Tag: shanghai

Recently I was looking for some map files of Shanghai for a cartography project when I came across some now-public early 1980’s CIA maps of Asia. The most

In 2011 I had the opportunity to write two articles for the fall issue of Hops Magazine, an English-language quarterly serving mainly the residents of Shanghai and Beijing. Hops describes

As everybody knows, China is full of knock-offs. Intellectual Property is a mere suggestion to the way business is done here. Nothing is sacred. The culture of shanzhai

  The dog days of summer are finally over. I can finally wear a jacket. It’s been a long, long time since I last updated. However, I did

The Australian broadcasters SBS released a report of the purported Chinese real estate bubble. Throughout several parts of China, ghost towns and malls are cropping up. They aren’t

So here’s a cultural oddity: Every weekend in People’s Park hundreds of families come together and create a real-world dating site. Traditionally, from what I’ve read, it’s a parent’s

So in the process of getting my work visa, I stopped at a subway photo booth to take photos for my paperwork. This was the result. Remember, I