Posted iPhone Incoming! to Shanghaiist
According to Yahoo, the iPhone is now one step closer to its official Chinese launch. Apple has finally applied for a Chinese network access license for the phone, and last week submitted it to the Telecommunication Technology Labs for testing. The good: The iPhone could be available via China Unicom in as little as three months, and 3G support has already been approved. The bad: It may not come wifi-enabled. The phone submitted to...
Posted For Kids: Making your own home-grown, home-cooked organic meal to Shanghaiist
Tired of wondering where your food comes from? Ever wanted to make a meal from scratch--really from scratch? If so, come down Sunday and lend a hand (or bring your kids down for) Organic Gardening for Kids, the latest Roots & Shoots initiative. The six-session program aims to teach kids how to grow their own vegetables and the importance of organic gardening, and it's got a real hands-on, practical approach--kids will be taken through...
Posted Peking Over: Ways Around the Great Firewall to Shanghaiist
If you've lived in China a while, you start to think of the Great Firewall as simply a fact of life: a cultural quirk sometimes and a major pain the ass others. But if this latest YouTube/blog/Wikipedia ban's got you flummoxed (and you're too cheap/poor to get a VPN), check out some of our favourite free ways to get up and over the Great Firewall. Find a good proxy page. Coobai and G-Proxy are...
Posted New Views of Good Ole Shanghai to Shanghaiist
With spring slowly coming out of hiding, we're getting antsy to go out and explore the city again. In the past, we've found that wandering around aimlessly is actually a pretty underrated way to see Shanghai, but if you're looking for a little more structure (and you don't have 10 hours, 14 minutes and 42 seconds to spare), here are some of the quirkier ways you can get out and see the town: Themed...
Posted Shanghaiist AutoClick: Panamera Previewed! to Shanghaiist
Porsche's Panamera Turbo is a soon-to-be-released sports sedan, a German-produced rocket of a car that puts out a whopping 493 horsepower, rockets from 0-60mph in 4.0 seconds, and only stops accelerating at a mind-numbing 188mph. So why, given Shanghai's never-ending traffic problems, should you care? Because you could be one of the first to see it! Making its world debut at the Shanghai Auto Show this April 20th, the long-anticipated Panamera is Porsche's answer...
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