Mixing study and international travel is not an impossible dream if you have the energy to do it.
Viva la Verga
Turning over a new leaf
This 2018 Shanghai study tour story describes how innovative locals are cultivating green space in one of most world’s most densely populated cities.
Waste-full China seeks innovative solutions
The 2018 Shanghai Study Tour series continues with a look at how technology is changing the way the country manages waste.
Shanghai’s historic lanes face the bulldozer
The Shanghai Study Tour series continues with a journey into the fast disappearing ‘lilongs’ of the city’s oldest neighbourhood.
Forbidden children
The latest 2018 Shanghai study tour story reveals the experience of China’s undocumented ‘second’ children throughout the infamous one child policy.
China’s gruelling exam culture under question
The country’s notorious ‘gaokao’ college entrance exam is being reformed, but experts say it still has a long way to go.
No money, no problem
The 2018 Shanghai study tour series continues with a look at the shifting nature of China’s payment habits, away from cash and onto social media.
The pride of Shanghai
China’s complex relationship with its queer community is explored in this story from the Shanghai 2018 study tour series.
Ending the shame
Overloaded, stigmatised, understaffed? China faces the issues in its mental healthcare system, in a story from the 2018 Shanghai study tour.
Dating divides generations
Changing ideas about love and marriage are explored in the latest story from the 2018 Shanghai study tour series.
Why China needs #MeToo
The first story from the 2018 Shanghai study tour charts the growth of #MeToo in a country where speaking out about sexual harassment is rare.
Shanghai ink
The latest story in our 2017 Shanghai study tour series examines the Chinese relationship with tattoos.
Shanghai’s hidden homeless
The latest story from the 2017 study tour series looks at homelessness in China, and new techniques to reunite displaced people with their families.
Bulking up in Shanghai
China’s changing concept of body image is explored in another story from the 2017 study tour series.
Shredding up Shanghai
Can there be an underground skating scene in China? Part of the 2017 study tour series.
China doll
The 2017 Shanghai study tour series continues with an examination of how many young Chinese are choosing plastic surgery.
First generation clubbing
Shanghai’s small but growing underground music scene is explored, as part of our 2017 study tour series.