Shanghai News

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...

Zhang Yihui packed up his stuff immediately on hearing that four Metro lines and more than 270 bus routes in Shanghai would resume, following a further easing of the long COVID-19 lockdown in the city. Shanghai reopened a small part of the world’s longest subway system...

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....

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...

The container throughput of Shanghai exceeded 3.08 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) last month, 82.4 percent of that in the same month of last year, a transport official said yesterday. During the first four months, the city’s ports handled 15.35 million TEUs, up 1.8 percent year...

Nearly 9,000 nucleic acid sample collection sites have been set up across Shanghai to serve the increasing number of employees returning to work as the city’s pandemic gradually wanes. More than half of the polymerase chain reaction testing sites have opened mainly for workers maintaining urban...

The protracted lockdown in Shanghai has led to a redefinition of the term neighborhood. In big cities, the self-sufficiency and insulation of a modern apartment have reduced the neighborhood to nothing more than physical proximity. The unexpected epic lockdown put in place to stop the spread...

Shanghai will offer a package of 140 billion yuan (US$21 billion) to help businesses deal with COVID-19 pandemic difficulties. The package includes tax and rent cuts or exemptions, cash subsidies, as well as financial and material assistance, city officials said. Other measures include a public service...