Time Out Shanghai blog Your up-to-the-minute guide to Shanghai life, culture, pop-ups and openings The best things to do in Shanghai this week The warm and sunny weather might be temporarily hiding and yesssss it's a Monday, but there's plenty to put the spring back into your step this week. From a new unchoreographed dance-in-the-dark session in support of Lifeline Shanghai to th... Read more Posted: 2:09 pm, 18 March 2019 5 viral Chinese buzzwords sweeping the internet this spring Cherry freedom, toxic chicken soup and behind bars kind of love affairs. They've all crossed the lips and keyboards of China's netizens this spring, but what do these viral phrases even mean and where did they even come from... Read more By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 9:47 pm, 17 March 2019 Food news: a Paul Pairet café, new brunches and a few farewells We're just gonna come out and say it: spring is here. We're not trying to jinx it, these 20-degree C days have us feeling like winter never happened and even another cold snap isn't going to make us take ou... Read more By: Cat Nelson Posted: 9:14 pm, 17 March 2019 New study ranks Shanghai 9th in the world for culture It seems like people are always finding different ways to rank Shanghai. It was named most foreigner-friendly city in Mainland China, the fifth safest megacity in the world for women, has the world's 29th coolest neighbourhood and is the 76... Read more By: Adam Hopkins Posted: 2:06 pm, 13 March 2019 ICYMI: there's a new rap about the Two Sessions and it's, erm, lit? The big planning meeting of the two national-level decision makers is currently taking place in Beijing. For those not in the know, this double conference is the biggest political event of the year, aiming to push forward China's development a... Read more Posted: 12:58 pm, 12 March 2019 Streetwear brand MLGB has been banned in China for being offensive Popular streetwear brand MLGB has been banned in China. According to fashion/design industry site Women's Wear Daily, the brand lost its trademark on Monday (Mar 4) and the name can no longer be used in the country... Read more By: Adam Hopkins Posted: 4:14 pm, 11 March 2019 Visit dozens of Shanghai's top art spaces with one ticket with ART 24 HOURS This month, ART 24 HOURS is back for its second year over the weekend of Sat 23-Sun 24 March. During this city-wide art carnival, ticket holders can visit nearly a hundred of Shanghai's top galleries, museums, art spaces and de... Read more By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 12:50 pm, 11 March 2019 The top 10 things to do this weekend Weekend: the period from Friday evening through Sunday evening, especially regarded as the part of the week for leisure and a time when there are most definitely things to do in Shanghai. From St Patrick's Day to Lit Fest t... Read more Posted: 5:45 pm, 06 March 2019 200kph driverless maglevs coming to China by early 2020 No matter how many times you've been on it, a trip on the maglev train to Pudong Airport always sparks a sense of wonder. While you don't fully know how it works (a visit to Shanghai Maglev Museum will sor... Read more By: Adam Hopkins Posted: 5:42 pm, 05 March 2019 Magnifico: Bohemian Rhapsody to get surprise China release this March The Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody will be getting air time in China this March, once more proving that no one really knows what is considered too risqué for the Chinese government. At the same time that the movie’s China releas... Read more Posted: 5:31 pm, 28 February 2019 Show more
The best things to do in Shanghai this week The warm and sunny weather might be temporarily hiding and yesssss it's a Monday, but there's plenty to put the spring back into your step this week. From a new unchoreographed dance-in-the-dark session in support of Lifeline Shanghai to th... Read more Posted: 2:09 pm, 18 March 2019
5 viral Chinese buzzwords sweeping the internet this spring Cherry freedom, toxic chicken soup and behind bars kind of love affairs. They've all crossed the lips and keyboards of China's netizens this spring, but what do these viral phrases even mean and where did they even come from... Read more By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 9:47 pm, 17 March 2019
Food news: a Paul Pairet café, new brunches and a few farewells We're just gonna come out and say it: spring is here. We're not trying to jinx it, these 20-degree C days have us feeling like winter never happened and even another cold snap isn't going to make us take ou... Read more By: Cat Nelson Posted: 9:14 pm, 17 March 2019
New study ranks Shanghai 9th in the world for culture It seems like people are always finding different ways to rank Shanghai. It was named most foreigner-friendly city in Mainland China, the fifth safest megacity in the world for women, has the world's 29th coolest neighbourhood and is the 76... Read more By: Adam Hopkins Posted: 2:06 pm, 13 March 2019
ICYMI: there's a new rap about the Two Sessions and it's, erm, lit? The big planning meeting of the two national-level decision makers is currently taking place in Beijing. For those not in the know, this double conference is the biggest political event of the year, aiming to push forward China's development a... Read more Posted: 12:58 pm, 12 March 2019
Streetwear brand MLGB has been banned in China for being offensive Popular streetwear brand MLGB has been banned in China. According to fashion/design industry site Women's Wear Daily, the brand lost its trademark on Monday (Mar 4) and the name can no longer be used in the country... Read more By: Adam Hopkins Posted: 4:14 pm, 11 March 2019
Visit dozens of Shanghai's top art spaces with one ticket with ART 24 HOURS This month, ART 24 HOURS is back for its second year over the weekend of Sat 23-Sun 24 March. During this city-wide art carnival, ticket holders can visit nearly a hundred of Shanghai's top galleries, museums, art spaces and de... Read more By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 12:50 pm, 11 March 2019
The top 10 things to do this weekend Weekend: the period from Friday evening through Sunday evening, especially regarded as the part of the week for leisure and a time when there are most definitely things to do in Shanghai. From St Patrick's Day to Lit Fest t... Read more Posted: 5:45 pm, 06 March 2019
200kph driverless maglevs coming to China by early 2020 No matter how many times you've been on it, a trip on the maglev train to Pudong Airport always sparks a sense of wonder. While you don't fully know how it works (a visit to Shanghai Maglev Museum will sor... Read more By: Adam Hopkins Posted: 5:42 pm, 05 March 2019
Magnifico: Bohemian Rhapsody to get surprise China release this March The Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody will be getting air time in China this March, once more proving that no one really knows what is considered too risqué for the Chinese government. At the same time that the movie’s China releas... Read more Posted: 5:31 pm, 28 February 2019
