The spring could not be a more welcome time after the brutal Shanghai winter. After trying to cope with blustry winds, buildings without proper heating systems, and wearing your jacket seemingly everywhere, spring is perhaps better appreciated for people living in Shanghai. Yet just around the corner lies spring, and with it comes the promise of better weather, more s...

When it comes to the air quality in Chinese metropolises like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, there are things we know and many things we don't! Yes, sometimes we wake up to a hazy sky, thick with choking air and wonder if we dare go outside. But fair is fair, we can't deny that pleasant evenings of clear blue sky, light air and easy respirations happen too. So, is the...

SinoUnited Health is an extension of a US-based practice, which specializes in physiotherapy and orthopaedics. Additionally, they have recently developed pre and post natal services, which include individual and group sessions. The first practice opened in Shanghai in 2004 and brought a revolutionary new concept of pain relief and muscular-skeletal therapy to the Pearl ...

You've always suspected that there's something magical about that amber–colored liquid known as beer. The fact is, you're right! Beer is the third most popular drink IN THE WORLD behind water (which, fair enough, sustains life on this planet) and tea (generally considered more acceptable to drink in the mornings). Living in a big city like Shanghai, with literally acr...

The Education Think Tank series explores the merits and limits of educational trends. Technology in the classroom is this generation's miracle worker: it will, we are told, make students learn faster, be smarter and more competitive in the global marketplace. Computers and e-readers do bring myriad benefits to learning, but how much technology is enough? Rob Watson, ...

Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist, Thomas L. Friedman, gave the keynote address at last month’s University of Southern California (USC) Global Conference in Hong Kong. The sobering message delivered, which is detailed in his new book, “That Used To Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented, and How We Come Back,” was...