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Over ten years of articles critiquing this city we live in, from activity lists to deeper culture reads.

[How To]: Change Your Job Without The Unnecessary Concern of Visa Trouble

2021-03-02 - By SmSh

New career, new office, new boss – big changes can seem scary, but your work permit doesn't have to. Read more...
Free Desk at the SmartShanghai Office for Freelancers

2021-02-04 - By SmSh

One of us! One of us! One of us! Read more...
SmartShanghai Is Looking for Freelancers, Contributors, Wordsmiths

2020-12-22 - By SmSh

Can you write? But we mean really, really write? Do you know a lot about... art? Galleries, exhibitions, the theater, stage shows and music? How about the latest happenings in the F&B scene? Interesting urban developments? Legal stuff, like visas... Read more...
The Green Card is the Holy Grail of Chinese Visas. Here's How It Works.

2020-11-05 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Never have to renew your visa again! How hard could it be? Read more...
Is This Legal? We Ask Lawyers Q's About Visas, Employment and Internships

2020-05-18 - By SmSh

Expert advice on annoying topics. Read more...
Looking For A Job? These People Can Help You Find One

2019-09-18 - By SmSh

You're out there in Jobland, tired with your current job or taking a break between jobs, and wondering how to break into a new field or climb the ladder in your current industry. Blindly sending CVs doesn't work. You've got to meet people in... Read more...
Design Jobs on CreativeHunt: Put That Art Degree To Good Use

2019-08-02 - By SmSh

Designers! We know you're out there. We've spoken. We were pounding Fireball shots at 8pm, commiserating over how much it sucks to work underpaid freelance gigs for your portfolio. And it sucks . Here, we've got a couple of actual full-time... Read more...
[How To]: Get a Work Visa in China

2019-06-13 - By Tom Cramp

The increasingly difficult process made, at least, transparent. Read more...
The SmSh Guide to Teaching English in Shanghai

2019-06-12 - By Suzy Dodd

So you want to be a teacher, huh? Then know this. Read more...
Suits and Ties: Job Fairs, Management Workshops and a Start-Up Summit on the Horizon

2019-05-17 - By SmSh

For those of you doing more serious things than ladies nights and beer pong, there are a few notable business events coming up in the next month. The biggest one is 4YFN , a start-up... Read more...
Get a New Job This Month at These Three Job Fairs

2019-03-13 - By SmSh

Ready to switch jobs? Want a pay raise? Having trouble getting straight to HR people? These three job fairs, happening each weekend for the rest of March, can help sort that stuff out for you. From precision German job hunting, to a tech and... Read more...
Interview: Max Henry on Co-Working Space in Shanghai

2017-04-28 - By Jin Qian

Discussing Shanghai's co-working spaces boom with Shanghai entrepreneur and Entrepnr founder Max Henry. Read more...

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