{"id":24840,"date":"2019-10-26T12:15:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T16:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=24840"},"modified":"2019-10-26T12:15:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T16:15:29","slug":"shanghai-has-already-accomplished-what-will-take-californians-more-than-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/26\/shanghai-has-already-accomplished-what-will-take-californians-more-than-4-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai has already accomplished what will take Californians more than 4 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m planning a trip to Shanghai, November 13-24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.okura-nikko.com\/china\/shanghai\/okura-garden-hotel-shanghai\/\">Okura Garden web site<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In accordance with the Shanghai municipal environment regulations, unless requested by staying hotel guest, the hotel no longer proactively provides single-use toiletry amenities such as toothbrush, comb, razor, nail file and shoe mitt from July 1st, 2019. If you have further inquiry please contact the hotel\u2019s guest services.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I think this proves my theory that it will be the Chinese who will save Planet Earth. Californians will need until 2024 to achieve this goal (<a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/19\/we-are-in-a-climate-emergency-but-californians-can-wait-3-4-years\/\">previous post<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, who wants to get together in Shanghai, Suzhou, or Hangzhou?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about hotels? Okura Garden comes up as &#8220;best value&#8221; in the booking engines. Is it better to stay right on the Bund? I will be visiting NYU Shanghai across the river, but mostly hitting all of the tourist sites, museums, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Airfares to China show the absurd lack of competition for domestic travel. 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