Time Out Shanghai blog Your up-to-the-minute guide to Shanghai life, culture, pop-ups and openings The best things to do this weekend in Shanghai Happy Friday guys and gals and Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Apart from picking up some traditional mooncakes, there are also mookies (mooncakes + cookies), moonpies and moon-whatever to celebrate one of the most loved festivals in China... Read more Posted: 11:37 am, 13 September 2019 China is getting ready to launch its own digital currency Cash in China is about to get an upgrade. The country has been working on a digital currency called DC/EP for the past five years, according to Technode... Read more By: Min Xuan Ng Posted: 3:47 pm, 12 September 2019 Jack Ma has stepped down as Alibaba chairman It's the end of an era, folks. SHINE reports that Jack Ma has stepped down as chairman of e-commerce company Alibaba... Read more By: Christopher House Posted: 5:58 pm, 11 September 2019 The best things to do in Shanghai this week Only four working days this week as Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Saturday. Apart from mooncakes, Shanghai also has plenty to keep you entertained this week... Read more Posted: 9:52 am, 09 September 2019 The city is testing safety stickers for food delivery bags Shanghai’s upping its food safety game. Trials for sticker seals on takeaway and waimai bags are already underway in an effort to ‘prevent contamination during delivery’, a spokesperson for the Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation told SHINE... Read more By: Christopher House Posted: 12:22 pm, 06 September 2019 Face-swap app ZAO sparks privacy debate over deepfake technology Last weekend, Chinese social media was bombarded with videos that showed film clips in which faces of celebrities were replaced with those of ZAO app users. ‘Be a star in the movies you like with only one selfie,' proclaim... Read more By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 11:30 am, 06 September 2019 A police robot is now patrolling Nanjing Dong Lu Call it mechanisation aiming to assist the police or an Orwellian nightmare that takes spying on citizens to the next level – a police bot has started roaming Nanjing Dong Lu. ‘I am a robot from Nanjing Dong Lu Police... Read more By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 3:59 pm, 04 September 2019 Didi to start trialling driverless car service in Shanghai Rush hour in Shanghai is set to get a little more interesting. Last weekend at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Didi Chuxing CEO and Founder Cheng Wei announced that the ride-hailing giant would begin trialling a driverless taxi servic... Read more By: Min Xuan Ng Posted: 6:20 pm, 03 September 2019 Here's how to support ShanghaiPRIDE's huge fundraiser this season If you think Pride month wasn’t enough to celebrate all things queer (it wasn't), you’re in luck. As part of a fundraiser to cover a few unexpected expenses, queer community group ShanghaiPRIDE is hosting a gamut of events through t... Read more By: Christopher House Posted: 12:27 pm, 29 August 2019 Chengdu Airlines just launched a mala-themed flight leaving from Shanghai If you know what mala means and all about the city where you can experience lots of it, you won't be surprised to hear that Chengdu Airlines has just launched a mala-themed flight connecting Shanghai and Chengdu. Passengers won't actuall... Read more By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 11:56 am, 29 August 2019 Show more
The best things to do this weekend in Shanghai Happy Friday guys and gals and Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Apart from picking up some traditional mooncakes, there are also mookies (mooncakes + cookies), moonpies and moon-whatever to celebrate one of the most loved festivals in China... Read more Posted: 11:37 am, 13 September 2019
China is getting ready to launch its own digital currency Cash in China is about to get an upgrade. The country has been working on a digital currency called DC/EP for the past five years, according to Technode... Read more By: Min Xuan Ng Posted: 3:47 pm, 12 September 2019
Jack Ma has stepped down as Alibaba chairman It's the end of an era, folks. SHINE reports that Jack Ma has stepped down as chairman of e-commerce company Alibaba... Read more By: Christopher House Posted: 5:58 pm, 11 September 2019
The best things to do in Shanghai this week Only four working days this week as Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Saturday. Apart from mooncakes, Shanghai also has plenty to keep you entertained this week... Read more Posted: 9:52 am, 09 September 2019
The city is testing safety stickers for food delivery bags Shanghai’s upping its food safety game. Trials for sticker seals on takeaway and waimai bags are already underway in an effort to ‘prevent contamination during delivery’, a spokesperson for the Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation told SHINE... Read more By: Christopher House Posted: 12:22 pm, 06 September 2019
Face-swap app ZAO sparks privacy debate over deepfake technology Last weekend, Chinese social media was bombarded with videos that showed film clips in which faces of celebrities were replaced with those of ZAO app users. ‘Be a star in the movies you like with only one selfie,' proclaim... Read more By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 11:30 am, 06 September 2019
A police robot is now patrolling Nanjing Dong Lu Call it mechanisation aiming to assist the police or an Orwellian nightmare that takes spying on citizens to the next level – a police bot has started roaming Nanjing Dong Lu. ‘I am a robot from Nanjing Dong Lu Police... Read more By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 3:59 pm, 04 September 2019
Didi to start trialling driverless car service in Shanghai Rush hour in Shanghai is set to get a little more interesting. Last weekend at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Didi Chuxing CEO and Founder Cheng Wei announced that the ride-hailing giant would begin trialling a driverless taxi servic... Read more By: Min Xuan Ng Posted: 6:20 pm, 03 September 2019
Here's how to support ShanghaiPRIDE's huge fundraiser this season If you think Pride month wasn’t enough to celebrate all things queer (it wasn't), you’re in luck. As part of a fundraiser to cover a few unexpected expenses, queer community group ShanghaiPRIDE is hosting a gamut of events through t... Read more By: Christopher House Posted: 12:27 pm, 29 August 2019
Chengdu Airlines just launched a mala-themed flight leaving from Shanghai If you know what mala means and all about the city where you can experience lots of it, you won't be surprised to hear that Chengdu Airlines has just launched a mala-themed flight connecting Shanghai and Chengdu. Passengers won't actuall... Read more By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 11:56 am, 29 August 2019
