Shanghai Tan

It is said that in every urban family of modern China, there is a little kingdom of its own — the king being the only baby of the family, with 6 adults (2 parents plus their own respective parents) watching over him or her. It certainly isn’t good for any society to have such a [...]

There are plenty of reasons why they said that Shanghai is the most westernized city of China, one of them is that the Shanghaineses love to dance and sing and jazz. Of course there are full of Tai Chi practitioners in the park, but no where do I see so many people dancing together in [...]

I found it funny how pets are being sold on the portable pet shop on Shanghai street. Also as funny are the actual pets being sold: not cats or dogs or fishes, but rather chicks, ducks, turtles, rabbits and hamsters! Of course the cats and dogs and fishes are sold in the real pet shops, [...]

Zhong Shan Park (中山公园) is the second largest community park (I think) in Shanghai. Although it is not as famous as the Central Park in NYC or as symbolic as Montreal’s Mount Royal Park, it is the friendliest park I’ve ever seen. It is the “common backyard” of the large community around it. Most of [...]

Alright, my second (and probably last) photo session around the Huang Pu river. I should really move away from this area to avoid the cliché photos of Shanghai. But nevertheless, I think this is the most standard Shanghai photo that any photographer must have something to show, like when you go to NYC you have [...]

I just had my first golf practice session yesterday at Tianma Country Club (天马乡村俱乐部), it’s about an hour of driving from Shanghai. A friend of mine has to bring his employee for a golf course, and he didn’t mind me joining (for the same price anyway). The instructor is an old Australian gentlement, he’s a [...]