Since May of this year, I started to write a monthly column in That’s Shanghai magazine, the city’s original expat magazine filled with great editorials alongside listings to help you “get under the city’s skin”. The voice is the same as the one I’ve always tried to project: a personal take on the happenings in China to lend some perspective into the lives and minds of the people here.

For the May and June issues, I searched for the answer to why the Chinese care so much about the Expo and how attitudes towards sex evolved in Shanghai. Here are the links to the articles if you are interested:

1. What the Expo means to locals

2. Let’s not talk about sex, baby…

I must say that writing about sexual attitudes started out challenging. My dear editor JFK Miller hoped that I could write about it to celebrate the magazine’s list of sexiest people in Shanghai. But I struggled with the angle…until I walked past a park which brought back memories. You will see what I mean after reading the article.