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Shanghai in Motion: The 3pm school rush, salsa at Xintiandi and the scrapped Special Olympics song

Left: The Shanghai Show is back with a great new segment that shows you the 3pm rush hour everyday, when parents and grandparents rush to public schools all around the city to pick up their little emperors and empresses. Amazing how much there is to see... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Wed, Oct 17 2007

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