Family or Lover?
Date:2010-01-14
Q: Will you spend February 14 with your family or your lover? or both?
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Shanghai travel agency
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" I love my girlfriend so much that I want to share the Spring Festival with her, not with my family. I think my parents would understand that." |
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Lin Weijie 26 Shanghai IT worker |
" I'll be with my family. Indeed, I prefer our traditional festival to the Western Valentine's Day." |
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Yin Jiajia 25 Shanghai company worker |
" It's a perfect chance for me to take my boyfriend home and meet my parents. We can enjoy the two festivals together and that will mean a lot to me in my whole life." |
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Anni Gao 32 Shanghai accountant |
" It's a dilemma for me as it's hard to balance between my family and my lover. I think I'll be with my lover as I love him a little bit more." |
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Anna Vladimir 25 Russia Bank staff |
" I'll be with my boyfriend, but I think young people in China would decide to be with their families, as the traditional Spring Festival means much more than the Western Valentine's Day." |
Public transportation during Expo
Date:2010-01-09
Q: Expo visitors are being urged to use public transport. Will you be taking the bus to visit the event?
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Liu Huiming 51 Shanghai teacher |
"I encourage everybody to take the bus as the city already has too many private vehicles that slow down the traffic. Taking a bus is also good for the environment. " |
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Song Liwu 76 Shanghai |
Year-end bonus
Date:2010-01-04
Q: After the economic crisis, do you expect your year-end bonus to be as good as last year's?
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James Jiang 25 Shanghai communication worker |
" I'd like to have two ducks as year-end bonus so I can cook them during the Spring Festival. I hate the economic crisis." |
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Frank Wang 28 Shanghai |
Disneyland in Pudong New Area
Date:2009-11-07
Q: Do you have concerns about the Disneyland destined for Pudong New Area?
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Wang Siyuan 16 Shanghai student |
"I will visit it with my parents as soon as it is built. However, the entrance fee worries me if it's too expensive." |
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Matan Armoni 31 Israel |
Pajamas and city's image
Date:2009-11-06
Q: Do you think wearing pajamas in public harmful to the city's image?
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Olive Qiu 40 Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region accountant |
" Nightwear in public is totally unacceptable to me. It represents laziness and lack of manners." |
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Queena Qu 30 Liaoning Province |
City's high-rise litterbugs
Date:2009-10-22
Q: What is the best way to thwart the city’s high-rise litterbugs?
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Faye Cheng 24 Shanghai market researcher |
" Maybe we should place more trash containers around high-rise apartments, with warning signs designed to shame offenders." |
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Brad Holt 43 United States |
Taxi Price Rise
Date:2009-10-10
Q: How will you be affected by the rise in taxi fares?
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Liu Zhousong 29 Shanghai art collector |
" The cab price rise sounds reasonable to me as the oil price is going up all the time. Taking a cab is still my first choice on business." |
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Luo Nan 45 Shanghai |
zoos' admission prices
Date:2009-09-04
Q: Shanghai’s two zoos are increasing their admission prices to cover rising feed costs. Is that reasonable?
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Zhu Guihun 58 Shanghai retired |
" Why should we citizens pay more for the animals' feed since it is the government's job to subsidize the zoos?" |
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Guo Shiyun 30 Henan Province |
