Ripped from the headlines - Shanghai version

I buy a newspaper each morning to read on my subway commute. It's only $.28 so it's not a big deal. I was brought up reading newspapers of pretty good quality so I am really happy when I get a good one to read. When version 2 of the Ipad comes out, I'll probably never read a newspaper again, but that's a story for a different day.

In Shanghai, there are two English language Chinese newspapers, China Daily, which is kind of a Communist version of USA Today and Shanghai Daily, which is a Communist version of the NY Post before it became an embarrassment. I prefer the Shanghai Daily since it has a little more focus on the area where I live.

Here are some samples of stories from this week...
1. Excessive Personal Freedom Hurts Public Good (Written by some idiot from Iowa, I guess he's living in the right country if he wants less freedom.)
2. Student stage protest (Sounds like they want more rights, but they are actually protesting against the Japanese over a group of islands disputed between the two countries.)
3. Chopstick removed from Stomach - Half of a chopstick was removed from the stomach of a 50 year old man who swallowed it 28 years ago.
4. Obama sets record for Gay appointments
5. Michael Jackson is the top earning dead star
6. Superbug reaches mainland - A drug resistant superbug was found on three people in mainland China.
7. Expo Visitors patience hailed - The Shanghai World Expo has had some outrageous crowds that have kept me away. The busiest day a few weeks ago saw 1.03 million visitors. The wait for the Saudi Pavillion which has the largest Imax screen in the world was 12 hours at 10:30 AM so they closed the line for the day. Who would wait in line for 12 hours? Certainly not anyone from New York City!
8. Increase in foreigner overstaying - Police are fining, detaining and warning foreigners who are overstaying their allowed Visa periods. (My wife thought it no big deal to stay a few days longer than she's allowed. She's actually quite afraid of ending up in a Communist prison. She's such a do-gooder, this couldn't happen, could it.)
9. China tops resume' fibs table - Job applicants in China are more likely to exaggerate their achievements than their counterparts in other Asian countries.
10. Blogger warned over post - This surely could have been me. A Shanghai blogger has been warned by police not to spread rumors online after they posted a photo of a price list of mistresses from local colleges. (I just want a copy of the list.) On the list, girls willing to be mistresses from different colleges are tagged with prices ranging from $2,900 to $75,000 depending on the quality of the colleges!