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• 07.08.08 Living in China: Study finds obesity may be a growing problem among kids in Shanghai
  
  "Researchers are concerned that obesity may become a bigger problem among children in Shanghai after completing a study that found kids here have almost the same average height and weight as those in the United States, Shanghai News Times reported. The research team, under the leadership of Jiang Yifang, dean of children nutrition at the Children Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, found that boys aged 10 to 15 were slightly taller and heavier on average than those in the US..."  read on
  
  posted in health, united states, living, shanghai, china, trends
• 06.22.08 Internet in China: online shoppers spend 2.3 billion U.S. dollars in 1st half of 2008
  
  "Online Chinese shoppers spent 16.2 billion yuan (2.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 19 major cities in the first half of 2008, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said on recently. The findings were based on a survey carried out in four municipalities directly under the central government -- Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing -- and 15 developed cities such as Changchun, Dalian, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou, among others..."  read on
  
  posted in beijing, alibaba, taobao, market, shanghai, china, e-commerce, consumer behavior, trends, information technology, internet
• 06.04.08 Living in China: Shanghai’s noise pollution worsens as air, water quality improves
  
  "Water and air quality improved in Shanghai last year, but noise pollution was worse, the city's Environment Protection Administration said. Water quality in the Huangpu River showed signs of improvement for the first time in five years, the administration said in an annual report before Thursday's World Environment Day, according to the Oriental Morning Post. Road noise on Shanghai streets hit an average of 71.9 dB during the day while it dropped to 65.9 dB at night, failing to meet last year's target, the report said..."  read on
  
  posted in transportation, living, shanghai, china, environment
• 06.03.08 Living in China: Taxi driver Zhou Senlin
  
  "Another great production from Daedalum Films, this one directed by Arnaud Kamphuis: There are over 45,000 taxi drivers in Shanghai. Zhou Senlin is one of them. Following him around the city, we learn more about a difficult profession many take for granted. Over his long shifts, Zhou tells us about his life as he observes and adapts to the metamorphosis of an entire city, bringing better opportunities for him and his family..."  read on
  
  posted in population, living, shanghai, china, culture
• 05.14.08 Chinese Calligraphy: Master Yue Le
  
  "In previous post in which I discussed chinese calligraphy, I talked a little bit about chinese calligraphy's history, and my impressions of its influence in contemporary chinese design. Since a lot of people have been asking me for more on the topic, I've decided to post on YouTube some videos of a trip my wife, a couple of friends and I did to Zhu Jia Jiao, one of the many river towns just outside Shanghai. In Zhu Jia Jiao, we've met Master Yue Le, a local artist that makes his living on creating banners/posters for tourist that visit that town: with our little domain of Mandarin, we've asked him to create some banners to represent something he would consider typical..."  read on
  
  posted in creativity, typography, calligraphy, tourism, brazil, travelling, design, education, china, shanghai, culture
• 05.06.08 Living in China: Shanghai foreigner influx doubles in five years
  
  "The number of expats living in Shanghai and those working in local foreign-invested enterprises almost doubled from 2002 to 2006, according to a Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions report released recently. Issued every five years, the report said there were a total of 119,876 expatriates living in the city in 2006, compared to 61,610 in 2002. The number of expats working in foreign-invested companies in the city increased from 40,076 to 76,873 over the same period..."  read on
  
  posted in macao, taiwan, salary, finance, real estate, living, china, shanghai, trade, hong kong, trends
• 05.06.08 Living in China: Shanghai heads list of expats’ favorite cities
  
  "Shanghai maintains the highest quality of life on Chinese mainland for Asian expats, but environmental pollution problem is still a concern, according to the latest survey. The Location Ranking Survey, conducted by one of the world's largest human resources organizations, ECA International, ranked Shanghai in 11th place in Asia and 78th in the world in terms of expat living conditions. The city retained its top spot among the 13 cities in Chinese mainland that included Beijing, Nanjing, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Xiamen..."  read on
  
  posted in health, real estate, macao, living, hong kong, china, shanghai, beijing, environment
• 04.22.08 Autodesk Supports China’s Digital Design Education
  
  "In cooperation with China's Ministry of Education, Autodesk has launched China Student Design Community to provide free digital design tools to Chinese students, in order to support of China's digital design innovation and engineering education. Previously, the company has made investments in China's education field, including the establishment of joint labs in five Chinese universities of Tsinghua University, Tongji University, Harbin Institute of Technology, South China University of Technology and Shanghai Jiaotong University. The company has also sponsored China's Development and Design program through which it has reached partnership with Beijing Software and Information Service Promotion Center, providing software and development tools to Chinese designers..."  read on
  
  posted in beijing, software, autodesk, shanghai, innovation, education, information technology, china, design
• 04.13.08 Living in China: Shanghai GDP increases 13.3% in 2007
  
  "Shanghai, the most powerful economic hub of China, achieved GDP of US$1.2 trillion in 2007, up 13.3% from a year earlier, marking a double-digit growth for 16 consecutive years, the Shanghai Statistics Bureau announced recently. The city's 2007 GDP per capita stood at US$8,594 in the local calculation method, said Pan Jianxin, director of Shanghai Bureau of Statistics. And in accordance with the international standards, the figure would hit US$8,949, said Pan..."  read on
  
  posted in living, industry, market, finance, trade, shanghai, wealth, trends, china, economics
• 04.12.08 Design in China: Shanghai to establish excellence center for branding and corporate identities
  
  "Shanghai industrial and commercial authorities will help companies develop brand logos to increase the number of local logos registered overseas to 20,000 by the year 2012, officials said recently. To help achieve the target, the Shanghai Bureau of Industrial and Commercial Administration said it would build a public service platform in the bureau. The platform would provide logo registration and design consultation, a legal service, value estimation and logo trade for companies..."  read on
  
  posted in creativity, market, trade, shanghai, china, intellectual property, design

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