Last updated: 2015-11-09

[Offbeat]: Coast to Coast

One of the very first things you learn in Mandarin class is that "Shang Hai" means 'above the ocean'. But no one teaches you how to find the damn thing.

"Offbeat" is a column about stuff to look at or do in Shanghai that's interesting or weird (relatively, of course), that doesn't fit anywhere else.

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Last updated: 2015-11-09

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