Results tagged “oneshanghai”

We are loving the blue skies. They make the happiest city in China even happier. They just have a way of making things seem better. When traveling through China, our perceptions of a place are often influenced heavily by the blueness of the sky -- how else can we explain not hating Lanzhou?

What’s going on with Shanghai’s white collar workers these days? What are some of the things they do to alleviate the boredom of the 9-to-5 life and add some spice into their lives? What are the trendmakers among this silent majority saying and doing?

For our recent trip to the US, we decided to check out American Airlines' nonstop service from Shanghai to Chicago, which they launched in April. Since moving here in 2002, we have primarily used Northwest Airlines' Shanghai-Tokyo-New York route, save for a couple legs on JAL and Air Canada, whose website is embarrassingly incompatible with Safari. American is now our airline of choice for flying home. Here are some notes on our travel experience:

There are strong rumors that four Englishmen in their 60s will strut what is left of their stuff on a stage somewhere in Shanghai this April. At this point they are still just rumors, but here are some reasons why Shanghaiist believes the Rolling Stones will bring their A Bigger Bang tour to our fair city this year (unless China's "mysterious" disease du jour once again scares them away):