Last month, we highlighted to you a post by Adam Minter of Shanghai Scrap in which he laments over the sorry state of expat advertising after spotting a full page print ad taken up by the Dragonfly spa chain in (what seemed like) every English language... ...full story at Shanghaiist
from Shanghaiist on Thu, Oct 09 2008
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| 29 Oct 07 |
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Gay Shanghai »
YouTube video The Shanghai Beat is a new DanweiTV show hosted by Adam Schokora. The show covers topics about urban life in modern Shanghai and features musical performances from local Chinese bands (courtesy of www.neocha.com).
In this episode, Adam spends the evening... |
| 22 Sep 08 |
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Around the Blogosphere: Empty milk shelves, Kashgar in the fasting month and the state of expat advertising » Shanghaiist ChinaSmack outdoes itself with its two recent posts: Post-90s Kids Do Not Take Military Training Seriously and Kidney Stone Gate: Latest Updates & Funny Sanlu PhotoshopsAdam Minter of Shanghai Scrap laments in as polite a way he can over the state of... |
| 21 Sep 08 |
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The State of Expat Advertising » Shanghai Scrap This one’s for the folks outside of Shanghai. If you live in Shanghai, you are almost certainly aware of this advertisement for the high-end Dragonfly Spa which, prior to this campaign, emphasized its classical Chinese roots. In fact, there’s... |
| 01 Jul 08 |
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Forgiveness in unexpected places? » Shanghaiist Adam Minter of Shanghai Scrap reveals that Italian reporter Francesco Liello from La Gazzetta Dello Sport — the wonderful guy that conjured up the Olympic Bible ban story which went on to cause quite a bit of a brouhaha — has been carrying the... |
| 29 Nov 07 |
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Curious Shanghai II: Medicine vending machine next to the city's biggest fake market? » Shanghaiist Adam Minter of Shanghai Scrap describes his uneasiness at finding a medicine vending machine on the edge of "the city’s best (if not largest) fake market". Honestly, since Xiangyang was torn down, we're not too sure which other fake market has taken ov... |
| 04 Aug 08 |
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New York Times exposes their own 'anonymous' source » Danwei On the Shanghai Scrap blog, Adam Minter looks at a story published today by The New York Times that quotes a source who 'spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear that he would be further harassed'. But the article provides the name and address of... |
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