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So we didn't make it out to Chick Corea's concert last Saturday, but someone else in Shanghai did and he even wrote a review. Turns out the concert wasn't all that well-attended. And if you haven't heard it by now, yes, China now officially has 106 billionaires, up from just 15 last year! And apparently, there may be more. Rupert Hoogewerf, founder of the Hurun Report estimates there may be 200 billionaires. Not everyone has......

We imagine plenty of you out there dream, as we do, about buying an old Shanghai lane house and renovating it to its former glory. Well, a city resident named Melanie is doing just that — and she started a blog to document the project's progress. She's only written three posts so far, but we hope she keeps it up so we can all follow along. In her introductory post, she tells us: My husband......

Mr. Ma, toy bicycle maker...

The good and the not-so-good from the previous several days The good: Wikipedia unblocked: Half-assed fact-checking (and hyperlinking) made possible once again. Live in Shanghai website: A surprisingly good source for Shanghai neophytes. And, um, the navigationally impaired.Time Passage: Drinking a few beers and rolling some dice at Time Passage is a fine way to spend a Saturday evening. Two gripes: Get at least one decent beer—Tiger makes us hurt the next day. How about......

So what new invention will soon be hitting the streets? Will it be innovative? Intelligent? Thought-provoking? Fans of Hello Kitty can buy the first Chinese-style Kitty next month, which embodies different elements of cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, Oriental Morning Post reported today. The new Kitty dolls is designed after seven mainland folkways: visiting the Yu Garden and selling soup dumplings, carrying a hairy crab on head, selling Beijing roasted duck, wearing clothes like......

It’s official, Xintiandi is the most popular entertainment street (even though it's not really a street) in the city according to 80 percent of respondents in a survey. Thirteen thousand votes were taken by mail, Internet and telephone from locals as well as “people from other places,” according to Shanghai Star (Nov. 10 print edition). We’re not sure if that means tourists, foreigners or aliens, but we do get a sneaking suspicion that the people......

Yang's Fry-Dumpling on Wujiang Lu For many who visit Shanghai, the be all and end all of their Shanghai food experience is the xiao long bao (小龙包). This suits the customers at Yang's Fry-Dumpling (小杨生煎馆 or xiao yang shengjian guan) just fine, as the line outside the door often snakes 30-people long down the street. What could possibly be worth waiting in such a long line for? What do these patient patrons know that others......