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This makes us happy we stayed in on New Year's Eve A classic Hengshan Lu tale from Louis Lei Yu, Chinese-born DJ at CFUV 101.9 FM, radio station at Canada's University of Victoria: "[T]his is my bitter experience at the cold fairyland NYE show. So I saw cold Fairyland on NYE, I looked on the Internet and saw that they are playing and I thought 'oh cool, at lease I get to see one decent Chinese indie band during my trip to China.' This turned...

Shanghai skyline recreated in dice and poker chips Boing Boing points us to this interesting art installation by Chinese artist Liu Jianhua who recreated the Shanghai skyline from dice and poker-chips. This was exhibited at the Galleria Continua in San Gimignano, Italy. A close-up shot follows after the jump. [Photos by Cinghialino]...

Weird times, weird people Yes, people are crazy and times are strange. Two days ago, a fashionably dressed young woman ate a RMB280 lunch at a Japanese restaurant somewhere near Nanjing Xi Lu and Chengdu Bei Lu. When it was time to get the bill, she told the wait staff that she had no money on her and needed to withdraw some cash. A restaurant employee followed her to a nearby China Construction Bank (CCB) ATM, whereupon the woman...

Best and worst party flyers in 2008 SmartShanghai has put together a compilation of the best and worst event flyers found on their website last year. Our favourite one has to be this flyer you see on the right, designed by I Love Shanghai for a party last January. We're sure the party went down well (no pun intended) on many a moustached man and cunning linguist in town....

Bank Of America Raises Cash In China (Forbes) U.S. lender sells $2.8 billion worth of shares in China Construction Bank, with no apparent objections from Beijing.

Negroponte in China to celebrate 30 years of Sino-US ties (AFP via Yahoo! News) The US Deputy Secretary of State kicked off a visit to China Wednesday to mark 30 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations and give the Bush administration's farewell to the Chinese leadership.

China issues bird flu alert after woman dies (Reuters via Yahoo! News) China issued a bird flu alert Wednesday after a woman died of the virus, the first such death in the country in almost a year, and closed poultry markets for disinfecting in a province surrounding Beijing.

Bank of America reduces stake in China's CCB bank: statement (AFP via Yahoo! News) China Construction Bank (CCB) said Wednesday that major shareholder Bank of America (BoA) reduced its stake, with reports saying BoA sold 2.8 billion dollars' worth of shares in the Chinese lender.

Shanghai Copper Futures Contracts Surge by Daily Trading Limit (Bloomberg) Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Copper futures contracts in Shanghai jumped by the exchange-imposed daily limit, tracking moves in London, on speculation that government spending will help bolster economies and revive demand for industrial metals.

Copper, Zinc Jump Daily Limit in Shanghai on Demand Optimism (Bloomberg) Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Copper and zinc climbed the exchange- imposed daily limit in Shanghai for a third day, pacing advances in other commodities and spurring gains in equities.

Shanghai Electric Says 2008 Profit To Fall Below 2007 Levels (Fox News) Shanghai Electric Says 2008 Profit To Fall Below 2007 Levels

Shanghai Port says 2008 net profit rose 27 pct (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News) SHANGHAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Shanghai International Port (Group) Co <600018.SS>, China's biggest port operator, said on Wednesday that its unaudited net profit in 2008 rose 27 percent from 2007.

7/8: China International FPD Technology Exhibition 2009

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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