Arthur James

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• Posted How to blow a big wad in Shanghai to Shanghaiist
  Just days after The New York Times gave us its take on budget travel in Shanghai, AskMen.com offers up its own tips for those without such limited funds. The concept here is interesting: what is a good way to spend US$10,000 in a weekend in Shanghai? And why not? According to writer Scott Mills: Gone are the “made in China” days when tourists felt uncomfortable about spending large sums of money in a city where...
• Posted Scrooge does Shanghai to Shanghaiist
  Today we came across The New York Times' latest installment of its "Frugal Traveler" series , and this time Matt Gross writes about our fair city of Shanghai. We will preface this post by saying it is an interesting and generally well-informed guide to spending a weekend in China, with good recommendations, although not much "off the beaten path." But, Shanghaiist wonders, does The New York Times know the meaning of the word "frugal?" For...
• Posted Shanghaiist Mailbag: 'I rue the day they invented blogs' to Shanghaiist
  Let’s open up the old Shanghaiist mailbag. Our good friend and clever moniker-maker “Simon Templar” writes: Whats with all these blogs of drivel on the internet. Who really wants to share your experience in eating jaozi in Beijing or climbing the great wall or your inane conversations with locals. I rue the day they invented blogs. It just affords an opportunity for talentless writers to put uninteresting drivel on the net. In the old days,...
• Posted Have you seen this bike? Or how not to become a victim to Shanghaiist
  It finally happened. Sometime between the early evening last night and this afternoon, Shanghaiist's bicycle was stolen. Yes, it was locked. Twice. And no, we did not bring it into our apartment, to the collective shock and incredulity of our landlord and the retired woman that minds the front entrance of our apartment block. Shanghaiist had naively believed that the four flights of stairs we schlepped the thing every time we used it (almost daily)...