Shanghai - Post Report Question and Answers
What have been the highlights of your time in this country? Best trips or experiences?
Cheap food, easy transportation, quality massages. Trips to Beijing, Xian (Terracotta warriors), Chengdu (Pandas), Avatar Mountains (Zhangjiajie), and easy flights to Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Sydney, and Los Angeles. The expat community is really fun. - Nov 2020
Meeting good colleagues at the consulate. Weekend getaways to neighboring countries: Japan, Malaysia, Thailand. - Apr 2017
Leaving. - Oct 2016
Foreigners are everywhere in Shanghai. To some extent, if you are going to go less noticed in China, this is the city to do it in. All of the normal advantages for shopping, if you take the time to find the right places. It is harder to do than before. - Dec 2014
In China: the food. Chinese cuisine is so diverse with a bit of something for everyone, and getting to try all sorts of foods (I recommend Mapo Tofu) has been a real treat. Hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan Province. Climbing Emei Shan in Sichuan. In Shanghai: again, the food. Also, just being in such a lively, cosmopolitan city. - Aug 2014
Traveling - there are a lot of interesting smaller cities just a train ride away. International flights aren't cheap, but exotic destinations such as Hong Kong, Bali, Thailand, Malaysia aren't far away either. - Aug 2011
The inexplicable pace of change that occurred over my three years in Shanghai. Words can't describe the speed at which the city changes... and if any changes will last more than a few years is a question we'd all like to know a reply. Seriously, the highlights are the adaptability of the Chinese people to unprecedented change, and I must admit, the relative comforts of Shanghai as a well stocked city with plenty of things to do, great food to eat, and new things happening every day, hour, minute, second, etc... - Dec 2010
Touring, culture learning, international schooling for my child, exposure to various new ways of working, new views on how to do business. - Jul 2010
