Shanghai Murmur

She was not yet 20 but felt the years deep beneath her skin, as though Shanghai had grafted steel plates in her cheeks. Already she’d lost a teenager’s mobility of features, sensed the exhausted cast ... ( read original story ...)

Te-Ping Chen on the Search for Meaning in Shanghai

Ping Chen’s new short story “Shanghai Murmur.” “Shanghai Murmur” is taken from Te-Ping Chen’s forthcoming debut collection of stories, Land of Big Numbers (available on February 2). To mark the ... ( read original story ...)

For foreigners, Shanghai exceeds expectations

Foreign residents share their views about how Shanghai has turned out better than they previously expected. Foreigners regard Shanghai as an international metropolis with a large number of cultural ... ( read original story ...)