Shahnaz Mouhamou

It was 10:30 pm on a Friday night. I’d been walking around for 30 minutes in the streets of Shanghai’s Former French Concession. My cheerful and optimistic demeanor from a delightful night out with the girls was quickly overshadowed...

Much like the Warner Brothers cartoon featuring Tweety and Sylvester upside-down in China, living here can leave one disoriented, confused and with a long-list of story worthy cross-cultural faux-pas under the belt. But, rather than noticing, discussing, and over...

  When the West thinks about China, the first things that come to mind are negative stereotypes; an uncontrollable hyper-capitalist economy wreaking havoc on the environment, corruption, and product and food safety scandals. The recent blasts in Tianjin have...

“Okay, everyone,” Jack Ma said, clapping his hands and rolling up his sleeves. “Let’s all get up and stand against the wall.” Everyone stood up from their chairs, wondering what sleight of hand their boss would show. ...

“I measure my success by the things I own.” 71 percent of Chinese respondents agreed with this assessment, according to a survey conducted by IPSOS in September 2014. Leading the pack out of the 20 countries...