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Jonathan Chandler's Lowdown on The Middle Kingdom

July 1, 2009October 4, 2026Trista di Genovaanhui, China, fashion, hiking, infrastructure projects, Jonathan Chandler, Jonathan Chandler's Lowdown on The Middle Kingdom, prosperity, shanghai, Shanghai correspondent, spring festival, tien-mu shan

By Jonathan Chandler Exclusive to The Wild East A couple of weekends ago, just after the Chinese New Year known here as The Spring Festival (which seems both erroneous and tedious), I was met by my mate, an expat captain of industry, in his Saab and driver, for a hike in the Tien-Mu Shan mountains…

Low on the Hai: Shanghai the lucky city

Strait-Talk

May 29, 2009October 4, 2026Trista di GenovaChina, infrastructure projects, shanghai, taxi drivers, world expo

By Jonathan Chandler in Shanghai Low on the Hai: Shanghai the lucky city – you’d better believe it… One of the massive construction projects for the Shanghai World Expo. Picture: xinhuanet.com The 2010 World Expo comes to Shanghai with perfect timing to avoid wipe-out inside the world-wide financial banzai pipeline. The city is splashing with…