In Shanghai on the Bund BY RYAN POLLACK
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China in Motion: Spring Festival fireworks and festivities
Video: Chinese New Year madness on Shanghai's Tongren Lu
No injuries or deaths were reported1, surprisingly, but then again we left before it was all over (got tired of getting hit by shrapnel). The video starts sometime before midnight and ends sometime after. And yes, our ears are still ringing.
Year Of The Rat Mouse?
In the Murinae subfamily of the Rodentia order, there are whole heaps of squeekers that in English we name either (Harvest / grass / stink) mice or (water / whistling / bush) rats with no real logic. The Chinese on the other hand just say screw it; let's call them all 鼠 and see what they taste like.
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