Shanghai Expat

The picture above was taken in my last year of high school. It’s a picture of the classroom where I studied for three years, and you can see there are so many books on every desk. We had tons of homework to do everyday to make sure we could get ...

Some of the best conversations occur at the most ungodly hours of the day. Indeed, our inspiration for our first feature piece in this four part series on cultural differences between Shanghainese and their Expat counterparts came from the ...

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Have you heard of on-site statue carving? It's an art of sculpture. It's quite ancient, but people now would like to carve a portrait of their friends as a meaningful gift. Of course, you can carve whatever you want, and you'll ...

Perusing the forums, trying to get a better understanding of the thoughts and feelings of expatriates living in Shanghai, one thing that strikes me again and again is the clear divide between foreigners and natives. This is understandable, with so ...