What is “Xujiahui”

Xujiahui literally means “Xu’s junction” – or, more precisely, “property of Xu family at the junction of two rivers” in Mandarin. The “Xu family” refers to the family of Xu Guangqi (1562–1633), China’s most notable Catholic convert. Most of what is now Xujiahui was once the ancestral home of th…

Shanghai Disneyland pushes opening date to ‘first half of 2016’

Who called it? Shanghai Disneyland, estimated to have so far cost Walt Disney Co. 5.5 billion USD, will open sometime in the first half of 2016. The opening date had originally been set for the end of 2015, as stated by Disney’s Chief Executive Robert Iger in April 2014. No official statements have been released in regards to reasons for the delay, but co…

Study reveals Chinese speakers use more of their brain than English speakers

A study has found that people who speak tonal languages such as Mandarin or Cantonese use both hemispheres of their brain rather than just the left hemisphere, which researchers have long emphasized as being the primary processing center for languages. Quartz sorts out the report, which was recently published in the in the Proceedings for the National Aca…

Shanghai ranked at top in the most livable cities

Top 10 most livable cities on the Chinese mainland in 2015 ECA, an agency focusing on the development and provision of solutions for the management and assignment of employees around the world, recently launched a global livability index report. Hong Kong still ranks highly as a place for Asian expats, but has fallen to 33rd place in the global ranking, furt…

Top 10 Reasons to Study Abroad in Shanghai

Shanghai is one of newest exciting Chinese Summer Camp destinations, here are our top 10 reasons why to choose Shanghai: 1. ECONOMY. Shanghai is China’s economic capital and one of the largest cities in the world. Over the past two decades it has been one of the fastest developing cities in the world. Of approximately 166 different types of industry in the cou…

Is Shanghainese Different Than Mandarin?

Shanghai is the largest city in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), with a population of more than 23 million people. It is a major cultural and financial center and is an important port for container shipments. The Chinese characters for this city are 上海, which is pronounced Shànghǎi. The first character 上 (shàng) means “on”, and the s…

5 Great China Taxi Tips

Below are 5 great China taxi tips that can be helpful for people visiting China: 1) Assume your taxi driver doesn’t speak English, doesn’t know anything about the city you’re in, and doesn’t read maps. If you need to, don’t hesitate to ask your hotel for help. 2) Before you leave home, print out maps of your hotel and the major destinations you want to visit. Prin…

Shanghai hopes to offer tax rebate to foreign visitors

Shanghai is seeking permission from the central government to offer overseas tourists a tax refund on a minimum of 500 yuan (HK$630) in purchases in a bid to draw more visitors, a finance official has said. The city hopes to give visitors a better deal than what’s offered in Hainan, where tourists can get back 11 per cent after spending at least 800 yuan.…

Shanghai Disneyland

The opening ceremony for the construction of Shanghai Disneyland was held on April 8, 2011, which means the long-waited Disneyland is finally to open in Shanghai, the biggest city in China. This is the biggest Sino-foreign joint investment yet in the country’s modern service industry. It is expected to open by the end of 2015. It is known that among th…

China’s Shanghai Tower is finally finished

Shanghai Tower is in Lujiazui Finance and Trade District of Pudong, with Shanghai World Financial Center to the east and Jin Mao Tower to the north. On August 3rd, 2013, its silhouette stands at a height of 580 meters (about 1,903 feet). When finished in 2015, it will stand 632 meters (about 2,073 feet) high, and will rank as China’s tallest and second o…
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