Pajama Headaches Dress code normal during Shanghai Expo

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  Meanwhile in Shanghai a similar banwas imposed but this time in the nameof modernization and civilized behavior.Pajama-wearing in public, it was suggested,goes against the rules of international eti-quette. A city modern enough to host theWorld Expo should be ashamed to be seenout in its nightwear. Foreigners will laugh.It looks backward. Media reports talked ofteams of volunteers going round the streetsand lurking at gates in residential districtsto persuade pajama wearers to go homeand change before they hit the supermarket.
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