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Allison Schulnik
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Shanghai Avoided Covid Disaster for Two Years. Now We’re Locked Down. (NYTimes)
The Women Who Speak for the Gods (Hazlitt)
End Notes, on WeChat & Death as Spectacle (Real Life)
How to Counter Racism in an Age of Social Media (SCMP)
Lonely Hearts Club: Shanghai's Marriage Market (Enjoy Shanghai)
Olympic-Sized Problems for Pint-Sized Students (Sixth Tone)
How a Fixed Classroom Structure Can Help Children Navigate the Social Jungle That is School (SCMP)
At a North Korean restaurant, fake flower, fake smiles, mediocre food (SCMP)
The Naked Expats of Shanghai (Global Times)