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• Julu Lu on the Bund?

  Well it certainly looks like we weren't the only guys to get spammed by the folks from Riviera Events (check out the anonymous tips on our Contribute page!), Michael Cole of the SH Magazine did too. He asks some very poignant questions on his blog: Are women going to be encouraged to go to events where the flyer promotes doing strange things with Champagne bottles? When they say that there will be "free entry for women in sensual chic attire," does this mean that the entire population of Julu Lu will transfer to Bar Rouge? Is this the apogee of nightclub entertainment in Shanghai? All you can drink for 100 RMB, plus slutty looking women drink for free? The sad thing is that this will probably work. Someone finally found a way to out BonBon the folks at BonBon. On the positive side, all of the schemey types that you didn't want to meet, but have more than 100 RMB in their pockets, will probably be at Bar Rouge on Thursday night. Which means I should be safe to roam the rest of the city at will. We really couldn't have said it better ourselves, and we know we won't be there this Thursday. Still, if anyone of you happens to be there and wants to send in a review, you know you can get us at info@shanghaiist.com (Note to party organisers: Read this page). Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:52 AM from Shanghaiist | 0 Comments Filed under: Overheard

• Did they really say that?: Smart folks from Shanghai Daily, Hainan Airlines and the Wall Street Journal

  Shanghai Daily columnist Wang Yong in his Op-Ed, At last a manly man who can sing trumps girly boys: For too long, many domestic TV entertainment channels have profaned music and the notion of competition by giving top honors to tomboys or sissy boys for being what they are - boyish girls and feminine boys - NOT for what or how they sing. The realm of music (which if not sacred should at least require some talent) suffered most when Li Yuchun, a tomboy whose voice was the weakest of all the finalists in a national singing contest in 2005, walked away with the "Super Girl" championship. Shi Yang, a boy who dances like a young woman, became a hot idol during the "My Show" contest in Shanghai last year. Chen Feng, the chairman of Hainan Airlines, told a panel at the recent World Economic Forum in Singapore: [Westerners were...] robbers and bandits before you became right-minded people. Jeremy Haft's Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal (via the TIME China Blog): Polls show a majority of Americans believe China has mastered basic manufacturing -- and it's now barreling into our high-tech backyard. That's FALSE. As the product recalls demonstrate, China can barely make low-value goods reliably, much less higher-value ones. The problems are structural, not the result of a few bad apples. [Emphasis from Shanghaiist] Picture from Shanghai Daily. Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2007 6:21 AM from Shanghaiist | 0 Comments Filed under: Overheard