Shanghai is for jerksShanghai has been one of the travel destinations I’ve been most looking forward to. That is, until I arrived and remembered how crap travelling can be, writes Kevin O’Faircheallaigh.
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Shanghai hosts China’s first gay pride festival
China’s first ever Gay Pride festival was a victory for Shanghai activists and, they hope, a step toward gay rights in China. But it is not, as one observer put it, the great leap forward.
Meet PetroChina, the face of China’s share bubble
After it listed in Shanghai on 5 November, PetroChina became the world’s first trillion dollar company (after its shares listed at a 163 percent premium). Unfortunately, the glory didn’t last too long, writes Adam Schwab.
