Overheard in the comment section of our earlier story on the Chongqing cooking oil stampede was the opinion that the pushing and shoving here in Shanghai is much worse than in Chongqing. Agreed. We see so many potential stampedes happening here everyday ... ...full story at Shanghaiist
from Shanghaiist on Wed, Nov 14 2007
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