Shanghai Connection?

[Steve Cochran]

Hello, OST Colleagues:

A trusted friend and colleague in sustainable development and community
building has sent me the following message, and I'm at a loss to help her.
If anyone on the list has a Shanghai contact for her, please send it to me
directly and I'll forward it on.

Thanks in advance - Steve

Steve Cochran

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828-545-1467

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Date: 6/03/2010

Subject: Contacts in Shanghai?

Hello!

I find myself in an awkward position. It's a long story, but I will be in
Shanghai from July 1 - 3 this year, and at the moment I do not have a host
or a place to stay when I get there. (I was invited to speak at a conference
for cities, but I just found out that the dates of the conference changed,
and the cost of changing my tickets is quite high). This was tacked on to
the end of a trip I agreed to take to Singapore to speak at the World Cities
Summit - I was stopping in Shanghai to speak to cities about how to use the
Earth Charter in city planning. But apparently communication broke down
between Mirian and the folks in China. *sigh*

I'm wondering if you know anyone in Shanghai who might be willing to
befriend an "itinerary challenged" American city planner for a couple of
days? There is a major expo underway in the city, and so I'm not sure I can
even find a place to stay - this weekend is a "peak period" for the expo,
apparently.

Anyway, I will happily follow up on any leads or introductions you can make
- I'm writing to you because I know you might know someone there. As a rural
Vermonter, the idea of being a tourist in a megacity is a bit intimidating.

Cheers, Gwen.

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