Shanghai Tan

When people think of Chin’a modernization, they think of the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower and the Pudong financial district, they think of Beijing’s upcoming hosting of 2008 Olympics Games, they think of the world’s highest railway of Tibet at 5000m altitudes, they think of the Three Gorges Dam, they think of the booming construction industry [...]

Two weeks ago I went to Hangzhou [杭州] with the intention to spend one whole day photographying the city’s famous attractions, such as the West Lake [西湖] and some famous tower pagodas. Unfortunalely for my laziness and lack of planning, I was not able to buy a return ticket ahead of time, so at the [...]

You must have heard of the idea of “tell me which books do you read, I’ll tell you who you are“? You can apply the same idea to food, fashion, music, and how about a bookstore? Some tourists will invariably go to a bookstore everytime he/she visits a new place. Taking a walk in a [...]

I went to assist to the 4th China Adult-Care Expo (第四届中国国际成人保健及生殖健康展览会) yesterday, held at the Shanghai International Exhibition Center at Hongqiao area. I saw the announcement in the Shanghai Daily newspaper. It is rather surprising the approach that they use to sell sex toy here, they put the emphasis much more on the healing effect [...]

I went to Zhou Zhuang (周庄) 3 weeks ago in a one-day tour. This is a long forgotten old town about an hour distance from Shanghai. Two events have helped bring this town into a popular tourist attraction and subsequently a national historical site under protection of the State. Because of a paint, which turned [...]