The ‘Hais’ of Shanghai

A detailed guide on everything to see and do in Shanghai Out of all of my Asia travel guides to come, this post will be the most sincere. I have tried and tested what Shanghai has to offer across the space of a year with proudly calling Shanghai my home. I admit that I haven’t […]

Single in Shanghai: TWENTY SOMETHING questions for a 20-something, single woman in Shanghai – the real life story of Teresa Feng.

What is it like to grow up in “the best place in China” and to not become a “bad girl”? I – Am I a Bad Girl? I TWISTED open the pungent, cheap nail varnish and started to apply a slick coat to hide my calcium deficient nails, one after the other. Teresa beamed in […]

My changing picture of ever-changing Shanghai – what it’s like to be an expat in the world’s biggest city

I never set out to come to Shanghai, let alone live here. Shanghai was never on my radar until it was suggested by the recruiter, where I then sat clueless on the other end of the line and smoothly said, “I’ll think about it.” I hung up and a quick google left me pretty stunned. […]

Swapping Sheffield for Shanghai – why I moved into my own time zone

I thought I was free after submitting my degree dissertation. But only for a little while. Two weeks later I jumped straight into an e-commerce and marketing job working for an independent, high-end fashion boutique. On the first and second floors, you’d catch sight of wealthy women devoured head to toe by designer labels, sporting […]

Global vegan venturer & restauranteur, Daphne Cheng

Proudly introducing you to the haute, vegan cuisine creator, the delightful Daphne Cheng. As stylish as her cooking, Daphne is our go-to dinner party hostess with the mostest and is soon to open her own cool and casual vegan restaurant, ‘Uptown’, in Shanghai next month. So brace your taste buds for the sexiest veggies of […]

How China redefines the meaning of ‘hustle’

A first person piece to relieve the thoughts of Teresa Truda, CEO and Co-Founder of chozun. Learning to accept the challenges for startups in China Day in day out my woes of being a startup business in enormous China are mere when I stop and take in my surroundings. The problems that I build up to […]