In Guangzhou, I am staying at Sun Yat-sen University’s guesthouse. The university campus is a beautiful one with a green space along the central axis and trees lining the main street. While the scenery is quite pleasing, summer in southern China cannot be discussed without the presence of all sorts of small species. Upon my […]
The rise of Shanghai has been subject to academic scrutiny during last few decades. The study of Shanghai and other major coastal cities provides an window to understand China’s past, present and future, but sometimes, misdirects observers to believe that Shanghai (and a few other major coastal cities such as Guangzhou) represents China’s urbanism. As […]
Well, not much to say here except for sharing this picture that I took. Signs of Expo with its symbols and slogans are found everywhere you go in Shanghai, but one slogan caught my eyes. Unfortunately, this picture that I took while travelling on metro is the only one available, so let me write down […]
A day visit to Shanghai Expo on 27 August. Together with the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, I’d imagine the memory of Shanghai Expo is going to be something that the city is going to keep for some more years, if not decades. It has been publicized for many months now that many pictures of […]