Our friends at Toygu are hosting an interesting competition to come up with a new design for their ceramic toy model. If your design is chosen, a special-edition model will be produced and in association...

After a significant upgrade and revamping of the site a couple of days ago, Photoshelter works and looks even better. Here's a list of the main changes. Apologies for the watermark, I still have to...

Vote for Arduino The Italian government is making a selection of national innovations to bring to Shanghai’s Expo this year. There have been many entries, among them ours, and now Wired...

China Eastern Airline always serves first-class in-flight meals. The food is delicious and nutritious. Fresh healthy ingredients are carefully selected and strict control is exercised to uphold recognized...

We hanged around the UBPA (Urban best Practices Area, on the Puxi side of town) to watch the opening ceremony and the people watching it. While there was quite a lot of people, it was not as packed...

gallery Slated to be the largest outdoor multimedia display China has seen since the Olympics, the show will make non-stop use of fireworks, sound and light, says a DAE press release. via cnngo.com...

An expat all time fave, The Shelter has announced that it is to be closed down, perhaps indefinitely, after this weekend. Aaahhh, what will become of us on a Friday and Saturday night now? This comes...

Hungary will donate money to restore some of the historic buildings designed by Hungarian architect Lazlo Hudec in Shanghai, possibly including the city's landmark Grand Theatre and Park Hotel, a senior...

The Aviation Pavilion built by China's two aviation industrial giants has reached its rooftop. The whole construction is expected to be completed in March. The 4,000-square-meter pavilion is funded...