The Shanghai Tang Cafe opened a few weeks ago and, curious about the thought of a store opening their own restaurant (though, yes, I know, lots of "lifestyle pimping" stores do it), I went to check it out. Turns out the eatery is exactly like Shanghai Tang proper: expensive traditional Chinese dishes with twists(!) that ranged from nicely thought out to confusingly off. more ›

So it's that time of the year when you are heading home in two weeks and you realize you need to get a wedding gift for your good friend whose wedding you had missed last November. And you actually haven't bought her a wedding gift yet (whatever happened to wedding registries?), much less a decent funky Chinese style gift since you happen to be working in China. more ›

Ex-convict/drunk driver/pornstar Heiress/socialite/singer/designer Paris Hilton — fresh from her modelling gig with Fila Sportswear in Seoul — is now in Shanghai for the first time to attend Friday's 2007 MTV Awards and Style Gala at the Shanghai Grand Stage. Apparently, she didn't think the Hilton hotel would make her feel at home here, so she decided to check into the Grand Hyatt at the Jinmao instead. Shanghai Daily, believe it or not, has the scoop:... more ›

Photo by Jakob.Montrasio.net taken from the Shanghaiist Contribute page. more ›

Shanghaiist recently caught wind of an article in the magazine Fast Company called "The Gucci-Killers", which we at first thought referred to some obscure antiglobalization terrorist group but was actually an article about the up-and-coming luxury fashion and lifestyle brand Shanghai Tang. We have to say that this article rubbed us the wrong way because of the damn near breathless way in which it describes Shanghai and China. For example, take this first paragraph: more ›