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Explore the city — neighbourhoods, tables, bars, cafes, and the writing that ties it together.
5 sections — each linked from the menu above.
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Housing
Shanghai’s rents move fast and the best flats never make it online — here’s how to think about the city by character, the agents to trust, and the lease clauses worth reading twice.
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Restaurants
Fifty-plus kitchens — from three-star tasting menus to shengjian counters.
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Bars
Fifty of the city’s best bars — rooftop, speakeasy, cocktail, and pub.
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Cafes
Fifty-plus specialty, brunch, bakery, and neighbourhood cafes — mapped and linked.
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Articles & Intelligence
Useful writing, checked and indexed for Google.
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