Month: April 2022

Private vehicles will be allowed back on the roads in Shanghai’s outlying Jinshan District from today. With the coronavirus resurgence now stable and under control in Jinshan, private cars will be allowed to drive within the district, Cao Jie, deputy director of Jinshan, told the city...

In this age of information overload, as average citizens are busy devouring, or churning out, bits and pieces of information, it is rewarding to be reminded how disinformation and manipulation have taken over the digital ecosystem. The current crisis in Ukraine would be a compelling case,...

The historical spy drama “The Wind Blows from Longxi,” which has been airing on China Central Television and the streaming platform iQiyi, offers a fresh take on the Three Kingdoms period (AD 220-280) based on a novel by Ma Boyong of the same name. The 24-episode...

Districts in Shanghai which achieve zero community transmission at first will allow their residents to move around in limited areas, local authorities announced yesterday as the city’s daily COVID-19 infection numbers maintained their downward trend. A limited number of residents will be allowed to conduct minimal...

For Serena and her husband, their stay at the Baimao makeshift hospital in Shanghai’s downtown Xuhui District was definitely a special experience in their lives. “Actually, it was not bad, and the atmosphere there was really good, everyone stayed positive and tried hard to get rid...

She was the Princess Diana of the 19th century. An impossibly glamorous Austro-Hungarian empress whose star-crossed love life and tragic end entranced the public. Now two movies and two new series — including one being made for Netflix — are set to reignite the fascination with...

The 2022 Covestro Cup “I Speak, I Act, I Impact” China Student Orator and Illustrator Contest, hosted by the World Organization for Sustainability Leadership, is officially underway. This year, it is focusing on the theme of “Quality Education,” the fourth of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development...

Private vehicles will be allowed back on the roads in Shanghai’s outlying Jinshan District from today. With the coronavirus resurgence now stable and under control in Jinshan, private cars will be allowed to drive within the district, Cao Jie, deputy director of Jinshan, told the city...