Novelist Han Han:
A City Built on a Heap of Money Won't Shine
Racing champion, novelist, blogger and all-round fly in the ointment of Chinese officialdom, Han Han argues that the future of Shanghai lies, not in its World Expo, but in greater freedom of expression.
Zhu Xueqin:
Shanghai Stymied by the Big Red Cat
Zhu Xueqin, one of China's leading contemporary historians and a liberal intellectual, is not convinced that the Shanghai Expo will launch a new era of openness in the city.
Expatriate Taiwanese
The Lure of the Shanghai Experience
Seventy percent of young Taiwanese looking for work in China see Shanghai as their dream destination. What is it about this city across the strait that so attracts Taiwan's best and brightest?
The World Expo
China's Springboard to a Green Future
The 2010 Shanghai Expo is designed to serve as China's biggest green technology testing ground, one that will accelerate the green transformation of both Shanghai and China.
The World Expo
What Are Shanghai's Ambitions?
Held in a developing country for the first time ever, the 2010 World's Fair is trumpeting the birth of a new Shanghai that will change China and the world.
New Business Niche
Taiwan's Two Million Tweens
The early onset of adolescence among children 8 to 14, known as "tweens," is causing their sense of social identity to blossom early too. This new consumer group has a sweet tooth for light culture. But what makes them tick?
Taiwan's Tween Generation
The Cyber Land Where Kids Connect
MapleStory, a free South Korean role-play adventure game, has been a hit among school-age gamers for five years now. It even entices parents to venture into the fantasy world of their kids. What is the game's magic?
Taiwan's Tween Generation
Yu Wo – Queen of Tween Novels
Easy to read and hard to put down, the "light novels" of Taiwanese writer Yu Wo have captured the hearts of the island's young readers. What does her rapid rise to bestseller stardom signify?