Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ http://www.pri.org/stories/world/asia/china-finding-new-uses-for-old-bomb-shelters-under-its-cities-10498.html Asia Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:08:00 -0500 Chinese law requires most of its buildings to come complete with bomb shelters. Now, as the threat of war has subsided and China's prosperity has skyrocketed, many of those bomb shelters, old and new, are being turned to more peaceful, and profitable, endeavors. Asia Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:18:44 -0500 The photo of jazz at the Peace Hotel reminds me that the supposedly bomb-resistant Cafe de Paris in London was penetrated by two German bombs in March 1941, with some 80 fatalities. PRI: Public Radio International