Shanghai is without doubt the most dynamic & cosmopolitan city in China. Its exotic reputation as the “pearl of the orient”, was gained in 19th century, when at one point there were over 60,000 foreign residents living there. It was known as a place to get rich quickly and was built on the back of [...]
Well, as promised here is the long awaited sequel to “the haircut”…
Today I ventured back to my “local” shops and my trusty barber Mr. Liu, as usual we conversed by sign language, but being the consumate professional he is this was no barrier to Mr. Liu’s tonsorial efforts and I emerged from his chair suitably [...]
The relative difficulty of being a foreigner in Shanghai is personified for me by the relatively simple task of getting a haircut. In Sydney, where my home is, a haircut is a pleasant experience that I usually indulge in about every two weeks with a short walk up to the shops on Johnson Street, in [...]
It’s now the middle of October 2008 and I have been based here in Shanghai since March and has took me this long to complete the entry I started the first week I arrived….
My name is Don Silcock and I am on a special assignment in China for about a year. I was full of [...]