Random Shanghai stuff…
The mystery behind the Chinese names of Sweden and Switzerland
Explained here by David Petersson.
The problem for these two countries is that their Chinese names are nothing like their native names.
Personally I think these two countries should be renamed to be more in line with the Chinese names, Swe...
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Random Shanghai stuff…
Explained here by David Petersson. The problem for these two countries is that their Chinese names are nothing like their native names. Personally I think these two countries should be renamed to be more in line with the Chinese names, Sweden could be Rayden, what a cool name for a country, and ...
Got this in the email inbox today: Chinese Contemporary Art Market Confidence Survey HIGHLIGHTS: • The ArtTactic Chinese Contemporary Art Market Confidence Indicator sees a positive increase of 27% from December 2009. • 35% of the respondents believe the Chinese contemporary art market has rebounded, with a further 36% believing art market ...
Shanghai Eye been doing quite a lot of research into social media lately. Its changing, the interweb. Anyhow I was persuaded to join renren.com, profile here. They have some cool stuff, but you need renren beans... to buy upgrades and such. I haven't quite figured out how to get free renren ...
Apparently a typhoon is heading towards Shanghai, and middle schools and kindergartens will not re-open tomorrow (September 1). 台风"圆规"影响申城 市政府紧急通知全市各中小学9月1日停课一天 ( 2010年8月31日 ) 据市气象部门预测，台风“圆规”将于8月31日夜间至9月1日对本市产生明显风雨影响。为保证中小学生的安全和学校、幼儿园正常运行的需要，市政府决定全市各中小学、幼托园所（含各类职校）9月1日停课一天。对不知道停课消息已经到校的学生要安排好他们的学习生活。对因受气候影响未按时上班的职工不作迟到处理。