Word: shanghaies
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...you’d follow them into any questionable alleyway, up any set of narrow stairs, and into any dank, faux-Louis-Vuitton-filled room. But on most days, you don’t need to be reminded of the overwhelming pirated-goods market in Shanghai; you need to be convinced that anything here is real.The first week you spend in this former marshland, which was transformed into a financial capital seemingly overnight, can only be described as a sustained shock. This has nothing to do with the pregnant mother trying to sell you Japanese bondage porn (illegal in China...
...people—a lot of people—bothered to make art about it.For three months this summer I lived and worked at a television station in China, and to say the least, things are different over there. Having spent the vast majority of my three months in Shanghai, I’m cautious to make a generalization that blankets the entire country, but I think it’s safe to say that youth rebellion as a social inevitability doesn’t have as much weight in China as it does here in the West...
...Shanghai hopes to throw a lavish party to end all parties, the World Expo. World fairs have lost their luster since the wondrous days of London's Crystal Palace, Chicago and New York. Who even remembers where and when the last Expo was held? (It was in 2005, in Aichi, Japan - thanks, Google.) But Shanghai is determined to revitalize the Expo. While Beijing threw an efficient if, ultimately, rather empty Olympics - because of visa restrictions that kept out many tourists, along with potential demonstrators - you can bet that Shanghai will give a warmer welcome to the world. After...
...Still, Shanghai thrives best in those half-light moments when it's not clear whether it's dawn or dusk. Early last century, as the planet veered inexorably toward global conflict, Shanghai opened its doors to the world's refugees - Russians fleeing the Bolsheviks, Jews escaping the Nazis, even Chinese communists dodging warlords - and threw one helluva party. The festive mood survives to this day, as the city in September celebrated the opening of three major art fairs, one of which, ShContemporary, showcased not only top contemporary Chinese artists, but also emerging talents from 26 different countries. ShContemporary ranks...
...Because of the city's previous incarnation as a center of global capitalism, the Shanghainese today ranks as China's most ardent conspicuous consumers, equally voracious when buying local or global. Nevertheless, given the somber economic mood worldwide, Shanghai has tried to reign in the excess a bit. October's annual Millionaire Fair, where the moneyed classes can pick up everything from a gold-plated toilet to a private jet, has been rebranded simply as The Fair. But the metropolis still thrums with a determined decadence, a stance borne of having to hibernate during the height of communist fervor. Practically...