Brendan Alexander is our youngest contributor, and we're lucky enough to have enough of his articles to devote an entire section to his work. He's been to Shanghai, so he's an authority on it. He's got plenty of great things to say about the city, and you'll definitely want to read up on his opinions, information, and advice. No matter how much you think you already know about Shanghai, you'll be sure to learn something new on these pages.

White Baby Black Market Softens While many international sectors are enjoying recovery, others are not fairing as well. It's no surprise Nigerian e-fraud is down 80%, but what did surprise me was the softening of black market adoptions... READ MORE

Enthralled by Jade Temple, Plush Chicken-Frog As my stay in Shanghai lengthens I'm getting more chances to get out and experience the rich history and cultural attractions the central kingdom has to offer, but I'm still a kid at heart... READ MORE

Chrysler Aspen a Big Great Car, Not a Great Big Car All new for 2007 is the Chrysler Aspen. Chrysler is trying to fill a unique niche with it, in that it's luxurious without all the price, big without all the size, and comfortable without being a land yacht. The total package didn't impress me too much until I saw the sticker. At that point I was pretty much sold... READ MORE

College Fund Demanded by Collection Scammer Throughout the entire heritage of Perplexing Times, we’ve never, ever, ever run a slam article about anyone ever, under any circumstances. It’s not that we don’t experience frustrations in life, we do, it’s more a matter of principal. Unless your business infringes directly on our ability to do what we do, we ain’t going to say boo about it… today we have to say boo, because it just got personal... READ MORE

Reading; It's All Chinese to Me With all the hype going around about this literacy thing I've heard so much about I figured I'd give it a whirl. Besides, illiteracy apparently looks bad on a newsman's résumé... READ MORE

Experience Shanghai the American Way -- through Television If you wish to tour Shanghai, avoid the crowded tour groups or the frightening get unlost method. To truly do it right, you'll need to do it like a real American... READ MORE

Us Explorers Double-Delighted by Ford Explorer We don’t normally rave about a rental, but in all honesty, we don’t normally rent things anything but asunder, so this experience has been a big exception for us in at least a couple ways, but the overall benefits of these neo-fangled Ford Explorers have us junior explorers giddy as geoducks, and I just don’t think I can say enough nice things about it... READ MORE

Volvo XC-90 Makes Us Feel Safe, Cool, Despite New Jersey Plates This week we had an opportunity to review the 2007 Volvo XC90,, the crossover SUV for the hippest of modern soccer moms and dads. It's an interesting car, and it makes us feel uncommonly safe, even though the car itself has New Jersey license plates... READ MORE

Eddie Bauer Explorer Makes Ride Sleepily Smooth We love our age-old and (un)duly weathered Ford as much as we love anything else in our lives, but when it came time to take our trip to San Francisco, we sagely opted to take out a much newer, much sweeter version of our Ford as much for review purposes as it was for our own comfort, convenience and overall peace of, um, woah, sleepy, hang on, zzzz... READ MORE

AboutShanghai Enters Into Syndication Agreement with PerplexingTimes.com Ever since our inception we’ve always been on the lookout for new, interesting and fresh perspectives on events, attractions and reviews of and about Shanghai in any way we’re able to find and foster them. As of this week, we’ve entered in to an exciting contract with perhaps the most unique of all outlooks on the matter of visiting Shanghai. We’ve reached an agreement with the junior proprietors of Perplexing Times and we could not be more excited... READ MORE

Photo ID Troubling, Adorable If you're like me I'm sure you have picture identification. Why? Because you wish to drive (legally), cash checks or cheques (also legally) or get into bars (hopefully legally, but let's not kid each other)... READ MORE

Packing No Fun… Wait, Why Am I Packing? Earlier today, during an impromptu packing session, I witnessed much of what I own being folded into suitcases. That's when it occurred to me, hang on a second, I'm hungry... READ MORE

Airline Offers 'Peanuts for Pay' Program As a longstanding, if not highstanding entrepreneur, I'm always looking for a way to make a nut. Northwest Airlines has embraced me and my philosophy... READ MORE

Plane Sandwich Plain Delicious Northwest Airlines, long been renowned for their nuts and airplanes, has moved to the forefront in placating passengers with their latest potentially risky move. Sure, they have newspapers and beverages, but when you're flying this close to heaven, now they give you a little taste of it... READ MORE

Flight Promises Never to End Stratosphere, Earth - Many of you have seen airplanes before, either on the ground of curiously suspended high in the air. I had a chance to experience one of these miraculous rattle-traptions myself, so I crawled all over it... READ MORE

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