Photo by Big Red Studio The WSJ has a summary of the pajama controversy in the wake of Expo city "improvements". Our take: Who cares? Let Shanghai people wear their damn pajamas. It'll finally lend some authenticity to this whole show already. [WSJ] ... ...full story at Shanghaiist
from Shanghaiist on Fri, Oct 30 2009
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