History, Arts & Traditions
What can a fastening tell you about a dress?
A Shanghai-made qipao at the V&A rewards a close look at its bamboo embroidery and knotted fastenings.
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Places & Regions
Can students design a better city walk?
Shanghai students were invited to create city-walk routes. A good walk needs more than famous stops: it needs a reason to keep going.
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Everyday China
Is a student flea market a treasure hunt?
Student flea markets in China can give books and clothes another life. A bargain is only good if you know what you are buying.
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History, Arts & Traditions
Animation before computers
Take one actual film from the studio’s history: Where Is Mama?, the 1960 ink-wash animation about tadpoles searching for their frog mother. It gives the…
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Everyday China
How do school musicians get to Paris?
A Shanghai school wind orchestra toured Europe in 2026. The story behind the stage is practice, teamwork and finding a way to play together.
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Everyday China
Can a song help you make a friend?
Young performers from China and abroad shared a Shanghai stage. Music can start a conversation, though it cannot do all the talking for you.
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History, Arts & Traditions
Could a film exhibition let you touch a story?
A Shanghai film-festival exhibition invited visitors into an interactive display. It raises a fun question: how much of a film can exist outside the screen?
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Places & Regions
Is a rooftop Ferris wheel the best city view?
A Shanghai shopping centre has a rooftop Ferris wheel. The view is fun, but the city below may be the part worth studying.
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History, Arts & Traditions
When folktales become animation
An animated anthology inspired by Chinese folklore became a large Shanghai exhibition. It shows how one old story can take several visual lives.
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History, Arts & Traditions
Can a book open like a dragon?
Zhang’s version of A Dream of Red Mansions makes the scale of the work clear. The Shanghai report describes eight volumes covering the novel’s 120 chapters,…
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History, Arts & Traditions
A goldfish takes the stage
A Shanghai exhibition turns goldfish into immersive art. Look past the bright colours and a story of design and careful observation appears.
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Everyday China
Can a train become an art gallery?
Young artists' work travelled through Shanghai on a metro train. It is an exhibition for people who might never have planned a museum visit.
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