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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
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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
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Elastic Girls | Short Story
A tale of Old Shanghai, fluid identities, and the unreliability of memory
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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?
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They Left Shanghai. Now What?
Departing Shanghai for their hometowns or other cities, many young people are rethinking their life plans after exiting lockdown
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Relief as Shanghai Finally Begins to Reopen
After nearly two months of strict lockdown, Shanghai residents are slowly being allowed outside again
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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?
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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
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Three Stories of Shanghai Quarantine
From shelter hospitals to construction sites, hear from three ordinary people in quarantine in China’s biggest city
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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
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