shanghai

www.isidorsfugue.com — A story about a young lady from Sichuan province who shared the excitement of her first payday in Shanghai. Especially when her experience is compared to those who are less fortunate in China, an invaluable lesson can be learned.

www.isidorsfugue.com — The "security theater" found in a number of subway stations in China seems more capable in stopping balloons than bombs. In at least 2 cities, scanners were operated without proper radiation checks.

ilookchina.net — Eventually my 3-month tourist visa expired. I thought I would be okay as long as I laid low—but I was wrong. There are eyes everywhere in China, especially on foreigners. It was in Huaqiaozhen, a suburb of Shanghai, that everything began to unravel. I had just signed a lease for a cheap shared apartment, but, strangely, the landlord never came to collect the rent or sign the contract.

sme-in-china.blogspot.com — On February 25, 2006, Beijing city government officials and managers of the municipality's state owned enterprises (SEOs) convened a meeting with dozens of Wenzhounese bosses in the capital’s Intercontinental Hotel on Financial Street. The Wenzhounese had arrived at the request of the Beijing officials to explore the possibility of investing their money and know-how in the unprofitable SEOs.

blogs.wsj.com — Not long after the midafternoon subway accident Tuesday in central Shanghai that left about 250 people injured, Shanghai Metro, the operator of Shanghai subway system, issued an apology on Sina Weibo, the popular micro blogging service. Then the posting was mysteriously deleted shortly afterwards, prompting discussion–and anger–among Weibo users.