Beijing
I want to explore Chinese philosophy, in Chinese. Really. I got my masters in Chinese philosophy in Canada, and I’m here now studying at Beida getting ready before I do my Ph.D. work. So my goal this year is to finally be able to take a class ... Read More
Beijing
I would write about the secret lives of the five Olympic mascots. Too few people know of Beibei's nights out in Sanlitun, Huanhuan's life as a poet or Nini's affairs with numerous high profile Beijing laowais. The world must know. -Sam Byfield
Shanghai
Population control and ... Read More
Beijing
The pollution. I hate looking out the window and just seeing grey. I can't exercise outside. Sometimes it’s so bad, I try not to be outside at all. I’m from Finland where we have forests and nature everywhere, so I really miss clean air. So when ... Read More
Beijing
I am most thankful for the nobs who believe this is their city. The ones who only have Chinese friends who truly believe they are part of Beijing, who are, in fact, just on an extended working holiday, like me. These lost souls put a smile on my face ... Read More
Beijing
I worked in a cheese factory once. I was traveling in Australia and I ran out of money, so I took the job in this tiny town in the middle of nowhere. We had to wear hair nets and yellow rubber boots. After seeing how it’s made, I ... Read More
Beijing
The Go! Team show at The Starlive in June. I went with a big group of people and we had a great time. The band was jumping all over the stage and the crowd got really into it. My only regret is that Starlive's bar system made it ... Read More
Beijing
If the pollution ever gets so bad that I have to wear a gas mask. I've been here two and a half years, and those bad pollution days really get to me sometimes. But I'll stick it out—unless I just can't breathe the air period ... Read More
Beijing
No more Dan Dan Anus & Intestines! They're taking down all those great signs. I think they're what makes Beijing Beijing. They should fire that professor over in Wudaokou who is in charge of fixing the translations—I love them! -Viviana Cadavid
Shanghai
Clean bathrooms. -Ben Cole Read More
Beijing
The coolest summer treat in Beijing is sitting outside at the Stone Boat in Ritan Park and enjoying a Long Island ice tea. I love being outside on the water with live music and a nice, strong, cold drink! Jay Fonow
Shanghai
The best way to stay cool in ... Read More
Beijing
The best thing in Beijing is definitely
the food. There are so many
kinds of restaurants and
tastes; you could eat a
different kind of food every
night if you wanted. I love
that you can eat typical
Beijing food, like kaoya, or
go to restaurants from all
over ... Read More
Beijing
Definitely Beijing! We appreciate all kinds of arts—traditional, modern Chinese and international.
There are Chinese operas and acrobatic shows being performed here every single day.
---Candice Zhao
Shanghai
A lot of active people here are looking for entertainment. New things have better success here. The circus just seems ... Read More
Beijing
I think Beijing is like Chicago, and Shanghai is like New York. Both are openly gay, but Shanghai has more flair. It has a bigger scene and more variety in nightlife. Beijing may be more comfortable, but Shanghai screams "here I am."
--Mike Pignatello
Shanghai
Shanghai erected a 468 ... Read More
Beijing
I would jump out of bed and go straight to my local shop to buy 7,000,000 ice cold bottles of Tsingtao. It would make for the biggest and best free-for-all-pissup Tiananmen Square has ever seen! -- Kim Daniel, Authur
Shanghai
I'd buy any space in the city ... Read More
Beijing
Beijing’s music scene rocks way harder. The people here are more laid back, more international. Shanghai doesn’t have enough spirit to have a good live music scene. -- Amy Johnson
Shanghai
Did you see the recent drag show in 4Live? Places like this make Shanghai very surprising. Beijing ... Read More
Beijing
Beijing! It’s got spirit, Shanghai’s got ... shopping. I mean, really, when’s the last time you heard a rap song about my peeps down in PRADA? Anyways, Beijing’s hutongs are god knows how many eons old. It's like they invented street life, way back in ... Read More
Beijing
Beijing, definitely. For instance, I was once sitting in a hip hutong cafe, using high speed wifi to work on my website, listening to jazz with people speaking several different languages in the background, just like in any other metropolis in the world. Then I had to get up ... Read More
Beijing
Beijing is more Irish. It feels a bit more laid back and smaller than Shanghai. The people are friendlier and more outgoing, like Irish people you meet. Also Beijing is grey like Ireland.
Shanghai
I would say Shanghai, judging from the number of alcoholics in this city. Read More
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Beijing
My favorite part of Spring Festival in Beijing is no traffic! So I can go do all the things I keep meaning to do, but don't, like shopping, seeing temples, whatever. I enjoy having the city to myself.
Shanghai
I ... Read More
Beijing
A walk in an old hutong that makes you think about the past and dream about the future. A first gaze toward the untouchable Great Wall that gives you a sense of deja vu. The silence of Jietai temple. Skating on the frozen Houhai lakes. A hot pot for ... Read More
Beijing
Beijing’s winter events are much better. The winter experience is so much more wonderful here, when there is snow and the city is bustling, it’s such a beautiful experience compared to Shanghai’s cold and grey. - Sebastian Burghof
Shanghai
Shanghai because it has that ski facility [Yinqixing ... Read More
Beijing
Beijingers, most definitely! We’re tougher, stronger, not as obsessed with our looks. We don’t go to bars to pose, we go to drink! Plus, it’s cheaper to drink in Beijing and when we go out, we're going out with a purpose! When was the last ... Read More
Beijing
The absolute best change this year was the paving of Nanluoguxiang. It looks gorgeous and retains a bit of that old Beijing charm. - Donna Warvick
Shanghai
The worse thing that happened to me in 2006 is that I crashed a slop cart in Nanjing Xi Lu at 6 a ... Read More
Beijing
Buying all the tacky Christmas decorations I can find in Yabalu. Once I found a human size gyrating snowman. Dan Marks
Shanghai
Christmas in China? We head to the beautiful beaches of sunny California for Christmas. Our family travels back to the States every year end to see Grandpa ... Read More
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