If you're on a flying visit to Shanghai, sticking to The Bund - the riverside road dotted with the city's grandest colonial era buildings - is the easiest option when it comes to casual drinks or no-brainer gourmet food. But there are also plenty of gems ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai: WME-IMG, Village Roadshow Launch Chinese Film Venture With Beijing’s Perfect World
The new film and TV production company, named Perfect Village Entertainment, unveiled a debut slate in Shanghai Tuesday, including projects from Zhang Yimou and Jackie Chan. WME-IMG and Village Roadshow Entertainment Group have partnered with Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai Travel Guide
Sophisticated, cosmopolitan and dynamic, Shanghai is an awe-inspiring destination. China’s largest city by population — more than 23 million — features an ever-changing skyline full of skyscrapers. As you stroll along the landmark Bund, it’s ... ( read original story ...)
With Industry and Political Clouds Hovering, Shanghai Film Festival Opens on Quieter Note
Numerous new connections were being made between Chinese companies and overseas filmmakers, many from Hollywood. But the intervening year has been an instructive one. In hindsight, the 2016 Shanghai festival looks like the last hurrah of an old era when ... ( read original story ...)
China Travel | Yuyuan Garden, The Bund & Nanjing Street | Shanghai | Vacation Episode – 8/12
Episode - 8 After extremely hectic 7 days in China, we finally decided to take it a bit easy for one day. You know that was not gonna be the case :-). We ended up going to the Yuyuan Garden & classical street, went on the Huangpu river cruise & squeezed in ... ( read ...
Shanghai: Renny Harlin to Direct Chinese Thriller ‘The Hanging Coffin’
The Finnish filmmaker has signed on to direct The Hanging Coffin for Shanghai Film Group and Shanghai New Wave Films. Described as an action adventure-cum-thriller featuring extreme sports, tomb raiding and mutant creatures, the film is scripted by Tony ... ( read original story ...)
Disney, Ocean World, Legoland … why is Shanghai building so many theme parks?
“These new projects will drag some visitors away from Disneyland, that’s for sure,” said Professor Yao Kunyi, a tourism specialist from the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics. “The Yangtze River Delta is rich and will never ... ( read original story ...)