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Shanghai Bans Wearing Pajamas in Public

City wants to curb trend before hosting World Expo

(Newser) - Shanghai wants to look its best when it hosts the 2010 World Expo in a few months, so it's spreading the word to residents: Pajamas are for inside the house. Concerned about the popular habit of wearing boldly colored PJs on city streets, officials have launched a public campaign to...

Shanghai Seeks to Stamp Out 'Chinglish' Signs
Shanghai Seeks to Stamp Out 'Chinglish' Signs
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Shanghai Seeks to Stamp Out 'Chinglish' Signs

(Newser) - Foreign tourists in Shanghai may soon have to go without the amusement of photographing signs in mangled English: City authorities, long embarrassed by the signs, are launching a campaign to root out "Chinglish" ahead of hosting the 2010 World Expo, the BBC reports. Student volunteers will check the city's...

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