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In the summer of 2021, the glass dome above The Central was finally lit. Its sparkling 4,000-square-meters were decorated with 12,000 LED bulbs, linking four historic buildings under its dreamlike structure. In the fourth episode of Qiao Shanghai, Michelle Qiao guides her audience in exploring this 1930s arcade and its recent makeover. Continue reading “Shanghai: A sparkling past and a bright future: basking in the glow of The Central”
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Many people have written about Shanghai, both fiction and non-fiction. But for many Chinese, their understanding of the unique identity of Shanghai – nostalgic, intricate and fashionable – started with Chen Danyan and her “Shanghai Trilogy.” No wonder queues started at Qiao Café, a coffee shop branch of a time-honored Chinese dessert brand, when Chen said last year that she likes coffee with qingtuan, green glutinous rice dumplings usually consumed during the Qingming Festival, or better known as tomb-sweeping day. Continue reading “A cup of joe in the ‘city’s living room’”