Megan Shank is an editor, writer and translator living in Shanghai, China.
This one by BusinessWeek. But what is it saying? And who are the sources? Really shoddy journalism. I mean is it meant to speak about the book, and they use the promotion guy Michael to back up the author’s premise? I know Michael, and he has more to say on the scene than this — [...]
I WORKED WITH WRITER LAUREN HILGERS ON THIS STORY. SHE DID A BANG-UP JOB. ADDITIONALLY, I CREATED A COOL GMAIL MAP TO PARTNER WITH THE STORY. I’LL PUT THAT UP WITH THE INFO BOX LATER. HERE IS THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE STORY, WHICH RAN IN JUNE.
Business
Bluer Skies for Green Investors
By Lauren Hilgers [...]
I’D WORKED WITH THE WRITERS TO SHAPE THIS STORY FOR A MONTH OR TWO BEFORE WE FIGURED OUT IT WOULD MAKE A BETTER GOOD LIFE PIECE THAN PERISCOPE PIECE, AND WE CHANGED IT ACCORDINGLY. IT RAN IN THE JUNE EDITION.
Polo Picks Up
Giddy-up! The rider drives his foot into the horse’s belly and raises his [...]
THIS WAS A PIECE I WORKED WITH TWO WRITERS ON — SUMMER BLOCK IN SH, PHOEBE XIA IN BJ. THEY WROTE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, SO I ALSO HELPED TRANSLATE, ETC. RAN IN JUNE EDITION.
Business
Partying Like It’s Their Business
On a Saturday afternoon at Beijing’s China Grand Hotel L’evenement’s chairman assistant, Yang Nan, is marshalling an [...]
SHORT INTRO I WROTE FOR A JUNE PHOTO ESSAY BY THE TALENTED DON YAP OF THIS COOL SCULPTURE EXHIBIT OUT AT SHANGHAI SCULPTURE SPACE. IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN OUT THERE, GO CHECK IT OUT. THEY’VE GOT A GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN CAFE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A KICKIN’ COFFEE AFTERWARDS.
Sculpting the City
Cities inspire creativity, and creativity [...]
EDITED and TRANSLATED FOR JUNE EDITION.
Society
We Are “Friends”
Ge Chunyan is part of the first wave of “researchers” of the American show Friends. She likes to observe what the main characters eat. Joey enjoys sandwiches, and Ge Chunyan can name every jam that Monica stores in the fridge. During her last semester at Chongqing University, Ge [...]
WRITTEN FOR NEWSWEEK SELECT JUNE PERISCOPE
Periscope
Bringing Design to China’s Blingtown
Shanghai is no stranger to name brands, but the people behind the trademark 13-year-old London design show 100% Design say China’s blingtown hasn’t yet completely grasped the difference between luxury and layout. “Not all things that are expensive are design and not all things that [...]
From the office of Lehman, Lee and Xu by Adam: http://www.llxpod.com/index.php?id=63
Check it out here.
I’ve quit drinking. I’ve no talent for it.
Ex-White House aide Libby sentenced to 2.5 years: AP
By Katherine Hunt
Last Update: 12:08 PM ET Jun 5, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for his role in obstructing the CIA leak investigation, according [...]
THIS WAS MY FIRST POST FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST, WHICH I’VE JUST SENT IN. CHECK WWW.HUFFINGTONPOST.COM LATER TO SEE IT. CHEERS! MEG
Tucked within the traditional Shanghai lane where I reside, a Sunday is in full swing. Alley cats creep along tiled roofs searching for the perfect spot of sun, the elderly resident opera fans tap [...]
One of my fiction stories — one of the only ones I have on this blog as well — has been posted on Identity Theory. I’ve posted it under my “fiction writing name,” which is just my middle and last name, and also a Fitzgerald reference.
Unfortunately, Identity Theory seems to have posted a photo [...]