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The Life of a ‘Tuanzhang’

Several Shanghai “tuanzhang,” or neighborhood group-buy coordinators, talk about how they’re helping their neighbors' paper over food delivery problems amid a citywide COVID-19 lockdown.

Elderly Vaccination Rates Continue to Pose Challenge

Sperm Whale Stranded Near Ningbo

Fishermen rescue a stranded sperm whale in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang province, April 19, 2022. VCG

On Testing a City of 25 Million

The Out of Towners Helping to Test Shanghai

I asked them why they didn’t look for more volunteers. They said they didn’t dare to because they couldn’t provide more hazmat suits and would worry about their health.

China’s Top Research Agency Stops Using Costly Academic Database

Chinese Academy of Sciences said it could no longer afford to pay an annual subscription of over $1.6 million to the country’s largest academic research platform.

The Tech Support Next Door

When their elderly neighbors struggled for supplies amid the Shanghai lockdown, one young couple stepped up. Soon, many followed.