• Shanghai Dama Defends Stranger from Mob Attack

  People & Stories |

  An anonymous Shanghai heroine aged around 60 stepped forward to bravely protect a stranger from being beaten up by attackers late at night on July 6. Video footage of the event was posted online and quickly went viral.

• Woman Delivers Quadruplets in Shanghai

  People & Stories |

  A woman, 29, gave birth to identical quadruplets at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University in east China's Shanghai Municipality on Thursday.

• Shanghai park triggers huge Disney rush

  People & Stories |

  Enthusiastic customers snapped up the first batch of tickets in just five minutes on Monday for the opening day of the Shanghai Disneyland park on June 16, temporarily crashing the official website.

• How to Get a Taxi in Shanghai

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  The subtitle for this article was going to be "why won't the taxi stop when the light is on and you're clearly waving your hand like there's a particularly stubborn bee on your finger."

• Woman in Shanghai Develops Self-made Air Purifier

  People & Stories |

  Ni Huan, a woman in Shanghai, has created a self-made air purifier which can filter particle pollutants including PM2.5, the major cause of smog, in her home.

• Shanghai obeys fireworks ban

  People & Stories |

  The Spring Festival holiday was a much quieter affair in Shanghai this year with the enforcement of a new citywide fireworks ban.

• Black cat and white rabbit cartoons may become Shanghai's symbols

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  Shanghai's two home-grown cartoons - the hero of Black Cat Detective, an animation, and the logo of the White Rabbit creamy candies - were suggested as symbols for the city by a local legislator.

• Shanghai sees twelvefold increase in 'green cards'

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  Under loosened visa policies in effect since July to attract more foreign talent to Shanghai, 12 times more expats have obtained permanent residence cards in the past five months than during the same period last year.

• Expats take advantage of loosened visa policy

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  he Shanghai municipal government has handed out significantly more permanent residence permits to expats since loosening its visa policies in July.

• P.R. Tips to a Rookie

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  P.R. is a wide field or work. It's not like I.T., engineering, education, design, science, or a particular role which needs particular qualifications and experience. It's less fixed and if done well, it can be more entrepreneurial. But sadly, it isn't always done well. Here are a few basic tips.