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Shanghai Bus Explosion: Terrorist Attack or Random Tragedy?
Just heard from my local Chinese friends that “an explosion” killed three people earlier this morning on one of Shanghai’s public transit buses (Route 842). Many of them are speculating that this may...
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Shanghai Railway Station: a guide
Shanghai Railway Station (Shanghai Huoche Zhan, 上海火车站, a.k.a. Shanghai Station, 上海站) is also known as New Passenger Railway Station (Xin Kezhan, 新客站) by Shanghai residents to distinguish it from the...
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Olympic Torch Relay in Shanghai: Traffic Control
Olympic Torch is in Shanghai now. The torch relay will restart after the national mourning period for Wenchuan earthquake (May 19-21). Originally, it was planned on May 20 and 21. I got this notice...
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Random Observations Leaving China…Part 1
After a long spell in Shanghai, and aside from a few trips to Hong Kong and Taipei here and there, I’m now writing from beautiful Los Angeles. Officially, I’m here to visit family and friends....
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Terrorism in China: Shanghai Bus Explosion claimed by Turkestan Islamic Party
Kaiser Kuo just broadcast over Twitter that an Uighur separatist group (Turkestan Islamic Party, which may or may not be the same as East Turkestan Islamic Movement or ETIM) has taken credit for the...
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2 New Shanghai Metro Observations: Patience & Top Gear
Once you’ve been living in China for awhile, you begin filtering out all the background noise and taking many of the things you once marveled at for granted. This includes the bad stuff and often the...
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ExploreMetro: Useful, Intuitive China Subway Maps & Information
Every so often you run into something so completely wonderful, it forces you to ask yourself, “how the hell did I never hear of this before?” ExploreMetro is one such example. It seemingly began in...
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Quintet Shanghai Bed & Breakfast Review
Quintet Shanghai courtyard Quick Summary Quintet Shanghai is a 5 room bed and breakfast in the center of the French Concession in Shanghai at Changshu Lu and Changle Lu. Fay Yen, the owner and...
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Shanghai to Beijing: Take the Train or the Plane?
In all my years in China, believe it or not, I’ve never been to Beijing. Well, a transfer through Terminal 3 doesn’t count, right? It isn’t as if I’ve been holed up in Shanghai the entire time either,...
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Overnight Trains In China: Accommodations & Amenities
Honestly, I can't figure out from where or what angle this photo was taken, but it looks great. So I decided to take the overnight train to Beijing… Shanghai Railway Station, the New Trains, and their...
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