Shanghai News

Shanghai’s Metro network has been suspended completely and will remain closed until further notice, the subway operator Shentong Metro announced yesterday. Metro Line 6 and 16 in the Pudong New Area, which were the only two lines still operating, halted services from 1pm yesterday. Metro officials...

Shanghai’s ongoing disinfection campaign has covered all the 13,000-odd residential compounds along with the nearly a million online delivery parcels piled up at the gates of local communities every day. About 160,000 times of disinfection are conducted daily across about 140 million square meters of the...

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...

“ Does anyone have anything useful for decorations? We would like to decorate our rented home a little, so we can celebrate our online wedding on May 2 with parents back in our native hometown. Please do send the word around.” This is a message sent...

Physical and mental health are essential to persevering through these challenging times. This May, many readers share my concern on how to keep fit and optimistic during the various stages of lockdown. Personally, I’ve been running on my treadmill at home and doing a lot of...

Shanghai will launch another round of citywide nucleic acid testing today to continue screening out positive COVID-19 cases, with the goal of achieving zero community transmissions soon. Every resident in the city’s locked-down, controlled and precautionary areas will take a polymerase chain reaction test today despite...

People are spending more time at home during the pandemic, and that brings opportunities to earn money by sharing experiences and tips online. Or even just get fit. Firms and application developers, including Keep and Fiture, plan to spend more to support creators for online courses,...

With several economic indicators showing slower increases in the first quarter of this year, some analysts are concerned that China is falling into a further slowdown, or even a slump. But is this actually the case? A closer look at the economic performance would prove that...