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Toys‘R’Us, Pop Mart shine bright

SHANGHAI keeps finding new ways to make shopping a reason to actually get out of the house. The latest wave of splashy flagship openings across the city leans hard into experiential retail, where buying ...

Zhu Yile | December 23, 2025, Tuesday

LIGHT, WOOD AND WANDERINGS: A global family’s warm haven in Xuhui

Virgine Peuch-Lestrade arrived in Shanghai five years ago with her husband and three children, carrying with them a quiet longing for the home they had just left behind in Hong Kong....

Yang Di | December 20, 2025, Saturday

Ancient watertight bulkheads power modern icebreaker

China’s first domestically built polar icebreaker, Xuelong 2, appears to be a triumph of modern engineering as it slices through Antarctic ice fields....

Zhu Ying | December 20, 2025, Saturday

The rise of a new generation: Asia at heart of growing billionaire numbers

In 2025, the world’s billionaires crossed another symbolic threshold....

Tan Weiyun | December 18, 2025, Thursday

New Zealander has blood cancer cured, thanks to unique therapy

A 36-YEAR-OLD New Zealander, Emma Holden, just got the all-clear in Shanghai after being told back home that her blood cancer had basically run out the clock. The treatment that saved her — CAR-T cell...

Cai Wenjun | December 18, 2025, Thursday

City goes into total ‘hobby obsession mode’

If 2025 has a theme, it’s that Shanghai is deep in an ACG moment — anime, comics, games, that whole spectrum of colorful escapism that used to belong to the hardcore otaku crowd. Now it’s everywhere. Subway...

Zhu Yile | December 18, 2025, Thursday

Fake AI videos have a new generation loving 1980s life

“The 1980s are calling,” a teenager with a throwback hairstyle tells viewers as “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” the Tears for Fears rock anthem from that decade, plays in the background....

December 18, 2025, Thursday

Handmade gold nib tradition retained as Hero pens evolve

LIU Genmin hunches over his workbench, left hand pinching a gold pen nib blank, right hand steadying a tiny file. He leans in close, squinting through a magnifying glass, then pushes, scrapes and pulls ...

Yang Jian | December 16, 2025, Tuesday

Nonagenarian poet honored with Golden Magnolia award

FROM Nanjing Road to the Bund, As if walking through a magical vale, The streets, like bubbling brooks, Roar with life, a vibrant tale. — Excerpts of “Shanghai” written by Xie Mian in 1971 Renowned ...

Yao Minji | December 11, 2025, Thursday

Eat like a local on this unique city food tour

We went to bed recently with a belly full of dumplings, noodles, Shanghainese snacks and foodie fun-filled memories curated by Lost Plate Food Tours. Whether you’re new to the city or want to discover ...

Sophie Steiner | December 11, 2025, Thursday

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