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Sing!

by Julia Maier-Fuersattel “Where people sing you can safely gather,” goes a well-known German song that comes into my mind while I am on...

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Looking back to 1991

by Holly Royce Cole Now that all SEA communications have been moved online, we have bid goodbye to the monthly magazine Shanghai Courier....

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Repatriating with Spot and Puff

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...

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Life in the Time of COVID-19 - Part Two

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...

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Life in the time of COVID-19

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...

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Books Above The Clouds

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

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Metamorphosis and the Wings of a Butterfly

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...

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Going Mahjong

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...

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Bob Dylan Plays Shanghai

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

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Shanghai Disneyland Tips and Tricks Part 2

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...

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Shanghai Disney Part 1

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

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What's brewing in Shanghai?

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...

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A Recipe for Success

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...

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Theater Magic: How I found my community in Shanghai

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...

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Share the Love (and your skills) through volunteering

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

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Baopals.com: The Online Shopping Solution for Foreigners in China using Taobao and Tmal

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

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Baby Born in China: An Expat’s Journey

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...

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App-solutely Indespensible

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

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