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【METRO】A war on 'uncivilized' pajamas 
上海热议“睡衣上街” 

Some Shanghai residents are fighting a long-standing habit in the city: wearing pajamas on the street.
上海为了迎世博,引发了一场该不该穿睡衣上街的争议。 

Calling the attire "uncivilized," some neighborhoods in Pudong New Area and Hongkou District have recruited volunteers to try persuading residents that it's uncool to wear their jammies in public. 

Sometimes people listen to them, but sometimes they're turned down or given a hostile, "None of your business!"

The drive has sparked a debate between those who regard the pajamas as a unique reminder of Shanghai's shikumen past - or, alternatively, an old status symbol which showed you were rich enough to afford a pair of PJs - and those who view the night-wear as a public embarrassment.

In Pudong New Area, the Qiba Neighborhood Community was a pilot for fighting pajama-wearing on the street. Shen Guofang, a neighborhood committee official, said it was hard work because the idea had been rooted in some people's minds.

For example, some old ladies have been accustomed to not changing clothes before going to the wet market or dropping garbage.

"We encourage our volunteers, most of whom are middle-aged women, and students in the summer holiday, to persuade people in a joking tone," Shen said. 

Some foreigners wonder what all the fuss is about.

Paal Sveen, a 25-year-old operations manager from Norway, said he found the Shanghai habit an "interesting" phenomenon.

"I believe street wear is defined differently and has actually become a part of the culture of a big Chinese city like Shanghai," Sveen said.

Too nosy

Yu Hai, a sociologist with Fudan University, strongly opposes the campaign, which he called poking a nose into others' business.

"It's part of Shanghai people's tradition," he said. "Foreigners don't care about it so much. They believe when in Rome, do as Romans do.

"Only some government officials feel it's a big deal and may lose our dignity in this way."

The tradition originated from Shanghai's distinctive lifestyle in the shikumen houses, Yu said.

Locals used to live in the heavily subdivided shikumen buildings when housing was limited, sharing a communal kitchen, toilets, bathrooms.

In that situation, "it's very natural for people to go downstairs to throw litter or strolling in the lanes without changing their clothes," Yu said. 

Harms image

Yang Xiong, a professor at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, supported the campaign, saying the habit should be eliminated, lest it harm the city's image.

But he also advised the government not to take the drive too seriously.

"Fashion and undesirable customs may change in different ages," he said.

"Shanghai people used to think it was a symbol of affluence and status to wear pajamas, but now it's become a bad habit as Shanghai comes in line with international conventions."


【NATION】Emperor's seal sold at auction 
乾隆玉玺在伦敦拍出4000万元 

An auction of Chinese relics by Sotheby's of London triggered outrage among Chinese Internet users as an imperial seal belonging to Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) fetched 3.56 million pounds (US$5.91 million).
乾隆玉玺"八征耄念之宝"被伦敦苏富比拍卖行以近357万英镑(约合4000万元人民币)的价格拍出。该拍卖备受关注,中国网民呼吁追索。

The jade seal was sold along with 152 other Chinese relics, while 109 lots were passed in, a Sotheby's representative told China National Radio yesterday. 

The seal was made for the emperor's 80th birthday. He ruled from 1736 to 1796.

Many of China's looted relics have been sold recently. Sotheby's Hong Kong sold another Qianlong seal for HK$63.38 million (US$8.18 million) last month, prompting Internet users to urge the government to recover relics.

But antiques experts said their passion could help drive up the prices of Chinese relics, making it harder for China to buy them back.

Jin Yunchang, a professor with the National Palace Museum, said Chinese relics being sold were not necessarily looted as palace attendants in the late Qing Dynasty often stole items for sale.

A survey conducted by UNESCO showed that there are more than 1.67 million relics in 200 museums around the world. And it's estimated there are 10 times more in private collections.


【WORLD】Hanks' film promises realistic war experience
汤姆-汉克斯4D大片《超越边界》二战致敬

ACTOR Tom Hanks says viewers are in for a realistic "wartime experience" when the film he produced, "Beyond All Boundaries," opens at the National World War II Museum in the American city of New Orleans today.
由好莱坞著名男星汤姆·汉克斯制作的纪录短片《超越边界》今起在美国国家二战博物馆上映。这部“4D”影片不仅采取了36米宽的超大屏幕放映，还融入了烟雾、气味、摇椅等多种感官元素，将观众感受到坦克轰隆隆开过大地、歼灭机发动起飞等逼真的场面。


The film will be shown exclusively at the museum's new Victory Theater, which includes "4-D" elements such as props, simulated winds and shaking seats. Images from Pearl Harbor to the wintry Battle of the Bulge are shown on a 36-meter-wide screen.

The film incorporates vintage film footage, animation and sensory effects so audiences can feel the rumbling of tank treads and booming of anti-aircraft fire.

"This is not just a widescreen movie," said Hanks, who narrates the 35-minute film. "There's actual things that pop up, actual elements that come into it that put you in the environment."

Victory Theater has been a highly anticipated attraction at the museum. The theater was built specifically for "Beyond All Boundaries" as part of a US$300 million museum expansion that is expected to continue until 2015. 

"We think of it as a World War II museum history park with a variety of things to engage visitors," said Gordon "Nick" Mueller, the museum's chief executive. 

Hanks, the star of "Saving Private Ryan" and an executive producer on the World War II miniseries "Band of Brothers," said the planning and making of "Beyond All Boundaries" took five years. He said one of the toughest aspects of the project was trying to decide what elements of World War II would be represented in such a short film.

What had to be captured, "without question," Hanks said, were the economic and human costs and the war's roots in the civil rights and women's rights movements.

"We still had segregated armed forces," Hanks said. "We asked guys to go off and risk their lives and come back home and ride in the back of the bus. There was no way that brand of injustice could continue in our country after that war."


===Today in History===

On this day in 1995, Chinese scientist Wang Xuan won the UNESCO Science Prize. Wang, director of the Founder Informatics Institute of Peking University, won the prize for his contribution to the Chinese photocomposition system. The biennial prize was set up in 1968 to those who have advanced the technological development of a developing nation.


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viral marketing 
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爱老虎油 (ai4 lao3 hu3 you2)
I love you
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alive
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