Yes, we have no scrap, pt. III

As noted in previous posts, Shanghai Scrap is the lucky beneficiary of misdirected scrap metal, paper, and plastic inquiries from around the world. As also noted in previous posts, I reserve the right to re-print these sometimes ridiculous, but always interesting, inquiries (with the solicitor’s name, if the email is clearly identifiable as scrap spam).…

Even Better Than the Real Thing: A Shanghai Scrap Correction!

Earlier this week, Shanghai Scrap told you all about the torturous path that Shanghai’s 19th century Carmelite convent has taken, from after-thought on the Shanghai Film Studio lot, to (apparently) a renovated museum at the redeveloped Shanghai Film Centre . The full account can be found here. Foolish, foolish me. This afternoon I happened to…

How to absolve yourself of negligence in forty words or less.

Below, a minor classic in the under-appreciated art of pinning blame for a workplace accident on the injured party. The complicated and highly refined nature of this craft makes solo performances exceedingly rare, and this instance is no exception: for here we have a stark duet, between the city agency responsible for running the Shanghai…

BOCOG Hearts Sochi

In other Olympic news, the IOC’s coordination panel for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, made their first site visit on Tuesday. There doesn’t seem to be much English-language coverage of this event, but what little does exist does not paint a positive picture. For example, Reuters reports that police were seen beating homeowners…

An Autocratic Shoulder to Cry On.

Sure, it seems like all fun and games being elected the President of Russia. But when the vodka stops flowing, and the long shadow of one Vladmir Putin starts peering over your shoulder, those Moscow nights might start looking a whole lot darker. And if that’s not trouble enough, those pesky, nosy Western democracies aren’t…