Shanghai’s public-service hotline 12345 has witnessed a burst of calls from expats living in the city since the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence, with the nucleic acid test code and the three-area designation among the most queried topics. Following the launch of its multilingual service at the beginning...

There’s an old Chinese saying: A good neighbor is better than a brother far away. In times of lockdown, the wisdom of the ancients has shown its eternal relevance. Neighbors under stay-at-home orders have often banded together to create economies of scale by buying foodstuff in...

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...

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...

Residents now can scan a “venue code” or get checked by a “digital sentry” — a machine for code scanning and temperature check — to enter or leave public venues and communities in Shanghai. But their use has caused confusion among those not familiar with the...

A clinical trial in China has shown that an inhalable COVID-19 booster vaccine is safe and effective in adults. Scientists led by Chen Wei with the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in China developed an aerosolized adenovirus type-5 vector-based COVID-19 vaccine (Ad5-nCoV) administered via oral inhalation....

A dancing Pokemon Psyduck toy included in KFC China’s Children’s Day kids meals has gone viral online with its cute features and funny moves. However, it is available in only certain parts of the country. A Shanghai netizen inquiring about the toy’s availability in the city...

HANGZHOU’S Binjiang District is expected to be one of the world’s top high-tech zones by 2035, capable of competing with Shanghai’s Zhangjiang High-Tech Park and Beijing’s Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park. Talent is crucial in achieving that aim. Binjiang has upgraded facilities and infrastructure in industrial parks to attract more professionals from home...