Some business sayings contain more than a kernel of truth.
Family wealth is seldom permanent. It moves over time. There are many reasons for that change in fortune; They can be accidental or intentional.
1. My wife’s family started and owned the London-Petrolia Barrel Company during the middle of the 19th and early 20th century. They were [...]

Rumours have already started circulating that China Mobile will be the carrier to introduce the HTC G1 Android phone to China. Launched last Tuesday by T-Mobile in the States, this phone is the first device to run on the Google develop platform Android./p
Digitimes.com reports that as the only Chinese carrier that is a member of [...]

Last night’s gig was much welcomed after a long drought in Shanghai’s experimental/ indie electronic music scene (think DJ Krush back in December 2006), judging by the large turnout ready to party on a week night. Daedelus, outlandishly dandy as ever with massive sideburns (that would do well to give Gaz Coombes a run for [...]

Yeah, that long holiday week is almost here, isn’t it? Well if you want to tack on an extra two days, this might be your ticket. On Thursday night, Free the Wax is bringing Daedelus to The Shelter with his brand of hip-hop/synthpop/electronica. What’s it sound like?
“Brilliant fusion of Aphex Twin and Aaliyah. Like Beck [...]

Adding to the list of Chinese social networking service providers like Xiaonei and Tencent, kaixin001.com (开心网) has confirmed to have secured USD4-5million in venture capital today from Northern Light Venture Capital headed by Feng Deng, one of the top 10 Chinese venture capitalists in 2007. Launched in April this year, the SNS that is still [...]

During the Sydney Olympics, 70,000 condoms were distributed to athletes for their use but they ran out so fast that another 20,000 had to be brought in. Learning their lesson, officials for the Athens games provided 130,000 condoms free of charge to athletes. At the meticulously manicured 66 hectare Olympic village, BOCOG officials have done [...]

Wednesday August 27 At The Blues Room, it’s time for the second “Battle of the bands”, where local rock musicians compete for honour and free studio time. Find out more here.
At 146 Tongren Road, near Beijing road, ???146???????
Thursday August 28 It’s movie night at Arch, this week The Great Debaters, a movie based on a [...]

While the big news this week was the postponement of the Kayne West concert, Shanghaiist was busy contemplating what gigs to check out on Friday. Tonight there is a new(ish) bar getting in on the live music action. Bee Dees bar on Dagu road is playing host to Hard Queen with a free [...]

The World Expo Tunnel, which stretches beneath the Huangpu River, connecting Pudong and Puxi reached its full length on August the 20th: it’s 2.67 kilometers long, and located 1.117 kilometers below the river.
The soccer World Cup qualifier match between North and South Korea has been moved from Pyongyang to Shanghai, because the North had refused [...]