Hi, I be on a business trip in Shanghai starting 31-07 till 09-08 and I need a good hotel in Shanghai downtown, should be in the touristic area, as I don´t want to sit all days in the hotel and I also want to see something from the city and go for dinner.
Any advice
Peace Hotel on the Bund. good river view, also on Nanjing Road, good for shopping, really city center.
Awesome pavillion to visit in Shanghai World Expo 2010
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well what kind of Chinese; classical, modern? All I can say on the subject is that I remember learning that alot of artist in Europe during the art nouveau period were influenced by eastern art which included art of the orient.
The same answer as for Nanjing, Guangzhou, Beijing and the other places you’re monotonously asked the same question.
other foreign countries might have seen this spectacular art and try to see these inventions and strive to make them better. take chinese writing as an example. people could see how hard it was to draw the characters and saw how many there were. later on they were made easier. block printing was established. (this is tough to understand but just think about it)
Europe/Western nightclub in shanghai .?
20 Jul 2010
am going to shanghai for business and i would like to have some enjoyment as well , since i get use to european nightclubs , What is the most favored european nightclub in shanghai where i can find europe girls
Night life in Shanghai is gentle and colorful because life here is much more than life itself. It is elegant.
The scenery at night has to be seen and the Bund is a must. The ornate classical and modern buildings take on a new and exciting look as they are lit up by an abundance of colored lights. Looking across the Huangpu River to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and Jinmao Tower is a magical sight. A night-time Huangpu River cruise presents a wonderful opportunity to appreciate the night life on the Bund. 30 or so boats carry tourists;These include deluxe boats, ancient dragon boats of Ming and Qing styles, boats of Shikumen style of old Shanghai, Pirate Boat, etc. The boat fare is CNY 68. Whatever kind of boat you take, the view to be seen here at night will be sure to live on in your memory for years to come.
Leaving the scenery aside, walking westward along Nanjing East Road, you will quickly reach the famous Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, the gaily illuminated shops are an exciting backdrop to the cheerful crowds that come here after dark to enjoy the carefree atmosphere, where it is possible to pick up a bargain or enjoy a tasty morsel to eat.
Subway Line 1 links Shanghai’s three main shopping areas: Nanjing Road, Huanhai Road and Xujiahui. Something that is most convenient for those who like their shopping expeditions! Most of the shops will close at 10 pm but that is when the tea houses and bars really come into their own and the night is still young!
Tea Houses open 24 hours a day. Apart from enjoying a lone taste of tea, you can invite several friends and play cards or just chat. Once you are here, you can experience all this for yourself. Fashionable entertainments are favorites with young people. When night falls, Shanghai bathes in the light of various entertainment venues. Nightclubs, Karaoke, discos, bars and coffee houses are all popular night time meeting places.
Ven Ice, a cafe in Xin Tian DiShanghai Xin Tian Di has many visitors. If you are visiting Shanghai for the first time, it is much safer to go Xin Tian Di for the night life. Xin Tian Di, the most fashionable area cultivated in the distinctive Shikumen Buildings, the architectural styles of both west and east from the 1920s and 1930s Shanghai around South Huangpi Road and Xingye Road, has become the popular place to go. Every building has a modern interior and has become an international gallery, fashion shop, themed restaurant, coffee house or bar. Bars are where young white collars discuss their work or talk about life; even hard questions on the desk get solved here! Open-air bars are popular here also. Xin Tian Di offers the most choice and favorable appreciation. The arrival of more and more boutiques, designer shops and luxury goods stores continually adds to the enjoyment of Xin Tian Di.
ARK Live House is a music restaurant and music bar
Address: No. 15, north block of Xin Tian Di, No. 181, Taicang Road, Shanghai
Ven Ice is a coffee bar, located at Unit 1, No. 22, north block of Xin Tian Di, No. 181, Taicang Road, Shanghai
Shanghai’s first bars were opened in Hengshan Road, and they remain more popular than those elsewhere. Close to Xujiahui Commercial Circle, Hengshan Road is situated in a convenient situation. Here there are bars in great numbers, side by side and in which you can take tea or coffee. A wide variety of bars ranging from the brash to more intimate and quiet abound to suit your every mood. Thus, Hengshan Road at night can be one of the most bustling places in Shanghai.
