Aug 27, 2021 | Travel Writing
The 37 Best Cities in the World. #17 Shanghai By Mark Andrews Time Out. 27/08/2021 Profile of Shanghai in a Time Out annual city roundup article. What makes us great: Shanghai might be a hard-edged business city, but when it comes to letting our hair down it’s all...
Dec 6, 2020 | Travel Writing
Here in China, we’re enjoying a staycation boom. By Mark Andrews The Sunday Times. 06/12/2020 With external travel off the cards for the Chinese and Covid all but vanquished, domestic tourism is thriving. Mark Andrews reports from a bustling Shanghai I’m sipping...
Apr 17, 2020 | Travel Writing
How to open a hostel or guesthouse in China By Mark Andrews British Guild of Travel Writers. 17/04/2020 Pancakes and retrievers will set you on the right course, says Mark Andrews Step 1: This is by far the most important step and cannot be skipped. I recommend you...
Mar 24, 2020 | Travel Writing
Here in Shanghai, there’s finally light at the end of the tunnel. By Mark Andrews Telegraph. 24/03/2020 A Shanghai resident explains what he learnt during his city’s two-month lockdown It was mid-January in Shanghai’s vibrant, glittering Yu Gardens area. Photographers...
Feb 13, 2020 | Travel Writing
The 17 Best Day Trips From Shanghai. By Mark Andrews Culture Trip. 13/02/2020. Note this was a rewrite and addition to an existing article by someone else. Shanghai: a crossroads of east and west, the intersection of old and new China. It’s a destination exciting...
Jan 16, 2020 | Food Writing, Travel Writing
Is that Thai food, or Lao? By Mark Andrews South China Morning Post. 16/01/2020 Think Laotian food all tastes the same as its Thai neighbours? These 5 distinctive dishes will make you think again Northeastern Thai-style (Isaan) food is actually derived from Lao...
