The savvy lingo of old Shanghai

Local famed author Chen Danyan writes of yangjingbang English in her latest book (in Chinese), Images and Legends of the Shanghai Bund. There was a joke that a chef told his mistress in yangjingbang En …Read Full Story

It all began in the Little Red House

HENGSHAN Road today is a bar paradise and neon-lit nightlife avenue, and fittingly it was hopping back in the 1930s. It was China's music valley where the recorded music industry was born, writes Nie X …Read Full Story

you can call 962288 for help in shanghai

Good news for foreigners living in Shanghai. The government has opened a 24 hour hotline dedicated to help foreigners to survive in Shanghai. The Shanghai Call Centre, which was officially launched on …Read Full Story