Expats of Shanghai

An Israeli 'Passerby' en route to China for a new experience

Israeli musician Gilad Segev, who founded the Passerby initiative, is heading back to China for a new project. This time, he will have his 3-year-old son for company.

Art & Culture

Nation

Expatriates enjoy Chinese New Year in city

Due to the impact of COVID-19, many expatriates living and working in Shanghai have chosen to remain in the city over the Chinese New Year holiday.

Lifestyle

Expats find a sense of community in city

Moving abroad isn't an easy experience. The unfamiliar environment, limited social network, language barrier and culture shock can be formidable for foreigners moving to Shanghai.

Lifestyle

Sammy's boxing clever in a city he loves

Sammy Bowen, a 31-year-old businessman from the UK, runs a boxing gym, a football club and a restaurant in Shanghai.

Lifestyle

Curator plans future with nature as a monk

Presently, Yun Cheagab is the curator and director of HOW Art Museum in the Pudong New Area, but he wants to be a monk in Tongdosa, back to South Korea, some time in the future.

Lifestyle

Analytic entrepreneur relishes a problem

Businessman Ami Dror has just embarked on yet another entrepreneurial journey in a challenging new field.

Lifestyle

Boxing, books and a 'Brawl on the Bund'

Badhrul Islam from Britain reflects on 14 years of food, literature and boxing in Shanghai.

Lifestyle

Architects find new life on washroom floor

Living in downtown Shanghai, with three kids and a fat cat, Canadian couple Sherry Poon and Raefer Wallis said they have built an intimate relationship with their neighbors.

Lifestyle

All's fair in love and war for Brit art teacher

As a former British Royal Marine, it is fair to say Ian Smith has dodged a few bullets in his time.

Lifestyle

Brit's sweet tooth for Candy and Shanghai

With a catchy Chinese name "泰山," or taishan, similar to the name of a famous mountain in China, British man Chris Attwell, looks passionate and approachable.

Lifestyle

Between worlds: the Filipino-Japanese living it up in Shanghai

With a formal black shirt and grey pants, Mario San Pedro Yamaura, a young man who is half Japanese and half Filipino, looks crisp and professional.

Expats of Shanghai

An Israeli 'Passerby' en route to China for a new experience

Expatriates enjoy Chinese New Year in city

Expats find a sense of community in city

Sammy's boxing clever in a city he loves

Curator plans future with nature as a monk

Analytic entrepreneur relishes a problem

Boxing, books and a 'Brawl on the Bund'

Architects find new life on washroom floor

All's fair in love and war for Brit art teacher

Brit's sweet tooth for Candy and Shanghai

Between worlds: the Filipino-Japanese living it up in Shanghai

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