but can tell you it will hold 250 comfortably (Yuyintang holds around 100) and will offer cheap drinks and entrance fees.
Air Asia: Another way to get your ass out of China
Air Asia, Asia's first budget airline, has just announced its latest China destination. From now on, you can fly from Hangzhou (which is just a stone's throw from Shanghai) to Kuala Lumpur at a fraction of the price! We just did a quick check on their system and if you plan ahead of time, you can expect to pay around RMB1,115 (taxes included) for the flight. You can even select your own seats on the website if you pay an additional RMB48! Kuala Lumpur being Air Asia headquarters, you can fly onward to a host of other exciting Southeast Asian destinations for that much-needed break. Other Chinese destinations currently served by Air Asia are Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Macau.
Busdriver kicked out of Canada (on his way to China)
Comments below don’t necessarily represent the Shanghaiist’s point of view or opinion regarding the Canadian government (we don't want them to hold a grudge and kick us out of Canada too!)… we just received it recently from the Busdriver promoter and thought it was kind of funny… shows are still on in Beijing and Shanghai…..and we are as giddy as a school boy in the girls locker room to see Busdriver play live!
Shanghai 21st on ranking of cities with skyscrapers?
Jakob Montrasio points us to a most unbelievable ranking of the world's top 25 cities with skyscrapers published by the German magazine Spiegel:
Today's Links: Graveyard tourism, Flickr and free coffee
"A television station in eastern China which flouted a national ban on U.S. drama 'Prison Break,' said it aired the popular serial on its children's channel for 'English training' purposes, state media reported on Friday."
"Relatives of a man who was crushed by a falling wall while urinating along the street last year are suing a property developer and a demolition company for 510,000 yuan in compensation."
"It will give downtown residents a chance to enjoy nature," said Wang Lan, a deputy manager of the site. "Besides, more than 30 Chinese celebrities are buried in the cemetery, giving it a charming human landscape."
"A Vancouver Sun reporter had offers of pill press delivery from different Shanghai companies within an hour of sending out e-mails requesting information about purchases."
"I would still recommend the library as a good environment for study and reflection, but it is not without its limitations. Here are a few things worth bearing in mind when you come to Shanghai Library."
"But today I should at the shelves of Carrefour this 'Hengjie Paomo' shaving foam, just under the products of P&G and for eight renminbi, about one third of the Gillette product. It looks like their designers have also gotten their inspiration from Gillette."
"Putting the books in my Amazon-cart was no problem, but when I wanted to check-out, the Amazon computer said they would not ship to my address. No explanation given."
It will be in traditional Chinese characters. "After targeting Hong Kong consumers, Flickr's Chinese site will also focus on the Taiwan market, the spokeswoman said, but declined to elaborate on the mainland Chinese market."
"While it's all too easy to finger point at Chinese smokers, the group that gets under my skin—and into my clothes, eyes, nose and lungs—are western smokers. They are becoming increasingly odious, i.e., they stink."
"As waiting crowds grew bigger around 10am, the shop had to ask customers to fetch a number first. Starbucks staff said they delivered more than 100 numbers in half an hour."
"Quite a bit of a crowd in front of the little store, waiting for new coffee being brewed. I might be Dutch, but are not going to wait for an hour for a free coffee. Quite some people seemed happy to do so."
"Every now and then, hyper from too much caffeine in my blood, I order a decaf. Every time I order this I get first a blank stare after which I’m told, 'We don’t have'. Giving free coffee away is great, listing coffee for sale that is never available sucks."
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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
Shanghai Daily says that we ought to expect to see some famous British poems adorning our city's subways in the near future. From the report:
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