Maoming South Road: An upwardly mobile bar street.
This is where the foreign guests like to stay. The old but noted bars like Judystoo are still popular with visitors. Newly-opened Babyface’s business is booming. The Colors and Face clubs inside the Ruijin Hotel in the street add their own touch of splendor to this road.
Babyface is a lounge bar and often full of people as it is where young people like to congregate.
Address: No. 180, Maoming South Road
Nanjing Road at nightFuxing Park, located at No.2, Haolan Road, Shanghai, is the only well-preserved French park in China, so people also call it "France Garden". Altogether there are three clubs here. They are Park97, Guandi and Cash Box.
Among them, Park97 is where veterans spend their nights through. Three popular food and entertainment grounds, Baci Restaurant of Italian cuisine, Tokio Joe Restaurant with its Japanese cuisine and the California Club from Hong Kong Lan Kwai Fong make up Park97. Compared with that in Xin Tian Di, nightlife here is not that showy but exudes an everlasting glamour. With elegance, exoticism, top-rank wine and music, Park97 has its special charm. Guandi, the most noted club here, is the first superior club opened in China after Taibei’s. Cash Box (Qian Gui) as Shanghai’s oldest, most renowned KTV has the largest scale. The branch in Fuxing Park is the best of all in Shanghai.
One more highlight of nightlife in shanghai is the Portman Acrobatic Show, which will surely bring you a memorable experience.
Buick Business Concept Car in China
16 Jul 2010
General Motors may be drowning in red ink in the United States but it’s booming in China where it’s the number two brand behind Volkswagen. While its success rests largely on the back of tiny, utilitarian vehicles its premium Buick models are highly respected. The company showed off where it might be heading with Buick when it unveiled the Buick Business Concept, at Auto Shanghai 2009. The multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) was developed in China by the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), a design and engineering joint venture between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), with global design input. Have a look at what Buick may be delivering to the Chinese market.
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Hello all,
I’m trying desperately to find some wall stencils.
The first one I want is a nice big bamboo stencil… This is for the hallway cupboards – there’s 4 cupboards, and I want to do the end 2 with the bamboo, then put a central stencil onto the middle 2.
For the middle two, I’m really wanting one of those oriental (chinese?) circles? I want to paint it so that it breaks across both doors of the middle two cupboards (and splits in half when open)… does anyone know what these are called??
If anyone can point me in the right direction for stencilling, where to buy especially, as well as techniques, it would be much appreciated.
I really want the stencils to be gilded/gold on a red background… any idea’s how to achieve this? or how to use gold leafing???
Thanks again,
Much appreciated…
I have seen bamboo stencils at Michaels, and Hobby Lobby and they are probably at JoAnn’s.
Look through this site (below) for information from Plaid.
Is shopping in Shanghai cheap?
16 Jul 2010
I will be travelling on business to Shanghai in August and will be staying at the Ritz Carlton. Are there cheap boutiques around this area? Or flee market perhaps?
I love clothes and shoes, so if you can give an estimate range in USD for a piece of clothing, that will be great!
Shopping Paradise" and "Oriental Paris". and yes it’s cheap. But it’s difficult to say about the price. It’s depends what you gonna buy.
So if you come to Shanghai, shopping should not be missed any more than its other charming attractions.
Go to Four Streets and Four Cities". Nanjing Road, one of the four streets,
Yuyuan Shopping City is the venue for specialist Chinese goods ranging from small articles, local crafts and the like to antiques, jade wares and gold and silver jewelry.
Hong Kong Famous Shops Street and Dimei Shopping Center beneath People’s Square and Xiangyang Road Market will whet your appetite. In Dimei Shopping Center, clothes are competitively priced and fashionable.
Xiangyang Road Market. This famous market used to be on the former Huating Road Clothes Street.
Fuzhou Road earned its fame as "Culture Street" a century ago. The outlets here deal mainly in manner of cultural items, ranging from books, music and art.
North Shaanxi Road is its shoes.
I am just curious because both of them have a lot of similarities, in their designs, and styles… Thank you!
Japanese took some of the Chinese characters and use them in their own language. This calligraphy art is called kanji.