The two sites were created by the expat behind the Sinolicious and KalanStar blogs, and aim to provide foreigners living in or moving to China's two largest expat hubs with a free and easy-to-use method of getting and getting rid of their stuff.
"As communities go, China's expat ones are highly fluid and transient. This being the case, members come and go often and either need to get a bunch of dongxi for thei…
Shanghai's multi-venue BooshKaBaash Festival, meant to run over this past and next weekend, has been cancelled after police raided venues and detained foreign performers.
Organizers posted the following on the BooshKaBaash site: "As many people may already know, the infamous Friday Police raid at Melting Pot led to the cancellation of all Booshkabaash Festival shows. We apologize for any inconvenience this may ha…
Despite a strong showing in the "Top 10 attractive cities to foreigners" list, a new report indicates that no Mainland first-tier cities are suitable for habitation.
The report on China's urban competitiveness, from Chinese think tank the National Academy of Economic Strategy under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, states that the metropolises of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou all failed to rank as "hab…
The results of China's annual expat survey, conducted from September to December last year, are in. More than 175,000 expats participated in the survey via both online and offline voting.
The 10 cities were selected based on their performance in terms of policy and administration, as well as working and living environment for foreigners. Criteria required the cities be prefecture-level or above, and excluded Hong …
There is no shortage of expat rants online and off about the liberal vehicular usage of China's bike and pedestrian ways; it's hard to decide whether this guy needs to be condemned or commended for his attempt to blend in -- with a $300,000 car. Perhaps we should ask Rollerman.
More photos here…
If you're like me, you probably perk up anytime you hear about a movie being made in or about China. Having one made about expats living in China was a first though, and so when I first heard about Shanghai Calling, a romantic comedy about American expats living in Shanghai, I was pretty keen to watch it.
The film centres around a young American attorney (Daniel Henney) sent to Shanghai on assignment, only to get …
The March edition of the Shanghai Consulate News for Americans kindly reminds its citizens not to hit cars that come to close to you, as it may lead to a "physical confrontation."
The American Citizen Services Unit has received several reports of American citizens being injured following physical altercations with drivers of automobiles within our consular district.
Such physical altercations have sprung from t…
I was recently contacted by Paw Pals Animal Rescue (PPAR) and asked if I could lend a hand in getting the word out about their organization to the foreigner community in Shanghai. The animal lover that I am, I'm more than happy to oblige. If you, or anyone you know is a cat lover and wouldn't mind donating time, money or a warm home; please see the bottom of this post for details on how to get in touch with the g…
Alright, I'm a bit slow picking this up, as it made the rounds a few days ago, but felt it was worth the late share all the same. It really should be called Shit Shanghai Laowai Say as there's a lot of very localized references in it (I miss Sherpa's), but still quite funny.
What do you mean you don't have a VPN? :)
H/T Shanghaiist…
A new year and a new douche bag to add to our "Bad Laowai" category. Ryan Fedoruk, a 40-year-old former part-time English teacher from Canada, sublet about 30 apartments to more than 100 foreigners in Shanghai before taking the money and running.
Eva Gao, the Chinese lawyer representing his victims, sums things up on her blog:
Fedoruk began subletting apartments in Shanghai in early 2011. He would post ads …
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