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Bob James brings smooth jazz to town JZ Club has started hosting concerts at the Shanghai Center Theater (the one in the Portman Ritz-Carlton building) and the next one is tomorrow (Friday, that is). This show is featuring Bob James, the smooth jazz pianist who recently recorded his album "Angels of Shanghai" here in town with a number of local traditional intrumentalists. There's more information about the project on Bob James' website. Performers: LI li - pipa (琵琶) LIU zhen - erhu...

Shanghai, it's time to eat the donuts Photos by nocas For those planning on hibernating this winter, it just got easier to add those crucial extra layers of fat. Dunkin' Donuts just opened in Shanghai, much to the delight of Marc van der Chijs and probably many other people. SH mag says, "This is supposed to be store number one of one hundred." SH also suggests our city might be in the midst of a "donut war." Aussie brand Donut King...

Listen: "RMB 3 million foreign douchebag in Shanghai" Adam Schokora of Danwei points us to this audio recording of a "disgruntled customer lecturing a telephone operator at a well-known, city-wide food delivery company based in Shanghai". Do a bit of research and you'll find there's only one food delivery company in town that delivers Blue Frog and it happens to be an advertiser on Shanghaiist. Does the voice of this douchebag sound familiar to any of you readers out there? We say unleash...

China fights Tibet propaganda battle with Google Ads With political arrows still being shot back and forth between Beijing and Dharamsala, China has been panning out its efforts to win the propaganda battle over Tibet, sending teams of Tibetologists to Finland and Italy to 'educate' academics and students on the history and modern development of Tibet. Realising that influencing scholars and historians is not enough, China has also taken the battle into the online arena to reach people like you and I. Lately...

US opens consulate in China industry center Wuhan (AP via Yahoo! News) The U.S. opened its first new consulate in China in 20 years on Thursday as part of a shift of diplomatic resources away from Europe and toward the "new front lines of diplomacy."

Protest-hit China says job stability top priority (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Stabilising 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.

In China, Hard Times at the Scrapheap (Time Magazine) China's recycling industry once brought improbable prosperity to hundreds of junkmen. That was before the global slowdown

China to overhaul battered dairy industry (AP via Yahoo! News) China announced a complete overhaul of its dairy industry Thursday to improve safety at every step — from cow breeding to milk sales — saying its worst food quality scandal in years had revealed "major problems" in quality control.

Shanghai Tang to donate 10% of sales proceeds (Honolulu Advertiser) Shanghai Tang, at Ala Moana Center, is hosting a special event Nov. 30 to support Gregory House Programs and its work in the community and as a way to acknowledge World AIDS Day.

Insider: Disneyland theme park to be built in Shanghai (People's Daily) "The settlement of Disneyland theme park in Shanghai is beyond doubt," revealed recently by an expert who has participated in the investigation and feasibility study on the Disneyland Shanghai project for several years. A comprehensive entertainment brand comprised of several industries such as service and manufacturing will become one of the new forces to boost Shanghai's economy. It is learnt ...

Shanghai, it's time to eat the donuts (Shanghaiist) Photos by nocas For those planning on hibernating this winter, it just got easier to add those crucial extra layers of fat. Dunkin' Donuts just opened in Shanghai, much to the delight of Marc van der Chijs and probably many other people. SH mag says , "This is supposed to be store number one of one hundred." SH also suggests our city might be in the midst of a "donut ...

Listen: "RMB 3 million foreign douchebag in Shanghai" (Shanghaiist) Adam Schokora of Danwei points us to this audio recording of a "disgruntled customer lecturing a telephone operator at a well-known, city-wide food delivery company based in Shanghai". Do a bit of research and you'll find there's only one food delivery company in town that delivers Blue Frog and it happens to be an advertiser on Shanghaiist. Does the voice of this douchebag sound familiar to ...

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

7/8: 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.

10.08.2005 (29 new)

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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