Author: life-china

Heritage by Madison 1/F, 600 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu, near Longtan Lu View ListingTaxi Printout Quick Take:The return of Austin Hu What It Is: Austin Hu has been an ever-present figure in Shanghai's western F&B world since he arrived here about a decade ago. That wasn’t his first time in Shanghai though — the third culture kid lived here as a child, as well as in Japan, Taiwan and New York. Now, after a four-year absence without a real restaurant to call his own, he has taken a ground-floor space at the South...

It's nearly summer vacation, and God forbid your little tyke's brains be left to rot for an entire summer. They need stimulation! They need knowledge! They need life experiences! And you need a break, for at least a couple of days out of the week. Here are the places around Shanghai doing summer camps. Skill-Focused Camps from Jun 24 until Aug 31 2019 2019 Summer Programs Oogie Art - 23/F, Bldg 1, Lane 600 Tianshan Lu, near ... Oogie Art is a global art school with campuses in New York, Boston, Seoul, Busan, and Shanghai. For...

Before setting out for Longjing Village, I asked my tea seller friend if he had any tips for me. He chuckled: “Nothing really. Just don’t buy any tea.” Longjing Village, dubbed "the holy land of green tea", also known as Dragon Well, is in Hangzhou's West Lake district. Green tea from the village has been highly prized for hundreds of years and regularly appears first on the “top ten teas of China” lists. Folklore praises the tea. So did the Qing dynasty Qianlong Emperor, who named 18 tea trees growing at the foot of the Shi Feng mountain...