After being enveloped by dust on May 1st, Shanghai’s air pollution continued to worsen on May 2nd as the density of inhalable dust particles continued to increase. The city’s air quality reached level 5, the highest value on the Air Pollution ... Read More>>
According to the press conference of the Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administration, Shanghai recently selected the first five Shanghai Autumn-Scenery Streets: Hengshan Road, Liyang Road, Shaoxing Road, Julu Road and Xinhua Road. These streets were elected ... Read More>>
Beijing’s successful real estate developer Soho China has opened its latest achievement: a Zaha Hadid building in Shanghai. The structure is named ‘Sky Soho’, and takes inspiration from a nearby transport hub. Read More>>
The 2011 Shanghai Luxury Exhibition will kick off in Guangda Exhibition Center from Jan 21 to Jan 23. The three-day exhibition has attracted numerous exhibitors bu the top luxury items are still conventional ones, such as top sports cars, luxury yachts, ... Read More>>
According to reports, the “world’s fastest elevators” are being built in the Shanghai Center, which is expected to open in 2014. Of the 100 elevators to be housed in the new skyscraper, there will be three that qualify as “the ... Read More>>
Mike Portnoy, the former drummer and co-founder of notable prog-metal band Dream Theater, will perform with his new "supergroup" at Shanghai's Mao Livehouse on November 2. The band's lineup includes Portnoy, Tony Macalpine, Derek Sherinian and ... Read More>>
Rideal, a new shop selling vintage-style bikes opened on Jiaozhou Road in Shanghai on August 24. Read More>>
The 11th Shanghai International Music and Fireworks Festival will light up the sky on September 30th, October 3rd and October 6th at Century Park. The festival will feature six fireworks shows in three days, with five of the shows being foreign (Sweden, ... Read More>>
The show “Pixar 25 Years of Animation” will be exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai from August 1st to October 30th. It will display installations, sketches and figures as well as 3D figure sculptures from movies. Source: ... Read More>>
The Shanghai-Nanjing High Speed Rail opened officially July 1st; ticket sales began June 25th. Tickets for the newly opened high speed rail are valid for 24 hours on the same day, so passengers can reschedule their tickets, for the same day, if they miss ... Read More>>
The 2011 Yuyuan Garden “Old Shanghai Linong” Night Market officially opened on August 11th. The market, which is located at the central square of Yuyuan Garden, is open 09:00 to 21:00 and gives visitors a chance to enjoy many different live ... Read More>>
The only "official" Oktoberfest in Shanghai, the 14th Shanghai German Oktoberfest will take place September 14 - 24th. A representative from the Renaissance Yangtze Shanghai Hotel, where the event will be held, said that a 1,300 person "beer ... Read More>>
The Hong Kong-branded K11 Art Mall has now officially opened in Shanghai, following a four-month trial operation period. Read More>>
The world’s top-class tennis gala, the Rolex Masters, returns to Shanghai for the third year, and is being held October 8-16th at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Centre. The highest-level tournament in the ATP world tour and the only ATP Masters ... Read More>>
Exhibition of work by Monet and Renoir, among other impressionist painters will be on display from March until June in Shanghai. Read More>>
According to reports, Shanghai’s transportation will be back to normal next Monday, as primary and middle schools will re-open after the holiday and most of the companies will back to work. Some taxi companies around the city say that taxis have been ... Read More>>
From September 28th to October 3rd, Tony Award and Olivier Award winning Broadway musical "Kiss Me, Kate" will visit the Shanghai People’s Grand Stage. The show is a modern musical version of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the ... Read More>>
Recently, a golden artificial beach unveiled its new look at Shanghai South Bund and formally opened for the public and tourists to sunbathe by the Huangpu River. According to reports, the artificial beach is the first phase of the reconstruction project of ... Read More>>
The 13thPet Fair Asia will be held at the Shanghai International Exhibition Center from September 2nd to the 5th. A Bengal cat worth around 100,000 RMB will be exhibited at the fair this year. The Bengal cat is a relatively new hybrid, and unique breed of ... Read More>>
Starting on October 28th, Shanghai locals can head over to the Gongqing Forest Park to enjoy the beautiful changing autumn scenery at the 7th Urban Forest Chrysanthemum Exhibition. The exhibition will be open until November 27th. See also: Saudi Pavilion ... Read More>>
Recently, in one of the stations on the Shanghai Metro Line 1, several "venting columns" were set up for passengers to kick, punch and "let off some steam". The "vent columns" are simple, round cushion billboards. See also: ... Read More>>
A giant 3D painting, named “Tmall Carnival City” made its debut at Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower on November 9th. The 3D painting, which is 50 metres long and 24 metres wide, set a new Guinness World Record for the largest 3D painting in China. ... Read More>>
The 12th Shanghai International Music Fireworks Festival, the finale of the Shanghai Tourism Festival, will “blow up” at the Shanghai Century Park on September 30th from 19:30-20:30. It has become an annual event in Shanghai, and attracts ... Read More>>
A lovely Christmas tree at Raffles City Christmas decorations at Shanghai Times Square A Christmas tree in front of Lippo Plaza Traditional Christmas tree in front of Hong Kong Plaza Christmas decorations at Shanghai Xintiandi Christmas tree at Plaza 66 A ... Read More>>