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Tag Archives: Shanghai
I’ve got the munchies for Munchies
I’d heard of this place from various people, not least from that famed purveyor of low-budget gastronomy Eric Hu and decided to give it a try last night. I ordered their Coney Island hot dog which you see above. In … Continue reading
Sprinkle the seeds of civilization all around
From Shanghai Saw this sign/banner when I was in the Shanghai South Train Station. Thought it was a more felicitous form of Chinglish than one normally encounters, so I took a snap. 传播 is usually translated as spreading or broadcasting. … Continue reading
Can you buy Opening Ceremony DVDs at the Shanghai Book City?
视频：奥运会开幕式DVD上海热卖_视频新闻_新闻_腾讯网 via kwout According to this report, you can or will be able to soon. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fpeijinchen.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2F14%2Fcan-you-buy-opening-ceremony-dvds-at-the-shanghai-book-city%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Can+you+buy+Opening+Ceremony+DVDs+at+the+Shanghai+Book+City%3F’; addthis_pub = ”;
Shanghai Expo tickets to go on sale Sept 28 for expected price of 160 RMB.
上海世博会门票9月28日首发 价格拟160元_社会频道_新华网 via kwout What is more interesting to me is this weird picture from the Xinhua article where I got this information. Maybe this design image has appeared somewhere else on the internet before, but this is the first … Continue reading
Overheard in Shanghai
Some (questionably) funny snippets of life in Shanghai: 1. A boy riding a bike circles around a family of three black people walking down the street. He says “three black people! Three black people! Oh what fun! Darlie Toothpaste!” (三个黑人，三个黑人，真好玩！黑人牙膏） … Continue reading
Some snippets of recent Shanghai life
I saw a guy in the subway that had a shirt that said “I speak English. Do you?” I looked at him for a moment, and dismissed it as just another Chinglish shirt. He then walked over to me and … Continue reading
Is this really “Smart” Shanghai?
So I subscribe to Shanghaiist events and i got this newsletter from SmartShanghai.com and this is what the first paragraph said: Hey Shanghai! Check yo’ delf! So many clubs opening in Shanghai I can’t even keep track of them all. … Continue reading
Hu Yang comes out with new photo series on young people in Shanghai
Hu Yang (胡杨) is the Shanghai based documentary photographer that takes shots of people living in Shanghai, in their native environments–their homes. He did a series that got a lot of publicity in the last year or so, it was … Continue reading
Loud and obnoxious Chinese people, or why I’m a hater
So I find myself at Starbucks, and you know how Chinese people aren’t that great at making lines. I was the only one in front of these three men that had come in after me, and although I had already … Continue reading
Finding your local PSB/police station in Shanghai…
…can be a bitch if you haven’t done it already. Here’s what I found in the course of my search. If you can’t read Chinese or cannot find someone who can, this isn’t going to be of much use to … Continue reading