Beyond the Booth: Escaping the Expo Halls of CMEF, Chinaplas, and SIAL. If you are heading to Shanghai this Q2, you likely have a badge waiting for you at the NECC or SNIEC. Whether you’re navigating the medical innovations at CMEF  in April, sourcing materials at Chinaplas , or tasting global trends at SIAL  in May, the "trade fair fatigue" is real. You’ve done the meetings. You’ve walked the miles of carpet. Now, what do you do with your limited weekend hours? Forget the st

History often feels like something we read in textbooks—black and white dates, distant names, and faded maps. But sometimes, in a city as layered as Shanghai, history reaches out and touches you. We recently came across a deeply moving video that perfectly captures why we at The Shanghai Squad (TSS)  are so passionate about this city’s past. It tells the story of Ben Pollitzer and his son Steven, who traveled from Sydney, Australia, to retrace the steps of their family—refuge

If you’ve joined us on one of our Innovation & Tech Tours, you know we’re always talking about how quickly the landscape here moves from "theoretical" to "deployed." We see it in EV manufacturing, we see it in fintech, and now, we’re seeing it save lives in a massive way. A new report from The New York Times  (and buzzing across Chinese social media) highlights a breakthrough right in our backyard that is tackling one of the deadliest diseases on the planet: pancreatic cancer

Stuck in Shanghai over the weekend on a business trip? Forget the hotel bar and the generic guidebooks. As locals who bridge the East and West, we are here to reveal how you can transform a layover into an unforgettable micro-adventure. Welcome to our Q1 2026 guide—curated specifically for the time-pressed professional looking to unlock the city’s secrets. 1. The Foodie’s Fix: Eat Like an Insider Shanghai’s food scene is a mix of tradition and dizzying innovation. Here is how

How Autonomous Vehicles Will Reshape Everyday Life Autonomous vehicles are set to transform cities in ways that will feel subtle at first, then astonishingly natural. Streets will gradually become calmer and more human-centric as AVs drive with far greater precision than humans. Roads no longer need oversized buffers, and parking lots—once one of the least efficient uses of urban land—will shrink as autonomous fleets park themselves in dense hubs or remain in circulation. The

📅 Save the date: December 4–7, 2025 📍 Shanghai Huangpu Expo Park（上海黄浦世博园区） Shanghai is about to host one of its most visually striking, forward-leaning tech exhibitions yet — META THINKER《人机共生》全球机器人博览艺术展 .Imagine hundreds of robots, immersive art spaces, giant interactive installations, and more than 70 different humanoid models brought together in one futuristic city-like environment. This is not just a trade show — it’s a cultural moment. A New Kind of Robot Exhibition —