Month: April 2022

THE latest offering from Daylight Entertainment “My Superhero” has been airing on Dragon TV daily at 7:30pm starting May 18. The light-hearted sitcom, based on a novel by Bao Jingjing and directed by Li Xue, centers on the lives, emotions and philosophy of ordinary people. A...

The BHC 2022 Online Show Season, which runs through June 25, will feature daily cloud performances of traditional Chinese opera and modern theater. More than 30 stage productions from 14 troupes will be broadcast on BHC’s Douyin, WeChat and Bilibili accounts. Kunqu, Huangmei, Yueju and Huiju...

I received a number of questions about vegan wines. This animal welfare movement started in 1944 but recently has gained significant traction in the food industry and related areas including wines. While organic and biodynamic wines have been around for decades, vegan wines are relative newcomers....

Being locked at home hasn’t dented public enthusiasm for exploring the city. Now, modern mapping technology makes it possible for people to “walk” in the city without breaching coronavirus restrictions and to share the experience with others. Lavater Ye, who is in the customs declaration business...

Shanghai reported a new COVID-19 asymptomatic case at the community level on Tuesday despite the continued declining trend in the city’s total infection numbers. A 28-year-old man tested abnormal during regular nucleic acid screening in his community in Juyuan New Area in suburban Jiading District. The...

More than 16,000 travelers, seeking to leave Shanghai through Hongqiao Railway Station, have been temporarily accommodated — usually overnight — in shelters provided by the government since mid-April. Due to surging travel demand and low availability of train tickets, especially early this month, a large number...

While many out-of-towners are finding ways to leave Shanghai, Fu Jun has bucked the trend. Shortly after the recent COVID-19 resurgence took hold in Shanghai, the young designer living in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, made up his mind to pitch in. “I’m here...

Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda is back in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with his first South Korean film which explores the country’s controversial practice of “drop boxes” for unwanted babies. The movie is one of two South Korean pictures competing for the Palme...