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January 7, 2023 0

I’m Living Through Zero-Covid in Shanghai. Here’s the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Before you read this, I just want to clarify one thing: I can only speak from my own experience. That may be different from what’s happening to the rest of my fellow Chinese, but in one way or another, it may also share some similarities with the rest. The week after the official rescinding of China’s Zero-Covid policy, my boss booked a trip for everyone in my department to spend a few days in a villa in the middle of […]

September 9, 2022 0

Global Warming in China: Living With Today’s Social and Economic Dilemmas

by Yang Yang

There is no doubt that human beings are already living in the era of global warming – everywhere, including China. In Shanghai, we have gone through 49 days of so-called high-temperature (over 35°C) days in the past two months. There were 7 days officially recorded over 40 °C. The last time that Shanghai was this hot was 150 years ago. Besides, keep in mind that Shanghai is a humid city, which can make 40°C feel like over 50 °C. What […]

July 27, 2022 0

New Normality after Shanghai Lockdown?

by Yang Yang

[Editor’s note: Our Shanghai correspondent continues to report on the lifting of COVID restrictions in Shanghai.} A month after Shanghai officially lifted the city-wide lockdown, Covid cases ceased to be zero at one point but has unsurprisingly started to resurge again. One positive case was found out in one of the buildings in my compound so that the building was under a new round of 2-week lockdown. Luckily, it is only one building rather than the whole compound. This is […]

June 26, 2022 0

As Shanghai Loosens Lockdown Rules, Residents Cautiously Step into New Freedoms

by Chelsea Wang

After a two months’ long city-wide lockdown, the people of Shanghai were at last allowed on June 1 to freely roam the city. Businesses reopened, and people gathered at landmarks and attractions, eager to celebrate their newfound freedom. Fears of another lockdown, however, plague the city still — and so do fears of renewed restrictions, lost time with family and a further economic toll. To get a window into how the people of the major city perceive the loosening of […]

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