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Jay Chou, Convenience Store and lots of Folk music

Well...after a day of bloating ourselves on turkey and pumpkin pie (sorry Shanghaiist is American and assumes that everyone else wants to be one) the perfect cure is a night of live music. Lucky for us Convenience Store, one of Beijing's longest lasting... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Fri, Nov 23 2007

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22 Aug 08 visit China: iTunes is blocked and it's Apple's fault  »  Global Voices Silicon Hutong blogger David Wolf notes that the iTunes Music Store is now blocked in China, assumes this was due to the release on iTunes of a Tibetan music album, assumes Apple chose to release it during the Olympics as an act of...
15 Jan 08 visit Expensive China  »  China Snippets Yesterday I was baffled when the sales lady at my local Alldays convenience store told me the price of a 5 liter water container. The day before it was priced more than 5% less. She said that all prices in the store had increased. It’s inflation...
20 Aug 08 visit Night time phone call  »  Danwei Lydia Wallace will be posting nightly photos shot after sunset during the Olympics. A girl uses the phone at a local convenience store, stretching the cord to step outside for some privacy.This article is from Danwei.org
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21 Sep 07 visit Live Music: IGO, Beethoven and a Nanjing music festival  »  Shanghaiist For any one who missed it, Cold Fairyland and the Scoff both had concerts last night at the Shanghai Concert Hall and 4Live, respectively. Yesterday afternoon Shanghaiist had spent a solid 2 hours writing an exquisite piece of prose about these two...

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