Zup pizza bar on Shaanxi Road N. Though much smaller than the last one, the new venue feels perfect since it is more ...

Dubbed "academic bars", drinking holes that quench an intellectual thirst for enlightening lectures and lively exchanges are mushrooming across China's big cities.

Mick Jagger, Gore Vidal, Virgin boss Richard Branson and "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening are just a few of the global stars who romped at Shanghai's illustrious M on the Bund, launched in 1999 by ...