April 4 Qing Ming Holiday Heralds Spring
Monday March 31, 2008
Spring is here! Well, officially but it’s still cold, at least in Shanghai. The flowers are hesitantly blooming and the buds on the trees have their eyes clinched against the ... Read More
Olympic Torch Relay Begun in Greece, Heading for Beijing
Thursday March 27, 2008
Luo Xuejuan, an Olympic swimmer and the first Chinese torch bearer received the Olympic Torch on March 24 from the Greek bearer as she began the relay that will take ... Read More
Shanghai Pudong International Airport New Terminal Set to Open This Week
Monday March 24, 2008
Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport is set to open Terminal Two on March 26. Last month the Shanghai Daily newspaper confirmed that testing is complete and that the runway will be ... Read More
Hamilton House Restaurant Brings Stunning Food and a Touch of Class to the Bund
Wednesday March 19, 2008
Typical of me, I tried Hamilton House for the first time and then, in the space of two weeks, I’d eaten there four times. I tend to go a little ... Read More
Tibet Travel Warning Issued by US Embassy Beijing on March 15
Sunday March 16, 2008
Amid pro-democracy protests that started on Monday, March 10, but turned violent over the weekend, the US Embassy in Beijing issued a travel warning on Saturday, March 15. The Embassy ... Read More
St. Patrick’s Day in Shanghai
Thursday March 13, 2008
The Chinese have no history of celebrating St. Patrick's Day. Ask a regular man on the street and he probably wouldn't know what you were talking about. That said, this ... Read More
We’re Coming to China. Is My Kid Going to Get Sick?
Monday March 10, 2008
I love this question. I receive it a lot and I like it because it implies you adventurous folk are taking your kids traveling and you’re bringing them to one ... Read More
Hiking on the Great Wall
Friday March 7, 2008
A reader recently sent me a link of the photos he took on his hike from Jinshanling to Simatai on the Great Wall. Not only did I appreciate looking at ... Read More
Beijing's New International Air Terminal Open and Operational
Monday March 3, 2008
In Beijing's latest step to ready itself for the onslaught of tourists in August for the Olympics, the new airport terminal officially opened on Friday, February 29. At nearly 3km ... Read More
