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The jazz subversive on his 14-year music career in Shanghai. Read more...
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Fourteen years in F&B at Citizen Cafe, Senator Saloon and Sichuan Citizen Read more...
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One of the most avid chroniclers of Old Shanghai, Katya spent ten years ducking down alleys, digging through archives and cataloguing demolished streets. So why did she leave? Read more...
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Snapping around town with the party promoter's main man, Mr. Davenport. Read more...
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The creative mind behind Slate and art space Basement 6 talks about the challenge of finding room for art in Shanghai. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: US Consul General Sean Stein](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/11/30/bb990721-69bf-4687-8fcf-3d408f5ed334.jpeg.450.300.webp)
The US's Consul General talks about the factors driving Shanghai's growth, America's cultural prowess, and being a parent in the city. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: Shanghai Mamas' Melanie Ham](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/11/16/7027ba36-172b-43e7-890a-8bd2408565df.jpeg.450.300.webp)
Anything but “trailing” this community organizer works hard to make life better for new parents in Shanghai. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: Dirty Fingers’ Ale Amazonia](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/11/09/5ad6db62-af27-4c11-bb3d-538be36599a4.jpeg.450.300.webp)
The drummer of Shanghai punk darlings Dirty Fingers talks the alternative music scene, his new art space and upcoming projects. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: Jacky Goergler, F&B Man](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/11/02/8c2985cb-feb3-4cf2-a1a8-cca6cbfcf158.jpeg.450.300.webp)
The man at the top of Three on the Bund on his career in Michelin-starred restaurants, Bund dining and Pudong. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: Eco-Entrepreneur Sherry Poon](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/10/19/a26aad38-2ed6-4c4f-8c95-80ea13264488.jpeg.450.300.webp)
The founder of Wobabybasics and the Eco Design Fair on eco-choices in Shanghai. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: Concertmaster of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Guillaume Molko](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/09/28/72333f15-82cf-49be-ab33-ed68b83d9ad1.jpeg.450.300.webp)
The lead musician of the oldest symphony orchestra in Asia talks about earning his position and what life as a professional musician is like. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: Blossom's Sarah Kochling](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/09/22/0e4bab1e-05d8-409e-bada-8558dd876f26.jpeg.450.300.webp)
Nearly 30 years in Shanghai for the business consultant and perpetual mover and shaker in the corporate world. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: True Crime Writer, Paul French](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/09/14/66c25aa7-9058-43bc-9649-0a5048286be2.jpeg.450.300.webp)
The China hand and author talks about his new book City of Devils and the ghosts that haunt Shanghai Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: Kung Fu Komedy’s Andy Curtain](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/09/07/7a958375-c045-4ab5-be46-137cab69f5ca.jpeg.450.300.webp)
Shanghai’s most recognizable comedian reflects on how the stand up scene has grown and pranks gone awry Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: The Nest and The Cannery’s Mark Klingspon](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/08/31/6dcedc90-7de4-43a0-86bb-2bb08d50ed7d.jpeg.450.300.webp)
From a job in accounting in Russia to Shanghai F&B success, the creative mind behind The Nest and The Cannery tells his story. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: Tattoo Queen, Zhuo Dan Ting](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/08/24/b27d6c58-f64b-4bc6-8281-7401c47b676f.jpeg.450.300.webp)
One of Shanghai’s most prominent tattoo artists talks about her art, Shanghai Tattoo, and the best live music in the city. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: Art Director at Disneyland, Ramón Vila](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/08/17/f90c45eb-93eb-48a3-bb65-22fc370c8c23.jpeg.450.300.webp)
One of the men behind the happiest place on earth talks acceptance, adaptation and Xinjiang food Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: Boxing World Champion Michele Aboro](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/08/10/2f6061a6-d79f-4314-9428-d97a30b467b4.jpeg.450.300.webp)
Seven-time world boxing and kickboxing champion, now a trainer, opens up about her life before Aboro Academy. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: FLABJACKS Artist and Illustrator, Ton Mak](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/07/27/9e40fc07-0f9f-44a8-9637-28b9c4fb7a46.jpeg.450.300.webp)
The creator of the cute AF cartoons FLABJACKS’ invites SmSh into her studio to talk about that artist lifestyle and the beauty of oat milk. Read more...
![[Shanghai Famous]: NPR Correspondent, Rob Schmitz](https://www.smartshanghai.com/uploads/compressed/2018/07/20/2f2b469c-65f7-42e6-ac9b-d3f381b589b1.jpeg.450.300.webp)
The award-winning radio reporter has got it all—a book, a website, his own recording studio, a friendship with Ira Glass (maybe!), and now he's officially Shanghai Famous. Read more...
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