Shanghai
This unlikely art deco hotspot is a must-visit in Asia
With its heritage-listed architecture and rich colonial history, the former British Concession on the bank of Shanghai’s Huangpu River is an open-air museum.
- Jenny Hewett
How a noisy, polluted city of 30 million cleaned up its act
In the heart of Shanghai there’s none of the noise, pollution and general intensity you’d expect in a city this size.
- Justine Costigan
China’s $1 billion ‘British’ town is as bonkers as it sounds
Starbucks is doing a decent trade, and there’s a familiar figure outside: Winston Churchill.
- Thomas O'Malley
One of the world’s most beautiful art deco hotels is not where you’d expect
The “Paris of the East” might be a modern metropolis, but many of the buildings from its heyday 100 years ago are still standing.
- Justine Costigan
Cheap flights and no visas required: Why we’re flocking back to China
Yes, relations have been fraught, but now this spectacular destination is putting out the welcome mat again.
- Brian Johnston
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Airline review: Economy class on a no-frills Chinese carrier to London
The “new” movies might be from 2012 and the food isn’t fancy, but good service and an easy transit make up for it.
- Andrew Bain
From polluted and steamy to clean and tranquil: A metropolis transformed
Shanghai, a city of 21 million people, is not the buzzing international destination it once was. But it’s still worth seeing.
- Lee Tulloch
Things to see, do and eat in Shanghai: Expert expat travel tips
Australian photographer share his tips on what to do and what to avoid in Shanghai.
- Belinda Jackson
Cruise Asia on Royal Caribbean's Spectrum of the Seas
Royal Caribbean's billion-dollar leviathan is the most expensive ship purpose built for the Chinese market.
- Caroline Gladstone
China train travel: Best stops on the Beijing to Shanghai high-speed train route
China's bullet trains can go 1300 km from Beijing to Shanghai in less than five hours.
- Brian Johnston