On sunny days we love to wander through the beautifully manicured gardens of The Jing’an Sculpture Park, a favourite of many families, tourists and office workers out to soak up the sun during their lunch break. During the summer […]
This breathtakingly ornate, and equally enormous, archway stands inside The Shanghai Exhibition Hall. Built in 1955 the building commemorates the alliance between China and the Soviet Union and was originally called the Sino-Soviet Friendship Building. As magnificent […]
As malls go, Shanghai Joy City Mall on Xizang North Road in Jing’an is pretty cool. What more could you ask from a mall with two shopping towers and an enormous Ferris wheel hanging off the side of it? […]
Last week my friend, Janette, asked me if I would like to ‘Go and smash some stuff’. I replied with an emphatic ‘YES!’ before she’d even had a chance to explain where, when and how. Janette had heard about […]
The M50 Art Precinct is a must see during your stay in Shanghai. Parks, cultural centres, and tourist sites throughout Shanghai have experienced closures due to continuing Covid-19 restrictions. Even Shanghai Disney Resort, ‘The happiest place on earth,’ closed […]
Old Traditions Die Hard Although attitudes to marriage in China have become freer in the last century, the ancient Chinese tradition of matchmaking continues to this day and many parents still follow the traditional ways to ensure their child […]