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Racial profiling at Shanghai's Tomorrow Square?

A guest at Tomorrow Square on People's Square has alerted us to this document entitled "Safety measures for the tenants of Tomorrow Square for the Olympic period" posted in the building. The document starts off quite innocently like this:Recently, while... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Sat, Jul 19 2008

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