Shanghai

Lufthansa wants to think bigger when it comes to the quality of service it offers its business travel customers. Twice as big, at least as far as Munich airport is concerned. The inauguration of the new terminal, scheduled for 2016, will enable the German airline to double the number of its lounges at Munich airport.

By making an appointment with Thomas Chabrières, a Frenchman who a few years ago launched Insiders, an agency offering tours of the city - and of China as a whole - in vintage sidecars. You arrange to meet at the foot of your hotel and take off for an hour or more in the direction of...

Shanghai is continuing its seduction drive without the slightest concession. Particularly with the French, who are coming to live in the Chinese megalopolis in ever-increasing numbers. With almost 1,500 member companies of the Chamber of Commerce and 13,000 expatriates officially registered with the consulate, the city is home to the largest...

Establishing itself as the new economic centre of southern China is one thing. Establishing this new prestige with dignity is quite another. And one that requires a real helping hand to turn some very exotic ingredients to good account. Three in all: an international event, a new business district and, in the process, a monument...

Looking at the figures announced, Expo 2010 is big. In fact, it's the biggest of all the Universal Exhibitions ever organised, with all the superlatives: the longest duration (184 days), one of the biggest budgets (3 billion euros), the largest surface area (528 hectares), the largest number of participants (192 countries,...

In front of the impressive urban forest of the Pudong district, everyone can see the extent of Shanghai's new ambitions. The host city of the 2010 Universal Exhibition has undertaken a host of projects, not least the renovation of the famous Bund: it is adorning itself and preparing to become the London of Asia, the showcase of the...

How did you become a specialist in Franco-Chinese law in Shanghai? Bruno Lefébure - Originally a lawyer at the Paris Bar, I arrived in China in 2000, then returned to Paris to set up a department to handle Chinese investment in France. I came back to Shanghai in 2009 to help French companies...

The Chinese metropolis is hot on the heels of the capital, Beijing, in the race for hotel investment: the two cities have 24 and 25 projects under development respectively. In Shanghai, fourteen are already under construction, mostly in the four- and five-star categories. Because the demand for top-of-the-range accommodation is so strong, that in this...