‘Oldest jazz band’ a constant in fast-modernising Shanghai

I didn't play outside." Jazz is more readily associated with New Orleans or New York than Shanghai, but the Chinese city has its own proud heritage in that regard that flickers on. And the Peace Hotel, completed in 1929 and a prime example of Art Deco ... ( read original story ...)

Pet-friendly China acupuncturist gets tails wagging again

But the Shanghai clinic of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner Jin Rishan at least provides hopeful owners an alternative to putting down the beloved family dog or cat, the typical fate of pets immobilised by severe spinal and nervous-system ... ( read original story ...)