Starbucks buys its China business

Starbucks views East China as a "significant and strategic region", with Shanghai containing almost 600 stores. The coffee chain said on Thursday it would buy out its joint venture partners in that business, shelling out $1.3 billion for the 50% it doesn't ... ( read original story ...)

Pompidou Centre To Open Satellite Gallery In Shanghai

Centre Pompidou Shanghai will show around 20 exhibitions over five years in a wing of the new West Bund Art Museum, in the cultural district of China’s vast commercial capital. The Museum was designed by the British architect David Chipperfield The ... ( read original story ...)

New TV show aims to unite Shanghai’s ‘new social class’

A talk show will showcase Shanghai's emerging "new social class" and their take on social issues. "Shanghai New Force," which will be aired on Oriental Financial Pudong Channel on Saturdays at 9 pm, is a talk show format program featuring experts from the ... ( read original story ...)