New Balance Opens Shanghai’s First Experience Store on Huai Hai Road

New Balance, one of the world’s leading running brands, today announces the opening of its first Experience Store on Shanghai’s Huai Hai Road. It is New Balance’s second Experience Store in China, following the opening of its first on Beijing’s Qianmen Avenue last year. Senior executives from the company, including Regional General Manager, Asia Pacific, [...]

WHERE TO DRINK, DANCE & MINGLE THIS WEEK IN SHANGHAI

Friday December 18
Re: ignition
DJ S.O.Beats from London ignites the party with his uplifting, funky house music. He’s performed for celebrities like David Beckham, Natalie Portman and Diddy, so it won’t be hard for him to please the party animals in Shanghai. 10pm-late, free entry. Email bookings@m1nt.com.cn for non members guest list. M1NT, 24/F, 318 Fuzhou [...]

OPEN DOOR: POMODORO

The buzz: Swanky but affordable Italian restaurant on the same Kangding Lu strip as Chiang Mai, Legend Taste Yunnan, and that Cantonese canting.
The décor: Pleasing on the eye. Warm lighting, neat tables, big paintings of tomatoes and other comfortingly Mediterranean provender on the walls.

The food: The bread came in a crumpled brown bag. [...]

Tong Lei

Tong Lei, a Chinese actress, is becoming popular with the TV dramas like “Song of Youth” and “the First Intimate Contact”.