Cornerstones at the Grassroots

Small business owners are the backbone of local communities in Shanghai. They take pride in the businesses they have built through hard work and attention to customers.

Small business owners are the backbone of local communities in Shanghai. They take pride in the businesses they have built through hard work and attention to customers.

Producing food in tune with Mother Nature - Lifestyle in China

Producing food in tune with Mother Nature

It's back to the soil for a Shanghai couple championing organic agriculture. They are sourcing and growing fruit, vegetables and even meat without chemical additives.

Saving soles with kindness and dedication - Lifestyle in China

Saving soles with kindness and dedication

Zhao Hongmei, who is known as the icon of Kangding Road, runs a shoe repair store for almost four decades.

2019-11-29 17:57 0

Chill out on a hot day at a really cool shop - Lifestyle in China

Chill out on a hot day at a really cool shop

Every summer, the ice cream shop run by Zhao Xuekuan on Guohe Road in Yangpu District is a cool oasis on scorching hot days.

2019-09-03 18:43 0

Crafters guarantee you a good night's sleep - Art & Culture in China

Crafters guarantee you a good night's sleep

The traditional zongbeng mattress, encased in a wooden frame, is made of crisscrossed ropes of coir, a natural fiber drawn from the palm.

2019-08-30 17:32 0

Dumplings so yummy they spawn copycats - Lifestyle in China

Dumplings so yummy they spawn copycats

Imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery, but try telling that to Zheng Yuxia. When asked about her steamed dumpling business, she is more frustrated than happy.

2019-03-20 13:39 0

At the cutting edge of curbside vocations - Lifestyle in China

At the cutting edge of curbside vocations

She's 88 and still going strong as a curbside hair cutter in Shanghai. Meet a dogged woman who turned into an icon of those who earn a living on the street.

2018-12-15 08:00 0

Clothing where you pick style, color, fabric - Lifestyle in China

Clothing where you pick style, color, fabric

ON Lujiabang Road, the South Bund Soft Spinning Material Market attracts customers seeking to order custom-tailored suits and dresses. Jason Tailor Shop is one of the most popular.

2018-11-03 08:00 0

House of cards for those seeking answers - Lifestyle in China

House of cards for those seeking answers

Gu Jiaye was a professional tarot-reader for two years before she left the shop where she worked, rented a small house on Chongqing Road S. and started her own business.

2018-08-25 08:00 0

Skilled technician with time on his hands - Art & Culture in China

Skilled technician with time on his hands

Jiang Guoliang has been fixing timepieces for 40 years at his European-style workshop Liangchen Horologe in Hongkou District.

2018-07-21 12:00 0

An all-rounder in the tools of cricket rearing - Lifestyle in China

An all-rounder in the tools of cricket rearing

Bai Zixiao's specialty is the ancient Chinese pastime of keeping the insects as pets or for cricket fighting.

2018-06-06 12:00 0

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