October 10th, 2011 | by Brandon Chew | published in Creative takes, Features, Magazine
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 Audio-Visual Records Department, code 18693. Part one of three. “Comrades, colleagues…what an honor! I never expected such a swift and glorious Ministry response to my actions and experiments. Not that I didn’t […]
October 2nd, 2011 | by Batul Abbas | published in Creative takes, Magazine
Batul Abbas juxtaposes translated/found language fragments from a student essay toward an exploration of perceptions of race and ethnicity in Shanghai.
September 1st, 2011 | by Lucy Wang | published in Creative takes, Magazine
Lucy Wang's hilarious take on growing up between countries and cultures … and surviving cross-cultural embarrassments with style
August 22nd, 2011 | by Noor Chadha | published in Creative takes, Magazine
Noor Chadha's poetry (in Chinese and English), written as part of a larger multimedia project, "Fermata," documenting her semester at NYU Shanghai.
March 3rd, 2011 | by Nathalie Verhaegen | published in Features, Magazine
Did you know that Shanghai's annual trash output equals five Jinmao Towers? Nathalie Verhaegen pokes around in Shanghai's garbage and finds some interesting things.…
October 2nd, 2010 | by Marlene Lam | published in Features, Magazine, photography
Marlene Lam's Expo close-ups reveal the visual patterning (and divergence from patterns) that you may have missed among the crowds and monumental pavilions.
October 1st, 2010 | by Adam Borowski | published in Business, Magazine
Adam Borowski explores the business of Shanghai street food, interviewing vendors from three different street food zones throughout the city.
October 1st, 2010 | by Hyejin Kim | published in Arts & Culture, Features, Magazine
Hyejin Kim examines the attitudes of Chinese college students toward membership in the Communist Party. The results? Just don't look for ideological fervor…
October 1st, 2010 | by Bram Schumer | published in Creative takes, Magazine
Bram Schumer does Chinese New Year with his new Chinese boyfriend's small-town family. Fireworks, feasts and awkward moments ensue.
September 30th, 2010 | by zaiShanghai | published in Features, Magazine
Welcome to zaiShanghai, Volume 2. Here you’ll find some of the best work to come out of NYU in Shanghai during the 2009–2010 academic year, spanning disciplines from business to creative writing, from law to photography. Of particular note in this issue are a set of essays written for Dan Guttman’s Law and Society class. Blending […]