Shanghai

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How Shanghai Can Become a Movie-making Powerhouse Once Again

Chen Changye

A dearth of talent once cast the city into the filmmaking wilderness, but recently, the sprouts of renewed growth have appeared.

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Reliance on Foreign Tech Puts Strain on China’s Genetics Market

Wu Dongping

Despite being a global leader in DNA sequencing, the country’s dependence on overseas knowledge leaves it struggling to replicate others’ success.

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How Taoists Found Their Way To a Young Audience

Zhu Yiwen

A successful Shanghai-based ceremony shows that attracting adepts hinges on mixing tradition, technology and trade.

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Foreign Disciples Flock to Shanghai Tattoo Master

Mark Andrews

A Shanghai studio of skin and ink is attracting a steady stream of apprentices enthralled with the owner’s signature biomechanical style.

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Why Bike-Sharing in China Is a Myth

Wu Xiaobo

Sharing is the last priority of companies like Mobike and Ofo, which are driven solely by amassing vast customer deposits.

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War, Detention, Revolution: Foreigner Recounts Shanghai History

Jessica Levine

Fifty-year Shanghai resident Betty Barr on living in a World War II internment camp and publishing her mother’s diary from the era.

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Shanghai’s Maturing Art Market Shelters Galleries From the Storm

August Rick

Amid a global economic downturn, China’s burgeoning contemporary art scene shows confidence in local talent.

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The Surprise About Shanghai’s Traffic Crackdown: It’s Working

Yan Jie

In a country where traffic laws are willfully ignored, officials in China’s most populous city have launched a dramatic campaign to improve residents’ quality of life.

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Sorority Gives China's One-Child Generation a Taste of Sisterhood

Fan Yiying

An entrepreneur builds a home and haven for young, professional “leftover women” in Shanghai.

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New App Rates Shanghai Citizens’ Honesty

Sarah O'Meara

Ideas for China's nationwide social credit system are rolling out in the country's biggest city.

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