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Shanghai’s Delivery Drivers Describe Life on the Streets

Shanghai recently started allowing locked-down delivery drivers to return to work. In Pudong District, one of the city’s hardest-hit areas, some drivers are choosing to live in tents to avoid bringing the virus home with them.

For the Birds

A peacock is photographed above an empty Shanghai street, April 17, 2022. From @韩塞的马达加斯加 on Weibo

Shanghai Acknowledges First COVID-Related Deaths in Two Years

The city announced Monday that three people, all of them unvaccinated and with underlying conditions, had died of COVID-19.

On Shanghai’s Emerging Group Buying Industry

With Food Delivery Paralyzed, ‘Microbusinesses’ Step up to the Plate

The Ever-Evolving Legacy of China’s Pirate Queen

The life and accomplishments of the pirate Sek Yeung, better known as “Ching-Yi Sao” or “Zheng Yi Sao,” were long downplayed in China in favor of her male peers. That may finally be changing.