Three major art events in three time zones, 16 buses of students connecting the city of Shanghai and a consultancy job for ArtHub may give Defne Ayas an art attack

Home

4:30am Wake up. I’m jet-lagged, it’s been more than five days now. Jet-lagged mice die younger ... Read more »

Paul Granville, marketing and entertainment director for the Malone’s Group, proves that being in charge is as fun as we imagined.

Home

7am Wake up hearing a strange knocking at the bedroom window. I’m half asleep and the silhouette looks like a huge Pterodactyl. I open the curtain ... Read more »

Shanghai super DJ Ben Huang spins us through a Yellow night at LOgO

Home

11:00am Get up and face the day. I’ve been getting up quite early recently. Pulling myself out of bed at 11am makes me the real early bird among DJs. Today is Wednesday, and tonight ... Read more »

Enoteca operations manager Marc-Antoine Malia takes us behind the scenes at one of Shanghai’s most popular wine bars where we find out it’s not all wine and roses

9am First alarm. Slowly come out of a deep sleep. My girlfriend has already left. Take shower, look at the ... Read more »

Sammy Yang, host of the popular International Channel Shanghai show “Culture Matters,” takes us through a day bridging East and West.

Somewhere in Beijing

5:30am Hit the snooze button at least three times; I’m tired after only three hours of sleep.

5:45 The driver’s phone call ... Read more »

Whether it’s banging out bicep curls, planning his wedding or sound-checking with a DJ, One Wellness boss David Barr’s energy just doesn’t quit

All Systems Go

7:00am Wake up–wow it feels early–still remember fondly coming home at this time! Ah, the early party years ... Read more »

With the stars recently in town for the Shanghai Internatioal Film Festival, we wondered if life was really that glamorous for documentary filmmaker Luis Tapia.

Home

8:40am Up and at 'em. Got home very late last night returning from a golf course in Songjiang. I was there over the ... Read more »

City Weekend follows the footsteps of Natasha Weaser, the youngest Olympic torchbearer, as she does Shanghai (and her parents) proud.

Dawn

5:00 am Distant sound of Dad telling me to get up. Or is it Mom? Ignore, roll over and fall asleep.

5:15 Bright light blinds me as ... Read more »

Best Party of the Year

The Friday Party, The Collection

BUZZ Factor: With 27 percent of the vote--one of the tightest contests this year--Sugar at The Collection pulls ahead of the pack with its Friday Night Party series. With enticing titles like "Puxi Galore," "Sugar Addicts" and more recently "I ... Read more »

Benoît Thebaut’s patented Blue Steel look leads Riviera Events in their quest to take over nightlife in Beijing, Hong Kong and then, maybe, the world

Internal Alarm

7:49am Wake up slowly. I rarely use an alarm clock. Even though I travel quite a lot, my internal clock still ... Read more »

Rock organizer Brad Ferguson turns Windows Tembo into the hottest and sweatiest rock shack in town, with a little help from PK14

Sleep

9:30am The phone wakes me up-it's Yang Haisong, PK-14's lead singer, calling to let me know they made it to Shanghai and are on ... Read more »

DAY IN THE LIFE: The Woman Who Does It All

Cathrene Tarukwasha does whatever it takes to make her clients' lives a little bit easier, offering time-saving solutions.

Home

6am Eyes wide open, mechanically drag myself to turn on the computer. I turn on the coffeepot en route to the ... Read more »

For David Chan, who runs the Shanghai Gallery of Art at Three on the Bund,
every moment of the day is a bit of poetry.

Morning

6:45am Wake up to my alarm clock-feels colder today.

6:47 Get up and open the door to the sitting room to be ... Read more »

Sure, Diana Lu runs Fullhome Real Estate, one of the biggest real estate companies in China, but that’s child’s play compared to managing a teenage daughter.

Home-Modern Villa in the West Suburbs

7:30am Wake up to music from my Bose stereo. Touch the switch for the automatic ... Read more »

Scotland's prodigal son, Frank Hossack, takes us across the Yangtze River Bridge into the wild world of big time media and two hour power lunches

Yangtze River Bridge

7:47am Emerging from my apartment complex, I filter into traffic surging onto the majestic, 40-year-old Yangtze River Bridge. The commute ... Read more »

Walk a mile or 10 in Donny Mark's trainers as he manages the Dulwich College Community Sports Programs and facilities in Pudong.

Home / Office-Pudong

7:03 am Wake up, beating the alarm by five minutes. Feed the cats and fish. I'm starting to think they should pay rent ... Read more »

Tina Kanagaratnam juggles clients, two kids, a husband, yoga, tofu and, oh yeah, is one of the driving forces behind the Shanghai International Literary Festival.

Home — Gao'an Lu

6:45am Wake up, five minutes of luxuriating in bed, then get the kids up—Tram (13) first, because he needs ... Read more »

Last year Chris Rehage decided he’d had enough of sedentary life in China, so he decided to go back to Germany—by foot.

Hotel in Linfen, 250 km north of Xi’an

8:00 a.m. Wake up to alarm clock. Open eyes, extend arm from sleeping bag, touch ... Read more »

**Christy Shapiro makes her living in Shanghai making people laugh, cry and buy Italian-designed toilet bowls.

Home

8:00am Hit the snooze button for the 85th time.

8:15 Shim sham into the kitchen for a shot of caffeine.

8:30 Blast The Cribs while doing jumping jacks. What to ... Read more »