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Shanghai

FOOD

Our Gang’s Food: The Mixed-Up Cuisine of the Magic City

Despite Shanghai’s reputation as a trendsetting city in China, its cuisine—known as “benbangcai”—is surprisingly hard to find outside the megacity. Y…

Evan Taylor

May 27, 2026

STREET TALK

An American in Shanghai Redefines What It Means to “City”

Shanghai-based American influencer Paul Mike Ashton’s viral meme, “city bu city,” transforms the concept of urbanity

Aria Zhang

July 19, 2024

GALLERY

Healing Strokes: A Gen Z Artist Explores Personal Pain and Historical Trauma

Sonia Jia explores trauma and the still-raw legacy of Japanese occupation on canvas

Hayley Zhao

Nov. 10, 2023

FICTION

Elastic Girls | Short Story

A tale of Old Shanghai, fluid identities, and the unreliability of memory

Wang Mozhi (王莫之) & Dylan Levi King

July 29, 2023

DIALECTS

Speaking Up: Can Social Media Save China’s Dialects?

Content in dialects is booming on social media, but is that enough to save them from extinction?

Siyi Chu (褚司怡)

Aug. 24, 2022

SOCIETY

They Left Shanghai. Now What?

Departing Shanghai for their hometowns or other cities, many young people are rethinking their life plans after exiting lockdown

Shihuan Chen

June 7, 2022

SOCIETY

Relief as Shanghai Finally Begins to Reopen

After nearly two months of strict lockdown, Shanghai residents are slowly being allowed outside again

Nicoco Chan

May 31, 2022

LIFE

The Coke Standard: Inside Shanghai’s Lockdown Barter Economy

Shanghai’s residents have turned to swapping supplies under lockdown—but is Coca-Cola really the most in-demand item?

Alex Colville

May 2, 2022

STREET TALK

Memes and Slang From the Shanghai Lockdown

Group-buying chiefs, vegetable storing guides, the Covid calendar, and “hard currency” cola—learn the internet slang inspired by the Shanghai lockdown

Aria Zhang

April 26, 2022

HEALTH

Three Stories of Shanghai Quarantine

From shelter hospitals to construction sites, hear from three ordinary people in quarantine in China’s biggest city

Story FM

April 19, 2022

LIFE

How are Shanghai’s Migrant Workers Surviving Lockdown?

Four migrant workers in Shanghai share their lockdown stories of food shortages and being unable to work

Zheng Yiwen (郑怡雯) & Anita He (贺文文)

April 13, 2022

NEWS

Shanghai Struggles Under Lockdown and Other Trending News

Shanghai residents struggle with life under lockdown, another pet killed for virus prevention, Jay Chou victim of NFT heist, cyberbullying victim com…

The Editors

April 11, 2022

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