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Shanghai can be fun sometimes.

Recently I was on the subway at a very light time of the day. Nearby were two tourists or business-folk, Shandong perhaps, with a nice, clean Northern accent. Not far away, in different directions, were two young men, each on their mobiles.

Of course, being Shanghai, both of these young [...]

Shanghai can be a crazy place, let me tell you.

You know, for years I have seen the fashion news on public tv, in the buses and subway, and I guess I never really thought about it. I mean, in the early days I didn’t really think of Shanghai as actually being a so-called [...]

Just as xiaoerjing says, we do exist within the 吴语 region of China, which generally can be defined as an area encompassing Ningbo, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Suzhuo, Wuxi, and, you know, east, west, south and north somewhat. Or so.
I have heard that Yan Cheng, in 苏北 has three local dialects, one of which is [...]

Perhaps appropriate as we celebrate the demise of the Year 2008, an older post that never saw the light of day:

Around Shanghai one will often come upon chalk circles on the ground on the street, or inside a community. Often there will be some ashes in the circle of a uniform, vaguely-yellow color. I would [...]