Oli's Shanghai Blog

. . . I think that might be a little late… 我觉得有一点晚…

Chinese cultural society has evolved very quickly over the past twenty years, and people are now being forced to deal with issues that perhaps 20 years ago were not issues. 在过去的20年里，中国文化社会发展得非常迅速，然而人们也在被迫要面对一些20年前没有的问题。 People are much more liberal than they were in times before, and it shows – on the street, in cafés, in bars…but this also [...]

I know it’s a slow news-time for headline writers at the moment, but you don’t need to resort to this… Let’s get a little bit closer….(not too close though) Someone’s gonna get it for this one!

I’ve seen a few lookalikes in my time in China, but this one has to be the closest to ‘separated at birth’ I’ve seen so far: 在中国我见过很多长得很相像的人了，可是这个是我至今看到得最像的非双胞胎： Can you guess? 你能分辨出来吗？ Could this be the Colonel’s long lost brother – the General?! 这会不会是上校失散多年的兄弟——将军？！

Footage from Uruguyuan TV shows another amazing shock after the England vs Germany match! 哭死我了！

After losing 7-0 against Portugal, it seems that the crying footballers of North Korea may be going directly to the coal mines…The guys from KDS forum have started a campaign to stop this from happening! 与葡萄牙打成7比0以后，看来可怜的朝鲜队真的要去挖煤了…KDS论坛上的人们已经发起了拯救他们的战役了！ Save Coal-miner Zheng Da Shi! 拯救矿工郑大世！

While walking around an apartment compound near Hongqiao golf club, I stumbled across this brilliantly titled gym. 当我走在虹桥高尔夫俱乐附近的一个小区附近的时候，偶然发现一个名字发光的健身房。 You may be able to do a little exercise there…but surely your mind would always be on the Sunday Lunch (Yorkshire pudding, mashed potato, roast potato….ROAST BEEF) which was waiting for you afterwards…. 你可能可以在那里做一些锻炼…但你一定会总是挂念着周日的午餐（约克郡布丁，土豆泥，烤土豆…烤牛肉）正在锻炼后等着你… BEEEF CAKKKKEEE! 牛肉饼！