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| The Garden Plants of China |
It is hard to imagine gardens without peonies, flowering peaches, camellias, gardenias, azaleas, wisteria, forsythia, crabapples, and the host of other ornamentals that were introduced first in Chinese gardens. And the development of the modern repeat-flowering roses would not have occurred had the so-called monthly roses not been brought to Europe from China. In spite of the romance and excitement generated by the discoveries of the famous plant hunters in the wilds of China, the Chinese plants with the greatest impact on the gardens of the world have actually come from Chinese gardens and nurseries. 
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Opinionist: Bill and Warren's Excellent (Chinese) Adventure
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This article also appeared on The China Beat and was republished with permission here. It is written by Caroline Reeves, Assistant Professor of History at Emmanuel College. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are throwing a charity banquet in Beijing. On September 29th, the two American tycoons will host a dinner for China’s wealthiest magnates to convince them to give their monies away
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Pet of the Month: Blondie
This month's Adoptable Pet from Jaiya Animal Rescue, a new(ish) group on the block looking to help out stray kitties and puppies. Name : Blondie
Age : Approx. 12 weeks
Health : Vaccinated, dewormed and deflead.
Ideal Home : Gets along well with people, children and other cats. Story :
My siblings and I were abandoned in the garden of a compound … why people left us to fend for
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Kick off the World Cup the right way
Tonight is the opening game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup with South Africa and Mexico facing each other in Johannesburg at 10pm China time. To help you celebrate the competition the entire world is watching, Shanghaiist compiled places around town that are sure to be high on World Cup fever. Take your pick. You're welcome: For football, food and drinks... Zapata's and Sasha's
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Art: How Meg Maggio swept through Shanghai and left us reeling
Meg Maggio is the owner of Beijing-based gallery Pékin Fine Arts. The seasoned gallerist clearly hit her mark when she selected Korean artist Choi Jeong-Hwa's work to exhibit in a hat trick of Shanghai art events earlier this month, effectively turning him into the mascot of this year's Shanghai art season. How did she do it? Step 1: Aug 7 | Start the buzz with a museum exhibit
Choi
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Electrolist: Berlin 8-bit retroblaster tonight
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Electrolist, by Shanghai Ultra of the VOID crew, gives the lowdown on the Shanghai electronic music scene each week, with picks, tips, news, and other rumors. Thanks to the Phreaktion Crew , Roni Size and his sidekick Dynamite MC packed a white-hot Shelter last weekend. Electrolist couldn't make it due to a football-related incident, so we asked the first person we could find who
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Weekendist: Scottish dancing, Car racing and Bears
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The weekend is here, hallelujah! For many, this weekend will be heavily focussed on Thanksgiving! Whether that’s taking advantage of all of the offers in the bars and restaurants, staying at home ‘Skype’-ing your loved ones, or chowing down on a Turkey sub from Subway, we’re sure there’s going to be some Thanksgiving influence in there. If you don’t
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Win some cash by greenify'n your balcony!
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In the latest and potentially greatest attempt by the government to spruce up our lovely Shanghai before the expo, the government has started a "most beautiful balcony competition." And the best part? The winner gets 3,000 yuan! But in case you thought this was just like any other gardening competition, you're in for a surprise. That's right: they have standards . High ones. From
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More PPAR Cats of the Month: Candido and Persio
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Persio and Candido were rescued on May 12, 2011 from Suzhou Lu, with no food, shelter, or protection, and Persio was already sick. They were abandoned to fend for themselves in a small patch of garden, and were neglected by the people that owned the garden where they were trying to survive. The pair were rescued and received very
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Could it be, a feast at EEST?
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Shanghai has the definitive brunch culture, with a plethora of Sunday brunch deals at a variety of price ranges and always one taxi ride away. Hankering for some all-you-can-eat dim sum this past Sunday, we headed to EEST. Situated on the fifth floor inside the Westin Hotel, EEST Crystal Garden has their three kitchens -- Chinese, Japanese, and Thai -- intermix and intermingle to create a
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Cagley & Tanner: We did not design the tacky part of that new club named after the US president
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Everyone we've been talking to has been curious as to how the owners and investors of the new club in town could have blown US$15 million and still made it look like crap, so we got in touch with the Las Vegas architect Cagley & Tanner that is supposed to have designed the club. Below an exchange of emails between us and them: Shanghaiist : I understand from the new Obama Club in
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