Author: life-china

What It Is Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC). It’s already given us flip flops, KFC egg tarts and the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. These days, if you hold a passport from one of 21 APEC countries, you can also apply for an implausible piece of plastic that lets you cut airport immigration queues in all of them, including the twin epicenters of despair: Pudong and Hongqiao. You’ll also be able to get into 19 of the participating countries visa-free (including China) for at least 59 days, any time, as often as you want. Boom. ...

So you’ve adopted Bailey, the adorable puppy your neighbors gave you when their dog Mr. Peabody got pregnant. Great. Now, for many reasons, you need to register your new friend, which will involve getting them a microchip and a rabies vaccine. Here's why you should do that and how. Note: According to our sources at various animal organizations, there is no way to register your pet cat. However, if you want to take them out of China, you will need to get them chipped and vaccinated for rabies. Why You Should Get A Dog License In...

Moving? Got a closet that's becoming unmanageable? Got stuff that you don't want? To minimize waste and help the environment (and local charities and larger humanity), here's some places you can take your used and unwanted items to be reused or recycled. We're talking clothes, kitchenware, electronics, furniture, and more. Plastics and Glass Starting off with an easy one. Hey, you just throw that stuff away and the problem gets solved as if by magic. (Kinda. Sorta.) Most compounds have "Recyclable" and "Non-Recyclable" bins, which are in actuality just "Places to Throw...

We're going to let you in on a little secret of the F&B trade: You, the customer, are not always right. In fact, sometimes you are downright, emphatically, egregiously, and explicitly wrong and - what's worse - being a total dick about it. It's true: Signing for the bill does not grant you permission to dispense with basic human decency. But in all fairness, maybe some of you out there in the world just don't realize when you're being an insufferable douche nozzle. That's why SmSh asked an anonymous panel of Shanghai chefs and restaurateurs for a few pro...