Time Out Shanghai

<div>Shanghai is in the throes of a rapid metamorphosis as it&#160;constructs and remodels for the Expo 2010. Written by journalists who live in Shanghai, this guide takes visitors past the tourist traps to the best, most&#160;stylish buys in bijou boutiques, big-name designer outposts, and teeming street markets. <i>The Times</i> (London) picked the previous edition as the best guidebook to Shanghai, and this edition improves it with expanded information on where to stay and eat &#151; a must with scores of new hotels and restaurants opening.</div>

Founded in 1968, Time Out has grown from humble beginnings into the leading resource for anyone wanting to know what's happening in the world's greatest cities. Alongside our influential weeklies in London, New York, Chicago and Dubai, we publish more than 20 magazines in cities as varied as Beijing and Beirut; a range of travel books, with City Guides now joined by pocket-sized Shortlist series; and an information-packed website. The company remains proudly independent, still owned by Tony Elliott four decades after he launched Time Out London. Written by local experts, and illustrated with original photography, our books also retain their independence. No business has been featured because it has advertised, and all restaurants and bars are visited and reviewed anonymously.