Posted Surf's up (in Hong Kong?) to Shanghaiist
When you think "China", what's the first word that comes into your head? "Surf," obviously. Along with more obvious surfing hotspots like Australia's Gold Coast and J-Bay in South Africa, comes Tai Long Wan, Hong Kong. Translated into English it means Big Wave Bay, though unless there's a typhoon or pasing container ship the swell often doesn't exceed chest height. Still, it's enough for beginners like Shanghaiist, who last weekend attended the China Coast Surf...
Posted Beer, brau and bratwurst to Shanghaiist
Kunshan is not the first place you'd associate with the Oktoberfest. In fact, you'd be doing well to even find it on the map. The birthplace of Kun opera, Kunshan is a self styled "charming water city" located halfway between Shanghai and Suzhou. Like many other provincial towns that tout their supposed canal strewn streets, it is in fact just another modern, generic and souless city, eager for investment, and hungry for development. To this...