NYU Shanghai leadership team sees "rare opportunity" as inaugural class takes shape

NYU Shanghai leadership team sees "rare opportunity" as inaugural class takes shape

Class of 2017 applicant selections are underway as NYU Shanghai leadership looks to make the most of a "rare opportunity" in international education to "bring cultures together"...

Historical context a must when judging China's leadership transition

Historical context a must when judging China's leadership transition

Charles Cochin de Billy argues that those who would judge China's 18th Party Congress and leadership transition must understand China's complex history first...

Stalactites and stalagmites in the spotlight at Shijiazhuang's Qingliang Shan

Stalactites and stalagmites in the spotlight at Shijiazhuang's Qingliang Shan

Amy Lu reports on the fantastical (and fantastically lit) stalactite and stalagmite rock formations found deep inside Hebei Province's Qinglian Shan. ...

"A pioneer undertaking": NYU Shanghai officially underway

"A pioneer undertaking": NYU Shanghai officially underway

New York University President John Sexton and various Shanghai education and government dignitaries including a department head from the national Ministry of Education officially ...

Population and pollution: US vs. China

Population and pollution: US vs. China

Sophie Elias charts China's "Supergrowth," comparing GDP per capita, urban population, CO2 emissions, making it clear where we've been, where we are, and where we are headed if we ...

Let the Poetry Club serenade you

Let the Poetry Club serenade you

The NYU Shanghai Poetry Club's freshmen poets, led by Timothy Tomlinson and his wife Deedle, meet weekly to talk and write poetry. Here's a collection of our best work. ...

Mike Daisey, Rob Schmitz, and Foxconn: what this means for journalism

Mike Daisey, Rob Schmitz, and Foxconn: what this means for journalism

Last Friday afternoon, the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club hosted a talk by Rob Schmitz, the Shanghai correspondent for American Public Media’s Marketplace. Watching him fi...

Where's Hollo?

Where's Hollo?

Picking a tall white guy out of a billion or so Chinese is harder than we thought. Zach Hollo's going all kinds of places in China and writing about it. Seen him around?...

Arts & Culture


DIM SUM: Taiwan gay pride gallery
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In today's DIM SUM post, Dani Grant gives us a gay pride photo gallery straight (directly?) from the streets of Tapei. Like the lady's sign says, "funky"......

My Internship Experience So Far — NeochaEDGE
Apr 9, 2012 | by | No Comments | Read →

I intern at the Shanghai-based boutique creative agency NeochaEDGE. They design and create ads and commercials for some really big clients, including Nike, the GAP, and adidas. (Be...

Shanghai architecture: Three closeups
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Sophie Elias' photos of Jing'an Temple, the ECNU front gate and the Oriental Pearl Tower address China's twin obsessions with futuristic modernism and traditional forms ...

Travel


The Bund: History, glitz, and the thrill of being young in Shanghai
Nov 16, 2012 | by | No Comments | Read →

Amy Lu on of the thrill of the city: "Shanghai seemed overwhelming at first, but my recent visit to the Bund made it easy to say: 'I'll be coming here again!'" ...

Nanjing doorways: Vases, circles and curves
Nov 4, 2012 | by | No Comments | Read →

While doorways in America are pretty standard in shape and style, during my trip to Nanjing last weekend I saw a variety of door shapes. They ranged from the ordinary rectangular...

Escape to Hangzhou: Natural beauty, great food, markets and history
Nov 4, 2012 | by | No Comments | Read →

Wenni Yin finds an ideal balance of new and old, East and West, nature and the city in Hangzhou--even during the mass-travel madness of the October holiday...


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Facets of a changing China: Fast fashion
Facets of a changing China: Fast fashion

When walking the streets of Shanghai, China's most globalized and international city, one cannot help but notice the number of opportunities to shop. China is, as NYU Shanghai prof...

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DIM SUM: Hong Kong gets real
DIM SUM: Hong Kong gets real

The bustling city of Hong Kong conquered the natural landscape, then re-installed nature into the city in the form of the Nan Lian Gardens, even completing the natural scene with h...

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NYU Shanghai leadership team sees "rare opportunity" as inaugural class takes shape
NYU Shanghai leadership team sees "rare opportunity" as inaugural class takes shape

Class of 2017 applicant selections are underway as NYU Shanghai leadership looks to make the most of a "rare opportunity" in international education to "bring cultures together"...

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Intern Diaries: Making connections at online travel giant Ctrip
Intern Diaries: Making connections at online travel giant Ctrip

As I look back on my internship experience, I feel a sense of accomplishment but also a sense of failure. One of the best experiences I had was working at the 17 Mile Café ju...

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Shanghai Hooters: It's more (and less) than you think
Shanghai Hooters: It's more (and less) than you think

It was more out of curiosity than anything sapphic. I mean, what better place for a girls' night out than the infamous Hooters? (Especially when you're feeling ironic.) Our "cult...

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