Shanghai Life Articles

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15 days ago

Moving In or Out of China? Check Out YouYou Space For Storage & Relocation!

You You Space offers clean, affordable, temperature controlled, security monitored storage units

27 days ago

Shanghai Then and Now: One Photographer’s Long-Term Record of a Disappearing City

In 2019, photographer ZWEI returned to Shanghai after finishing his studies abroad. Around the...

28 days ago

Shanghai Is Getting a "Once in a Blue Moon" Moment on May 31

On Sunday, May 31, Shanghai gets a rare Blue Moon, with the exact full moon moment happening at...

30 days ago

Yanqing Lane Is Becoming Shanghai’s New Style Circuit

The new Yanqing Lane on Yanqing Lu is a newly opened lifestyle street project that is quietly...

1 month ago

[Shanghai Streetside]: May 2026

Shanghai heating up as we head into summer.

1 month ago

20 Guinness World Records Held by Shanghai

Shanghai isn't shy about superlatives. Here are 20 of the strangest, tallest, fastest and most...

2 months ago

A Slow Waddle Down Carb Road: Jialing Street Food Market

Shanghai’s old-school market packed with crispy, greasy street eats.

2 months ago

Paul Pairet Ice Cream and More: A Spring Walk on Suzhou Creek’s North Bank

If the wrinkly paparazzi of Anfu Lu creep you out, and the pop-up lines on Yanqing Lu seem too...

2 months ago

Green Station Puts a Minty Refresh on a Familiar Changle Lu Compound

Just off Changle Lu, a small creative compound longtime Shanghai wanderers might remember has...

2 months ago

A Floating Book Haven on Suzhou Creek

Books, river views, and a surprisingly peaceful new hangout.

2 months ago

Margiela Takes Over a Shanghai Street

Maison Margiela has taken over part of the street with a row of shipping containers. Inside...

3 months ago

Shanghai Gets Serious (Again) About Smoking

Someone's good news is someone else's bad news: Shanghai is, once again, tightening up on...

3 months ago

[Shanghai Streetside]: March 2026

A monthly photo gallery of all the fashionable people rocking fashionable clothes out there out...

3 months ago

It’s Getting a Bit Tougher (Again) to Get a Work Visa

If you're a foreigner working in Shanghai — or hoping to — the paperwork might be getting a...

4 months ago

Shanghai Just Hit 1,000 Parks. That’s 9.5m² Per Person

Remember when Shanghai said it was getting greener? Yeah...turns out they weren't joking.

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