Shanghai To Issue Spit Bags To Taxi Drivers. Nice. Would you rather ride around with a bag of spit all day or wind down your window and expectorate?

Eric Clapton played Shanghai last night. Lots of old tunes from the Derek and the Dominoes era. More details here. Talking of Dereks one of his two support guitarists on this tour is Derek Trucks.

Shanghai Metro has a new website. There’s no metro map on the site though. Why would there be?

So Xiang Yang Market has closed. As a memorial, here’s a picture of their piracy sign declaring no fake goods sold. A sign that was universally ignored by sellers, buyers and government officials. The market and all shops surrounding it have disappeared - all in one weekend. Even the Starbucks across the street has closed. 

So last Saturday the Rolling Stones played in Shanghai. Here’s my notes on the gig.