Every day Li Yizhong translates and puts into brief perspective the headlines of the Shanghai Morning Post's daily newspaper, Shanghai's largest morning newspaper

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License plate has always been a priced item in Shanghai and its auction takes place every month. Well, all of the new car owners had their happy smiles wiped off their faces on the 18th of this month. Hackers attacked the auction system and disabled the system’s limit on maximum number of participants. The system crashed and the auction stopped. The 8000 plates will be auction again on the 26th. Maybe your best bet would be learning some computer skills.

Other Headlines Today

• And now, we arrive at the eclipse or the aftermath of the eclipse. After something that only comes in a few hundred years has actually happened, I almost feel that I am obligated to feel something. After all, some people chased this rare occurrence across the globe. But I failed. Luckily a lot more people were very serious about this event. Aside from the things that the post talked about, I saw a number of people setting on the open grass field of Luxun Park this morning waiting for the eclipse. Ironically, they had telescopes and cameras with them, but they seem to have left they shirts at home. Half naked man with a telescope, almost as rare a scenery as the eclipse.

• Security camera and checking points will be installed at important transit stops on the metro lines. Raising the level of security is always important at a city like Shanghai.

• The first stock going through the new IPO system in the A-share market is listed today and the share will be distributed tomorrow. Good news as the Chinese security system become more stable and transparent for trading, but the market lost some grounds today as the 50 billion offering take some capital away.