Fourteen ways to die in Shanghai

Here’s a useful tourist map of Shanghai — it labels 14 choice spots to go kill yourself.

Adapted from a location map for the 2002 4As Creative Awards Roadshow, this image began circulating online last year but has only recently caught the attention of the traditional media. Experts have been trotted out to decry the harmful influence it will have on the youth, and the subway option has attracted quite a bit of attention, since 48 people have been killed that way since 1995. There’s a feeling that as suicide methods go, jumping on the rails is particularly irresponsible since it inconveniences so many people. Fortunately the map provides 13 alternatives.

The compiler of this guide remains unnamed, although this guest-book post from June last year bears a remarkable similarity to the info on the map.

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