This 2018 Shanghai study tour story describes how innovative locals are cultivating green space in one of most world’s most densely populated cities.
Turning over a new leaf
Waste-full China seeks innovative solutions
The 2018 Shanghai Study Tour series continues with a look at how technology is changing the way the country manages waste.
Shanghai’s historic lanes face the bulldozer
The Shanghai Study Tour series continues with a journey into the fast disappearing ‘lilongs’ of the city’s oldest neighbourhood.
China’s gruelling exam culture under question
The country’s notorious ‘gaokao’ college entrance exam is being reformed, but experts say it still has a long way to go.
No money, no problem
The 2018 Shanghai study tour series continues with a look at the shifting nature of China’s payment habits, away from cash and onto social media.
Ending the shame
Overloaded, stigmatised, understaffed? China faces the issues in its mental healthcare system, in a story from the 2018 Shanghai study tour.
Dating divides generations
Changing ideas about love and marriage are explored in the latest story from the 2018 Shanghai study tour series.
Why China needs #MeToo
The first story from the 2018 Shanghai study tour charts the growth of #MeToo in a country where speaking out about sexual harassment is rare.
Bulking up in Shanghai
China’s changing concept of body image is explored in another story from the 2017 study tour series.
First generation clubbing
Shanghai’s small but growing underground music scene is explored, as part of our 2017 study tour series.
Shanghai’s Jewish community grows
Rhiannon Arnold explores the fascinating history of Jews in China as part of a series of stories from the 2016 Curtin Journalism Shanghai Study Tour.
The Immortals
Pragmatism and tradition in Shanghai’s commemoration of its dead.
In the picture
A glimpse into Shanghai’s obsession with selfies.