Catshanghai

Happy holidays everyone. This is my fifth Christmas in Asia. We spent this one at Nanning and Beihai in Guangxi, South China. We wanted to spend a few days away from people, bustle and rancid air. Nanning is a green, relaxed city surrounded by mountains whereas Beihai is a rundown seaside resort on the south [...]

If you like films and enjoy Taikang Lu then you should come to Projection 216 any Saturday night at 8pm. Here’s January’s schedule: Here’s the address in English and Chinese: Projection 216 Room 216, Building 3, Lane 210 Taikang Road, Shanghai, PRC 泰康 路210弄 3 号楼216 室 021-54656616 Tickets are 15 RMB for refreshments. Please [...]

BBC’s Iplayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer lets you stream TV and radio content as long as you are based in the UK. Windows users can also download shows using a download manager with DRM that automatically deletes the files withn a month or 7 days once you start watching. Computer users in China cannot access this content, [...]

We spent today at Fudan University’s Gynecological and Obstetrics Hospital in Dalin Lu in downtown Shanghai. We could have opted for the expatriate option where you pay upto 100 000 RMB to jump a few queues and listen to an English speaking doctor at places like Shanghai East Medical Centre. The reality is that expatriate [...]