Two indie markets worth your time this weekend. One's a design-heavy warehouse takeover with 50+ makers and photo ops. The ...

Where to go out, dance, and revel. Shanghai’s most popular events listings, hand-picked by expert critics with decades of experience in the city.

Want flawless skin without looking “done”? Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Rejuvenation brings award-winning anti-aging treatments to ...

What It Is. The Bottega Group — best known in Shanghai for their Neapolitan pizza and sleek dining rooms (Bottega and Atica) — is expanding its reach with La Diosa, a lively M ...

La Barra just turned four — and is throwing a big party. What used to be four venues is now one: dinner, drinks, and dancing ...

SmartShanghai’s regular dining coverage is back in full swing — here are our favorite new places of 2025 so far.

Asian Pop Night hits The Bund! Rooftop party at RIVIERA Songhelou on Jul 18. ¥158 early bird tix incl. 6 drinks + pink ...

The no-nonsense Foreign Language Book Store is the closest thing you'll find to whatever mega bookstore you know from your home country. The entire building is dedicated to English-language books, so ...

Museum commemorating a defensive action of Zhabei against the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War (precursor to World War II). Chiang Kai-shek chose this location for a symbolic stand because ...

Duoyun belongs to a gigantic Chinese publishing group which also owns several other bookstores in the city, including Sinan Books, but this flagship store is the most gorgeous. It is fifty-two floors ...

Street heat. Summer fashion from the streets of Shanghai ...

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