Shanghai

Shanghai Lingerie Fashion Show

Everything Fabiolus (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

For everyone who is interested in lingerie fashion,take a look at the Shanghai Fall-Winter 09-10 collection.

Fork-Tongued in Shanghai

The Dougout (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Guest Commentary by Edward Cline: One might be tempted to pen a dark comedy about it. Don’t bother. President Barack Obama has just added this latest act to his own peculiar satire, authored by his speechwriters and scripted by professional censors. In Shanghai, China to bolster relations between China and the U.S., he appeared in a “town hall” that was as thoroughly rigged as his...

Chanel Set To Open In Shanghai

Luxist (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Chanel is opening a new boutique in Shanghai on November 25. Peter Marino is the architect for the new space and was inspired by the Paris apartment of Mademoiselle Chanel. It is a fitting city for the famous couture house to unveil a new store as Shanghai is known as "the Paris of the East". According to the architect, the idea was to give this new boutique a residential feel by combining...

City Slicker in Shanghai

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

Why visit? Shanghai is gearing up to host the six-month-long World Expo, which opens in the Pudong district in May 2010 – a staggering 70 million visitors are expected, bringing with them around 300bn yuan (£26bn) to spend.

Guest Blogger – Shanghai Jimmy

The Ben Lomond Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday

My friend Jim sends me this quite fantastic picture. Not only that he also sent this explanation: “Hi Robert, I don’t know if you have seen this attachment before. I first saw it in a football book I had in the mid seventies. It is a wood engraving first published in the Pictorial World in March 1883. [...]

Chanel Paris-Shanghai episodio3

Cajon DeSastre (Free subscription) | yesterday

Shanghai: Please Welcome The Peninsula And Its Fleet Of Phantoms To Shanghai

HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

We can talk about Art Basel Miami hotels and hotels for the holidays all we want, but we can't ignore one of the biggest hotel openings of autumn, that of the Peninsula Shanghai . It officially welcomed its first guests back on October 19, and yet it's already like a landmark on Shanghai's Bund—the street of shops, other high-class hotels, and historical buildings right at the bend of the Huangpu...

We actually quite like this Shanghai Eat & Drink Guide | Shanghaiist

virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

We were sent Silk Guides: Shanghai Eat & Drink Guide a couple weeks ago, but it took us a little while to get off our lazy butts and actually take a look inside... Which is a shame, because the guide, about a size that would fit handily into a purse if...

Cleaner water coming to Shanghai? | Shanghaiist

virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Besides all the subways and road renovations, one of the things we can look forward to come Expo time is... cleaner water? According to officials from the local water bureau, the city is about to fulfill a three-year water-purification plan that will...

MG6 Launch revives Morris Garages moniker

Cars UK (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

SAIC (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) is to launch the new MG6 at the Guangzhou Car Show complete with ‘Morris Garages’ badging. Life has not been easy over the last few years for MG. Or should I say what remains of MG after the debacle of the ‘Phoenix Four’ who took over MG Rover from BMW for [...] News from: Cars UK | UK Car News MG6 Launch revives Morris Garages...

The Walt Disney Company China Announces Local Adaptation 'Disney High School Musical: China'

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

BURBANK, Calif. and SHANGHAI, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Walt Disney Company in China today announced the start of production on its third local co-production project in just two years, "Disney High School Musical: China." Working with local partners Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and Huayi Brothers Media Corporation, the movie is planned for cinematic release in summer 2010.

China and Japan: Feng Zhenghu at Narita airport

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

Shanghai human rights activist Feng Zhenhu has been living and waiting in the hall of Japan's Narita airport since November 4 when he was barred from entering his own country by the Shanghai immigration the eighth times. Feng is an economist and a human rights activist. After the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989, he openly criticized [...]

Weekend Reading: Tesla, Cycles, Chinese Real Estate, Credit, etc.

Infectious Greed (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

A few links from my weekly Weekend Reading column: Electric-car maker Tesla said to be planning stock offering ( LA Times ) Riding the waves of market cycles ( TIME ) The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery ( WSJ ) Like New Yorkers, Chinese people just can't stop talking about real estate ( Slate ) Car plate prices closer to record ( Shanghai Daily ) Credit Booms Gone Bust: Monetary Policy, Leverage Cycles...

MG6 – Getting into position

China Car Times (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Yes, it’s the same lurid orange MG6 from a few days ago, but it’s looking brilliant. Some notes: The rear Chinese writing says SAIC, and the chrome badge is SAIC’s latest effort to boost the MG marque in China, and internationally once again. The MG6 will launch officially tomorrow, and we’ll be keeping you updated as per usual! I personally think that the red concept car in...

Personal Journey: In China, way beyond white rice

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

In China, what does not kill you (or leave you clutching your tormented stomach for days) tastes amazing. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Architecture in May, I embarked on a three-month internship in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, to design a pavilion for the Shanghai 2010 World Expo. Until then, my experience with Chinese food was limited to General Tso takeout...

Many teenager commit suicide after long time playing wow gold CP game

wowgold | 24/10/2009

The state newspapers describe on construction sites or Korean wow gold , said Wang. "The unknown games can be played only if one understands the idiom." Wang presently seeking a new job. The computer spanned, where He dreams of himself later to open an Internet café. He has fashioned a players' union. "Yijie Tiandi" they call themselves , "The Heaven-Earth Alliance. Exchange on its website, looks menacingly...