Shanghai temperatures have dropped 15 or 20°C in the past couple of days leaving everyone complaining about the cold and scrambling for closed shoes and long-sleeved tops. But the writing was on the wall... No better sign that the summer is over than the appearance of water chestnuts and hairy crabs - which I spotted in Zhujiajiao a few days ago.
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| Shanghai hairy crab |
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| Water chestnuts |
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