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Over ten years of articles critiquing this city we live in, from activity lists to deeper culture reads.

True Shanghai Legend: Bryce Jenner on 20 Years of Shanghai F&B

2022-02-25 - By Jacob Flowers

The Big Bamboo founder takes us through his time in Shanghai, up to his latest, Beast of the East Social House Read more...
The Tremendous Story of M on the Bund

2022-01-26 - By Morgan Short

A big, long, insightful conversation with M’s Michelle Garnaut ahead of their closing on February 15 Read more...
Muahahah!: The Five Most Haunted Places in Shanghai

2021-10-29 - By SmSh

A rundown of the five places in town you don’t want to be stuck in after dark. Read more...
Shanghainese Vintage Food Destination 'City Mart' Serves Up Deep Fried Nostalgia

2021-09-27 - By Shirley Xu

Raffles' new basement food court is a Shanghainese street food time machine... Read more...
[What Remains]: Shanghai's 100-Year-Old Western Restaurant, Deda

2021-09-08 - By Lisa Movius

History on a Plate: The Origins of Shanghai Cafe Culture and Chinese Western Cuisine Read more...
Where the Wild Things Were

2021-08-24 - By Lisa Movius

Chao Jiaxing’s Under Construction anthology memorializes Shanghai’s independent art scene Read more...
What Remains: A History of Six Lanes in Shanghai

2019-09-25 - By Yalan Bao

From a time before high-rises. Read more...
[What Remains]: Tess Johnston on Shanghai in the 1980s

2019-05-23 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

The prolific writer, researcher and lecturer shares her memories of Shanghai after more than thirty years with the Foreign Service. Read more...
Shu Yin Lou: The Story of Shanghai's Oldest House

2019-05-17 - By Katya Knyazeva

The six-generation tale of the Guo family is only one chapter in the long history of the Hermit's Library. Read more...
More Disappearing "Old Shanghai": Massive Renovations Proposed for Archetypal Shikumen Zhang Yuan 99

2018-03-08 - By Jin Qian

In-between F&B hotspots Wujiang Lu and Fengshen Li sits a... Read more...
What Remains: Eye Witness to Shanghai's Ever-Changing Decades

2017-11-28 - By Alex Panayotopoulos

Ms. Betty Barr has lived, as she likes to say, "50 of my 84 years" in Shanghai. She's got stories. We asked her how many of her old haunts remain. Quite a few, it turns out. Read more...

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