Shanghai: Notes on Urban Life

Author: A False Reputation
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Upon waking up, he sat at the desk, browsing the internet while shaving. Later, he realized it was overcast with a light, indifferent drizzle. Sundays were meant to be this way—unfazed by the world. But then he found out he was wrong. Today was the day of the Shanghai-Connect battle. No matter what, it was time to fight. Last year, Teacher Wang had gone to Hongkou early in the morning, dusty and weary, chasing yellow tickets. Later, a few colleagues went to a Shanghai-style restaurant near the stadium. An attendant, so excited, actually knocked a sign for braised pig trotters to the ground.