Shanghai News

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 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...

UNTIL we’re liberated from the confines of this unprecedented spring of 2022, many of us are killing time by snacking. Some snacks are healthy. Nuts, fresh and dried fruits and pickled veggies all have their nutritional and digestive benefits. But let’s face it, there comes a...

Four Metro and 273 bus lines in Shanghai will restart operations on Sunday to connect downtown districts, airports, railway stations and hospitals, the city government announced yesterday. Lines 3, 6, 10 and 16 will be the first of the city’s Metro network to resume service, Vice...

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...

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...

The city government is seeking to further optimize the definition of COVID-19 close contacts with scientific judgment while avoiding “simplistic sweeping measures,” according to the Shanghai Health Commission. The city government has called for more efforts to be put into epidemiological surveys and source tracking to...

The resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai had already begun in late February before the city’s first case was discovered on March 1, a senior official with the city’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention declared yesterday. Due to the high-concealing nature of the dominant...