In a city with an average income of 3000 Rmb I was surprised to read that they spend 160.000 on their weddings.
Some stats from the expat magazine 8Days.
Shanghai Weddings
Total number of marriages in Shanghai last Year - 120.000
Average percentage of savings young people will spend on their wedding - 91.2%
Average cost of a wedding […]

I know, I promised the 1.5 reader of my blog I would stay clear of the Shanghai Daily. Just as I had detoxed myself from the online version I bought today’s paper version and saw this ad.

Bring your own water I suggest.
For those of you who like to know what really is going […]

Although I am still coughing my lungs out I thought I stay in touch with reality and read the online version of the Shanghai Daily to catch up with the latest news. I have missed a lot, I can tell you. Here are the headlines.

City boasts abundant water supply
While fresh, clean water is loosing […]

Doooh, pretty lame title I know, but still true.
Have the flu as the Shanghai weather is changing to cold.
Luckily there is airco which blows hot air. Energy bill will go up again.
Like I said, I have the flu and reading what I just wrote I might as well stop now as it doesn’t make […]

The saga continues. (see previous post on selling the moon).
The Beijing company ‘Lunar Embassy’ is not giving up its right to sell pieces of the moon, despite being forbidden to do so by the Beijing’s industrial and commercial watchdog agency.
It filed suit in Beijing to regain its business license.

The industrial and commercial watchdog agency […]

As the Bird Flu is still in it’s developing rural phase “smart” business men have found a new niche, Tonics, disinfectants, oils, masks and even down clothing are sold on online auctions like Taobao.com and promise prevention of the spread of the disease.

A seller from Shenyang, the capital city of […]

Just updated my review on the Chinesepod podcast. It’s a great tool to learn Chinese but the premium features need a lot more work before I am willing to pay for them.