Your SEA Executive Board

By Julie Stegink Did you move to Shanghai with pets? Or did you adopt a dog and/or cat while living here? How do you prepare to move home (or somewhere else)...

This is part two in a series of articles about how our members, both in Shanghai and abroad, are coping with life in Shanghai during COVID-19. New opportuni...

This is part one in a series of articles about how our members, both in Shanghai and abroad, are coping with life in Shanghai during COVID-19. Jiayou, Wuhan!...

By Karen Collias If you want to spend an interesting afternoon with family and friends, visit the Duoyun Bookstore, "Books above the Clouds," on the 52nd fl...

By Christina Martirosian And just like that she spread her wings like a butterfly and took off. My baby has gone off to college. The hardest goodbye ever in ...

By Pamela Murray Many of us came to the small group Mahjong at the invitation of a fellow SEA member. For me, it was my friend and neighbor Esra. “Come with ...

By Karen Collias The Shanghai Museum of Modern Art is only one of two museums worldwide to exhibit iconic musician Bob Dylan’s collection of music, paintings...

By Juliette Gustavsson It may be a small world after all, but Shanghai Disneyland is huge; with a 5-mile long oval perimeter, and an area spanning over 1,00...

Planning a trip to Shanghai Disney? Here’s Mrs. Jet-Set’s best tips and tricks

By Rebekah Kebede When Josh Cerreta moved to Shanghai three years ago, one of the things he missed the most about home was beer. And he was homesick for one ...

By Liz Anderson If there was a recipe for a successful trailing spouse in Shanghai, I think it might read something like this: Start with one curious human a...

By Danielle LeClerc When I arrived in Shanghai after a year of solo travel in southeast Asia, I was craving interaction. On the road, my ears jumped at the s...

By Lori Ozdowy With organizations that depend on volunteer participation-like the Shanghai Expat Association, Brits Abroad Shanghai (BA), American Club Shang...

By Kathy Van Wilgenburg First, a quick primer Alibaba is China’s—and, by many measures, the world’s—biggest online commerce company. It has three main intern...

By Liz Anderson You expect to deal with unforeseen scenarios of all sorts when you sign up to be an expatriate. But how can you accurately prepare for someth...

By Danielle LeClerc In 2008, practicing my “yi, er, san” as the train rolled into Shanghai Railway Station, I was more than a little intimidated. How was I g...