Imagine being a cabbie in Shanghai. You make long days, one day on, one day off and your salary has decreased over the last 10 years.
You also just survived the “spit sack” campaign that was intended to urge you to leave your phlegm in there instead of the street.
And now you’re ordered […]

We have bought an apartment and originally I planned to write down the process. Catshanghai has done already an excellent job in describing the process.
The only thing I like to add is that fees for real estate agents are negotiable. Officially they are 1% of the purchase price paid by the buyer and […]

For a change I was listening to the Chinese news. Well to be honest, my wife was watching and I was playing the computer as I heard something about IP.
I said something smart or at least tried, “Nice, another propaganda item about how China is fiercely protecting Intellectual Property” but I was wrong.. again:).
In their […]

Some stats about the Olympic Games in Beijing

28 Olympic programs, 302 sub-categories
302 gold medals
10,500 athletes are expecte to participate
21,880 torchbearers will run 137,000 km over 130 days
The National Stadium (Bird’s Nest) covers an area of 258,000 sq. meters
The Bird’s Nest has 91,000 seats
The surface of the National Aquatics Center is covered by 1,437 pieces […]

I was cleaning up old magazines and ran into an issue of SH Magazine. On the last page of each issue there is small column called, “How to”.
Sometimes this column is slightly useful, many times it’s cynical. The one I read was funny for the last reason.
How to .. Open a restaurant in […]

It’s now less than a year before they start, the Olympic Games (link) in Beijing. Part of the whole event is the Olympic torch that travels the world and end it’s journey during the opening ceremony. Shanghai is one of the lucky cities that will host the torch.
Ok, get your agenda and jot […]

Today, in one year, the Beijing Olympics will open. As expected there are a lot of articles writing about the good, the bad and the ugly of what will come.
The day of the start is 8-8-2008. The 8 is a lucky number in China despite that officially superstition is not allowed here.
I’m […]