Marina Jamieson

The next time you fall out of a bar at three in the morning and opt to relieve yourself in a nearby doorway before embarking on the ride home, you might want to have a quick glance around to make sure that none of the Taopu District Urban Management Team... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Shooping down pristine white slopes has been a recreational option for Shanghai residents since the Yinqixing Indoor Skiing Resort opened back in 2002, but it has taken all that time for Shanghaiist to actually get its all-weather, gore-tex gloves on (Xiangyang Market – 50 kuai) and hit the 45m-high slopes... continue reading on Shanghaiist

So while New Year revellers in Shanghai were partying at various locations around the city last night (or laid up in bed with a festive bout of the ‘flu, in Shanghaiist’s case), Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao headed for the hills to spend the evening eating jiaozi... continue reading on Shanghaiist

Following the publication of two reports (here and here) by China Labor Watch and the National Labor Committee back in mid-December, it would appear that the US retailing behemoth Wal-Mart may find itself up against it, even in the smallest of ways. Fifteen workers from developing countries around the world,... continue reading on Shanghaiist

You're out in a restaurant that would certainly rank above the average noodle house, the table cloths are white and starched and some kindly soul has the class (and funds) to order lobster, or maybe crab, at which point the doomed critters are promptly sieved out of their miserable tank,... continue reading on Shanghaiist