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		<title>Train Schedule and Prices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to take a day trip or weekend trip by train? ]]></description>
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		<title>Qipu Road: Wholesale Clothes Shopping</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buy clothes, shoes, bags, jackets, hats, and all sorts of accessories at Qipu Road (七铺路), which sounds like "cheap" said with a Chinese accent, Shanghai's famous and infamous wholesale shopping area. More popular with local retailers who sometimes get their stock here at wholesale prices, these shops also offer single item sales. Don't let the chaos stop you, there are good quality clothing there for a fraction of the price in retail shops. Warning: Bargaining powers needed.]]></description>
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		<title>Try Your Luck with Scratch &amp; Win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are two booths along Nanjing East Road Pedestrian Street (南京东路步行街) that exchanges your cash for the chance to win more cash. Like a lottery ticket, but you don't have to wait for the weekly results. They are Scratch &#038; Win cards!]]></description>
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		<title>Ah Niang Noodles 阿娘面</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's something about a long line of customers outside a restaurant that always spikes interest.

The Ah Niang Noodles Shop (阿娘面) at Sinan Road is only open during meal times for about 2.5 hours each time, and the snaking queue outside it everyday is testament to how popular it is. The process of queuing, getting your order taken, finding a seat, and finally getting your bowl of noodles is about half an hour to an hour, depending on the time you arrive and how many other customers were thinking of having Ah Niang noodles for their meal too. Going near the end of the mealtime seems to be a better bet as the crowd dissipates.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tis the Season of Buying Down Jackets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just last year, Bosideng opened their flagship store on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Shanghai. Previously, there were only little Bosideng corners at departmental stores. The down jacket designs are no longer as plain and old-fashioned (think: for grannies and grandpas) as they used to be. They have done a good job redesigning their apparel to make down jackets look pretty trendy, thus repositioning themselves as upmarket and fashionable. The store is big and variety is aplenty.]]></description>
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		<title>Matchmaking Market at People&#8217;s Square Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The marriage market is huge in China. Other than online dating sites like zhenai.com (珍爱网), jiayuan.com (世纪佳缘交友网), and baihe.com (百合网); there are also many variety shows on television that allow singles to handpick their dating partners on their own, or women even let their mothers handpick for them. For a look at good 'ol parents matchmaking for their children, visit the matchmaking market at People's Square Park (人民公园) on weekends.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shanghaihalfpat.com/matchmaking-market-at-peoples-square-park/</link>
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		<title>Shanghai Weekend Getaway: Sun Island</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just an hour's drive away, Sun Island in Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu district, promises a relaxing city getaway while being surrounded by nature. Choose from activities like horse riding, sunbathing and swimming in the wave pool, soaking in the indoor hot spring swimming pool, karting, KTV, and of course, playing golf in the two 18-hole courses.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shanghaihalfpat.com/shanghai-weekend-getaway-sun-island/</link>
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		<title>Shanghai Day Trip: Chong Ming Island 崇明岛</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking a day trip to Chong Ming Island is best done with a rented car. The island is big and getting around isn't as easy as in town. You'd have to depend on cabs who may or may not run by the meter. And that's if you can get one.

Now's a good time to visit the island and catch some hairy crabs (it's in season), but of course if you're not interested in that, June - September is the recommended time to explore the third biggest island in China.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shanghaihalfpat.com/shanghai-day-trip-chong-ming-island-%e5%b4%87%e6%98%8e%e5%b2%9b/</link>
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		<title>Shanghai International Music Fireworks Festival 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing else quite makes thousands of people go "whoa" at the same time like fireworks shooting through the sky, painting the skyline with gold shimmers. We're not talking about the cacophony of random fireworks we have to endure during the 15 days of the Lunar New Year. It's the annual Shanghai International Music Fireworks Festival! Different countries showcase a spectacular pyrotechnic display entertainingly synchronized with different pieces of music.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shanghaihalfpat.com/shanghai-international-music-fireworks-festival-2011/</link>
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		<title>Cheers In: Great Beer Delivery Service in Shanghai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fancy having imported beer delivered to your doorstep, à la Sherpa's delivery system?

In the spirit of Oktoberfest (albeit a belated one), I ordered some bottles of beer from a new beer delivery service in town, Cheers In. It came just in time with the shaokao I ordered (another post for another day).]]></description>
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