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The Good, Bad, & Ugly Of Trains, Youth, Politics, Dissidents & CCTV

The Good, Bad, & Ugly Of Trains, Youth, Politics, Dissidents & CCTV

CNR’s Weekly Review highlights some of the most interesting and can’t miss blog posts from the English China blogosphere. This week: June 14-20, 2009.

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Pleasant Experience Flying Dragonair, PVG to HKG

Pleasant Experience Flying Dragonair, PVG to HKG

An unexpectedly pleasant Dragonair flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong that included a menu, Häagen-Dazs, and flight attendants that just seemed extra…smiley?

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ExploreMetro: Useful, Intuitive China Subway Maps & Information

ExploreMetro: Useful, Intuitive China Subway Maps & Information

Every so often you run into something so completely wonderful, it forces you to ask yourself, “how the hell did I never hear of this before?” ExploreMetro... 

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Beijing – Tianjin High-Speed Railway: Tianjin in 30 Minutes (Part II)

Beijing – Tianjin High-Speed Railway: Tianjin in 30 Minutes (Part II)

All Aboard! So we made it. Into the thing that’s supposed to do 350 km/h, Beijing-Tianjin, 30 minutes, zippy fast, laser speed… vomit comet? (We picked... 

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Terrorism in China: Shanghai Bus Explosion claimed by Turkestan Islamic Party

Terrorism in China: Shanghai Bus Explosion claimed by Turkestan Islamic Party

Kaiser Kuo just broadcast over Twitter that an Uighur separatist group (Turkestan Islamic Party, which may or may not be the same as East Turkestan Islamic Movement... 

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Olympic Torch Relay in Shanghai: Traffic Control

Olympic Torch Relay in Shanghai: Traffic Control

Olympic Torch is in Shanghai now. The torch relay will restart after the national mourning period for Wenchuan earthquake (May 19-21). Originally, it was planned... 

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Getting To Know Beijing’s Subway Line 10 (Part 2)

Getting To Know Beijing’s Subway Line 10 (Part 2)

It’s on with the program. If you didn’t blink, you’ll know where we are — we just introduced Beijing’s Subway Line 10 last week. This... 

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Shanghai Railway Station: a guide

Shanghai Railway Station: a guide

Shanghai Railway Station (Shanghai Huoche Zhan, 上海火车站, a.k.a. Shanghai Station, 上海站) is also known as New Passenger Railway Station (Xin Kezhan,... 

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Shanghai Bus Explosion: Terrorist Attack or Random Tragedy?

Shanghai Bus Explosion: Terrorist Attack or Random Tragedy?

Just heard from my local Chinese friends that “an explosion” killed three people earlier this morning on one of Shanghai’s public transit buses... 

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Getting To Know Beijing’s Subway Line 10 (Part 1)

Getting To Know Beijing’s Subway Line 10 (Part 1)

Beijing’s Subway Line 10, slated to open in June 2008, looks at first to be an arc line — the only arc line of its type when it opens. Having just been... 

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When the Beijing Subway Starts <I>Not</i> Making Sense

When the Beijing Subway Starts Not Making Sense

It’s Guomao. You know, that big “place” in eastern urban Beijing where everything’s supposed to make sense. Make sense as in economically.... 

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Shanghai South Railway Station: the start of a most environmental friendly travel option

Shanghai South Railway Station: the start of a most environmental friendly travel option

Tom Mercer from Simple Green Choices (this blog might not be accessible in China if you don’t have a proxy server) has great resources in green travel. And... 

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Shanghai Pudong International Airport Terminal 2 (T2)

Shanghai Pudong International Airport Terminal 2 (T2)

Shanghai Pudong Airport Terminal (T2) was open to operation on Mar. 26 2008. This is a cover story in all the major newspaper and TV news. Shanghai Morning Post... 

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CNReviews Mind the Gap Wednesday: Beijing and Tianjin

CNReviews Mind the Gap Wednesday: Beijing and Tianjin

We’ll get back to the “regular” Mind the Gap articles next Wednesday (I can hear the moans, I know…), but this Wednesday, I’d like... 

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