Tag: Shanghai

  • The World’s largest Disney retail store to be open in Shanghai, China in 2015

    The World’s largest Disney retail store to be open in Shanghai, China in 2015

    Disney is a household name and has been for quite a few decades now. Their theme and amusement parks the world over attract millions of fans and fun lovers from around the world and now they’ve just commissioned the largest ever Disney store in China. “We are enormously proud to be building Disney’s largest store…

  • Shoe-shaped building constructed in China grabs looks!

    Shoe-shaped building constructed in China grabs looks!

    The Chinese sure know how to grab attention and have just added a structure to the Shanghai skyline that induces awe and chuckles. Located at the Hongqiao Business District, this building, funnily enough, resembles a shoe. Called the Hisayoshi Center, this one’s still under construction and has been grabbing second looks ever since it first…

  • Shanghai sets 2015 target of becoming Asia’s fastest Internet city

    Shanghai sets 2015 target of becoming Asia’s fastest Internet city

    Shanghai is blessed to have China Telecom placing such high hopes on its shoulders. The company claimed that the city currently holds the record for best Internet speeds in all of China. It further plans to double the 32Mbps bandwidth that the city currently enjoys, by the end of this year. ‘According to the Ministry…

  • Sharks in a mall as giant fish tank bursts in China

    Sharks in a mall as giant fish tank bursts in China

    It doesn’t seem so serious at first, but soon the graveness of the situation possesses our eternally jovial minds. The Dongfang shopping mall in Shanghai, China housed a massive fish tank in its central area. The tank was 7 meters wide and 3 meters tall, with a thickness of 10 cm. So, one can imagine…

  • Muscle Corporation’s android uses compact muscle units to smartly climb up ladders

    Muscle Corporation’s android uses compact muscle units to smartly climb up ladders

    There was a time when robots where just a bunch of electronically operated mannequins that walked around pretty darned awkwardly. Even George Lucas, with all his imaginative power, couldn’t come up with a robot better than the dust-bin resembling R2D2. Now, Muscle Corporation has pretty much paved the way in further humanizing robots, giving them…

  • After Angry Birds turning into a bestseller in China, Rovio opens office in Shanghai

    After Angry Birds turning into a bestseller in China, Rovio opens office in Shanghai

    Rovio has had tremendous response from Chinese phone users about 40 million of whom have downloaded the Angry Birds game till date. And now, in an attempt to further broaden the Angry Birds horizon in China and show the fans their appreciation, Rovio swung open the doors of its swank new office premises in Shanghai!…

  • Pics – Taking a Porsche Panamera onto the 94th floor

    Porsche unveiled its first four door sedan to journalists at the Shanghai World Financial Center in China. The catch is the sedan was displayed a the 94th floor where journalists were invited to drool over Porsche’s latest offering. Providing further proof that both the Germans and Chinese are a persistent bunch, a team of workers…

  • Scale model of Shanghai 2020 is the largest in the world

    Scale model of Shanghai 2020 is the largest in the world

    Massive, huge, monstrous are some of the adjectives that come to mind, but this gigantic scale model depicting what Shanghai will to look like in 2020, is called the world’s largest. It’s over 1,000 square feet and shows almost every planned building of the city. Maybe those heading to China for the Olympics should head…