This blog post has been edited to reflect some clarifications on price and telephone number we received from Starfish:
Starfish
Four-course seafood dinner for two, with deals on champagne all night. RMB 450 (with options to add lobster for additional charge). 6pm. (6416 5499)

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The following events we mentioned above are sold out (as anticipated):

Super Sad True Love Story (Mar 9)
Tiger Head, Snake Tails (Mar 10)
The Economist Panel (Mar 10)
China in Ten Words (Mar 14)

Two other events we can't believe we left out, but which are also sold out (so get on the waiting list ASAP if you're interested):
Julia Lovell's The Opium War (Mar 17)
Paul French, Midnight in Peking (Mar 18)

Meanwhile, there's been a NEW EVENT added: Yu Hua will be speaking on his latest book China in Ten Words on Mar 11 also. So if you were bummed the Mar 14 talk was sold out, here's life giving you a second chance.

BJgirlforyou wrote:
A satellite would not surived reentry into our atmosphere let alone weigh 1.87 tons, once it enter the atmosphere 99% would of burnt to a crip.

the article states:

Quote:
Although most space debris burns up on entering the earth's atmosphere Rosat, a defunct satellite launched 20 years ago, was made of durable material. Experts said that as much as 60 per cent of its bulk survived re-entry so if it had crashed into a highly populated like Beijing it could have caused the worst disaster in the history of space exploration.

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