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3 New Xiangyang Market Location?

another good alternative to the market at SSTM (Shanghai Science and Technology Museum) is also located in Pudong, close to Time Square, next to McDonalds. It is a big building with loud and noisy loudspeakers outside.

In the second and third floor you can get all the stuff that I formerly purchased at Xiangyang Market. And the prices are lower than at SSTM, according to my observation and experience. T- and Polo- shirts I purchase between 30-40 RMB, NorthFace jacket around 100-120RMB, Montblanc pens at 10RMB and so on....
I really support twang`s strategy of bargaining at these market - the same that I am using and it works definitely
Posted by marcus at 2007-01-31 13:31:42. More

2 International Events in Shanghai

I was at Ad:Tech and being in the interactive business, have to say the whole thing was great. They were handing out headsets for simultaneous translation in both English and Mandarin so the language barrier you mention was not a problem. The panelists were able to debate issues with each other in either language and it worked well. Admittedly, the keynote events were a bit dull.

If it hadn't been in Shanghai, I would not have found it so stimulating. I'd never been there before and was really pleasantly surprised by the city in the 2 days I was there, apart from the smokers everywhere and the scary drivers. I found the service to be more genuine than in Hong Kong.

I should also thank you for your info (including map) on how to get to my hotel from the airport which I was scrambling to find on Monday morning. You're right - I couldn't find any official airport or city map and ended up on your site and clicking a few times. I printed it out in colour and used it anytime I got in a taxi. Having said that, none of them knew how to read the map, or knew where Pudong Park was, and yesterday I had to resort to drawing a sketch of the TV tower to avoid completely missing my breakfast appointment. Thanks!
Posted by Marcus at 2005-11-17 22:50:38. More

1 Maglev Extends 2 Hours?

What I don't understand is..why didn't they build the thing to Central Puxi in the first place? It's fine for me as my wife lives off Longyang Lu, but for most visitors it must seem to be the middle of nowhere
Posted by Marcus at 2005-05-31 14:33:27. More