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Photo: No 115 Hefei Road in Shanghai, which is to be demolished, has become an imaginative canvas for artists. More than 10 works of graffiti have been painted on the damaged walls, creating special scenes in the metropolis and attracting many Chinese and foreign shutterbugs.

Bilingual news: When police officers in Minority Report predicted who would commit crimes and stopped them before they happened, it was considered so futuristic the film was set in 2054. But police in Berlin are considering adopting a similar software that predicts crimes and is named "Precobs" - in a nod to the sci-fi film. Other forces, including police officers in two US states and London's Metropolitan Police are also testing predictive systems to catch would-be criminals. Developed by a German firm, the software program predicts when and where a crime is most likely to occur, based on different sets of data.

Buzzword: "Sticky floor" refers to unofficial business practices that keep workers in low-paying jobs that offer little chance for personal advancement.