Alas and alack, government paranoia over ongoing non-events-that-shall-not-be-named has claimed another victim as collateral damage – the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade here in Shanghai. Apparently, nervous about any attempt by anybody to march in the streets under any kind of banner, the Public Security Bureau has put a nix on the well-attended parade. [...]
Restaurant week starts today! There’s every sort of cuisine on offer and some really good deals to be had: 78/118RMB for lunch; 168/248RMB dinner. Bon appetit! [ more › ]
Take a look at a series of postcards called “Manchurian Beauties” (满族美人) – they include everything from geishas and courtesans to officials’ daughters and women in ‘cultural dress’. See if you can tell the difference! [ more › ]
Over 15 foreign journalists, including eight Japanese reporters, and Janis Vougioukas of Germany’s detained in Shanghai outside the Peace Cinema.
Jeremiah Jenne has an excellent post about his Sunday “stroll” in Beijing.
Adrienne Mong of MSNBC has a staggering statistic: 739,000 security personnel are said to have been deployed in Beijing alone yesterday.
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Remember that 2008 ad by Citroen featuring a scowling Chairman Mao? This time, yet another carmaker in another country has done it again. In a new ad for its Trezia model, Subaru Italy has used a feminised image of Chairman Mao to sell the car, which promises “a high driving position and superior internal [...]
National Geographic went searching for someone interesting lately: the world’s most typical person. The researchers at the venerable magazine concluded that a male, 28-year-old Han Chinese man is the most typical person on the planet. They number 9 million. Then using that profile, they took 200,000 photos of men fitting the description [...]
It was but five (almost six!) years ago that Dan Washburn somehow roped the Gothamist network into setting up an outpost in Shanghai. He started Shanghaiist with a post poking fun at Jackie Chan’s views on interracial relationships, setting the tone for hundreds of Jackie Chan jokes on this site since. But now [...]
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