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Win free entry to our Beer Saturday event on Nov. 29 SH mag food guru Chris St. Cavish somehow got his hands on two free passes to the Shanghaiist beer tasting at Southern Barbarian. Check out his latest column for details on how you can win a ticket from SH. (And everyone loves a good sandwich joke. Those never get old.)...

Just Amazing: China images from the LIFE photo archive hosted by Google Photo by Jack Birns, date unknown Via Andrew Sullivan we learn of this extraordinary project: Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google. Here is a basic search for Shanghai. And for China. And, while we're at it, Beijing and Peking. You can get a lot more...

Robert Scoble visits China and learns that Thomas Friedman was right A week ago, Shanghaiist hung out with tech blogger, author and podcaster Robert Scoble of Fast Company and other participants of the China 2.0 Tour, enjoying the amazing view of Shanghai from Vue Bar at Hyatt on the Bund. Since then, he's been on a whirlwind tour around China, visiting places like Suzhou, Wuxi, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and now Hong Kong. In this video, he talks to Thomas Crampton about what he's seen and learnt on...

Photo of the Day: The female trash collector Photo by rdx913 More photos on the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site (and here)....

GM launches 'product offensive' in China: state media (AFP via Yahoo! News) US automaker General Motors has unveiled an "unprecedented" number of new models in China, where it has gone on the offensive as it faces bankruptcy at home, state media reported Thursday.

China to overhaul battered dairy industry (AP via Yahoo! News) China's dairy industry — at the center of the country's worst quality scandal in years — will undergo a major shake-up to improve safety at every step, from cow breeding to milk sales, the government said Thursday.

China says employment situation 'critical' (AFP via Yahoo! News) China warned Thursday it was facing serious unemployment problems due to the global economic crisis, amid signs it was increasingly concerned about social tensions across the country.

Protest-hit China says job stability top priority (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Stabilizing employment is the top priority for China, a minister said on Thursday as he revealed a rise in jobless workers triggered by a weakened export sector amid a series of strikes and protests.

Shanghai govt boosts stimulus plan (China Daily) SHANGHAI: The municipal government here will launch a 160-billion-yuan ($23.4 billion) economic stimulus package, adding to the 500-billion-yuan plan introduced last Friday to boost the slowing economy, officials have said.

Shanghai govt boosts stimulus plan (China Daily) Shanghai municipal government will launch a 160-billion-yuan ($23.4 billion) economic stimulus package, adding to the 500-billion-yuan plan introduced last Friday to boost the slowing economy, officials have said.

Shanghai Composite Up More Than 6% In Late Trade (Fox News) Shanghai Composite Up More Than 6% In Late Trade

Shanghai govt acts on complaints on illegal cabs (China Daily) SHANGHAI: Authorities here are determined to curb the growing problem of unlicensed taxis, an official said Wednesday.

11/24: International PV Trade Mission China

11/26: Shanghai Shenhua v Changchun Yatai

12/6: Shanghai Shenhua v Zhejiang Lvcheng

12/11: Web & Wireless Geographical Information System 2008

7/27: Joint MobileMonday Singapore/Shanghai/Beijing Event

5/1: Expo 2010 - World Fair

5/1: Shanghai World Expo 2010

9/3: dubdog listen music

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Visit an old colonial island in Xiamen and huge earthen roundhouses in rural Fujian. Scenes from my National Day 2005 holiday.

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Go on the set for my very first infomercial! I play the role of “Dr. James,” inventor of a product called “Dolly.”

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Get some sweaty culture at the Asian Gaelic Games. Gaelic football comes to Shanghai!

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Jam with Xingfu 13 at the Shanghaiist.com launch party.

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Take a stroll through the Second Annual China International Adult Toys and Reproductive Health Exhibition, also known as the Adult Expo or the Adult-Care Expo.

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