Making the most of your Shanghai internship

Making the most of your Shanghai internship

Worried about plunging into the work world in a new city (not to mention a new culture)? Caroline Osse draws on her experience to offer tips for Shanghai internship-hunters....

Shanghai Taxicab Tales: "Welcome to Take My Taxi"

Shanghai Taxicab Tales: "Welcome to Take My Taxi"

Jessie Hsia explores the world of Shanghai cabbies one conversation, one kilometer, one RMB and one unexpected experience at a time. You'll never see shifu quite the same way again...

Fifty Students on a Mountaintop: Writing in Moganshan (video)

Fifty Students on a Mountaintop: Writing in Moganshan (video)

NYU Liberal Studies Core Program students—aka "the Freshmen"—headed to Moganshan for a week­end of writ­ing, hik­ing and explo­ration, both of crum­bling Jazz Age for­ei...

A Visual Taste of Shanghai: A trip to Gansu (video)

A Visual Taste of Shanghai: A trip to Gansu (video)

In the third of Andi Akpe's documentary shorts on life at NYU Shanghai, he heads to the Gobi Desert and the Tibetan Buddhist monasteries of far west Gansu...

John Sexton on NYU Shanghai: In and of the city, with a global character

John Sexton on NYU Shanghai: In and of the city, with a global character

Robert Hershey (Spring '11) gets NYU President John Sexton's thoughts on NYU Shanghai's big plans and how he sees the NYU academic model working in China ...

Hong Kong: China’s beacon of free speech

Hong Kong: China’s beacon of free speech

Zach Hollo explores the Special Administrative Region's role as China's marketplace of ideas, critique and dissenting opinion...

No Chaos Under Heaven

No Chaos Under Heaven

Acceptance speech by Ping O. upon con­fir­ma­tion of her pro­mo­tion to Director of the Ministry of Freak Accidents, Shanghai Division. December 8, XXXX. Accessible from the A...

A Visual Taste of Shanghai: Weeks two & three (video)

A Visual Taste of Shanghai: Weeks two & three (video)

The second of Andi Akpe's episodic documentary shorts that capture the people and places that make Shanghai memorable. Take a look!...

Arts & Culture


Photo essay: Shíkùmén zai Shanghai
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Delrisha White shares her haunting photographs of Shanghai's traditional shikumen ("stone gate") neighborhoods, focusing on ...

Shanghai's star jazz vocalist Coco livens up the standards at Club JZ
Nov 29, 2011 | by | No Comments | Read →

Lily Lion on Coco Zhao, a Chinese jazz singer who puts a Shanghai spin on the standards at JZ Club. ...

Shanghai Jiu-Jitsu fighters vie for honor of representing China in Abu Dhabi
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Nikki Kujawski on the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu scene in Shanghai as fighters vie for the honor of representing China in Abu Dhabi. ...

Travel


A Jiangxi countryside wedding: Cultural divides, family ties and a changing China
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Ally Chiu heads to the Jiangxi countryside for a cousin's wedding and reports back from the "real China" beyond the big-city glitz of Shanghai...

Self-discovery in Guilin
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Matt King explores the scenic waterways and karst peaks of Guilin, catching humorous glimpses of himself as an American abroad through Chinese eyes....

Hostelling in China: Debunking the bed bug myth
Sep 17, 2011 | by | No Comments | Read →

Just in time for the October holiday break, Charlotte Evans (NYU Shanghai Spring '11) has advice and recommendations for cheap stays in Xi'an, Yangshuo and Beijing...


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Business

Suits, the practical and the cute: The Chinese corporate dress code
Suits, the practical and the cute: The Chinese corporate dress code

Sandra Go examines Chinese office fashion, finding it a bit cuter, lacier and sparklier than you might imagine coming from New York or London...

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Creative takes

Shanghai Taxicab Tales: "Welcome to Take My Taxi"
Shanghai Taxicab Tales: "Welcome to Take My Taxi"

Jessie Hsia explores the world of Shanghai cabbies one conversation, one kilometer, one RMB and one unexpected experience at a time. You'll never see shifu quite the same way again...

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News & Opinion

China's nouveaux riches: A threat to the rest of Chinese society?

The brash materialism of China's "Second Rich Generation" may be corrupting China's institutions and traditional values, Ally Chiu explains...

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Internships, jobs & volunteering

Making the most of your Shanghai internship
Making the most of your Shanghai internship

Worried about plunging into the work world in a new city (not to mention a new culture)? Caroline Osse draws on her experience to offer tips for Shanghai internship-hunters....

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Eat & drink

Sexy Chinese food pics
Sexy Chinese food pics

A gallery featuring hot pics of Chinese dishes encountered in a Shanghai fine dining restaurant. Photos by Delrisha White....

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