In time for a new Chinese decade, our retro and vintage cover story harks back to some of the most prominent designs from (and heavily inspired by) past decades. The next several pages are a visual journey which crosses Art Deco with the Postmodern and beyond. We’ve trailed the city to find the most iconic places and items from East and West that have stood the test of time, but best of all: you can still visit and buy them here in Shanghai.

LINKS: RETRO SHANGHAI
WEAR / EAT / PLAY / RELAX / PEACE HOTEL

In time for a new Chinese decade, our retro and vintage cover story harks back to some of the most prominent designs from (and heavily inspired by) past decades. The next several pages are a visual journey which crosses Art Deco with the Postmodern and beyond. We’ve trailed the city to find the most iconic places and items from East and West that have stood the test of time, but best of all: you can still visit and buy them here in Shanghai.

LINKS: RETRO SHANGHAI
WEAR / EAT / PLAY / RELAX / PEACE HOTEL

In time for a new Chinese decade, our retro and vintage cover story harks back to some of the most prominent designs from (and heavily inspired by) past decades. The next several pages are a visual journey which crosses Art Deco with the Postmodern and beyond. We’ve trailed the city to find the most iconic places and items from East and West that have stood the test of time, but best of all: you can still visit and buy them here in Shanghai.

LINKS: RETRO SHANGHAI
WEAR / EAT / PLAY / RELAX / PEACE HOTEL

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January and February are cold and dark and offer liberal lashings of the wet stuff from above. So we’re bringing you the latest, greatest retail therapy, all available from the comfort of your own home. The best online shopping the entire planet has to offer, no less: anything you want, from any corner of the globe. So crank the aircon up to 30 and get clicking to your consumerist heart’s content.

The brave men in the local emergency services               

It takes a rare breed of person to put their life at risk and jump into a burning building, or pull an unconscious driver from a crushed car moments before it explodes, or to safely dispose of leaking toxic chemicals, or to talk someone out of a suicide attempt. We met two of these amazing men. They told us about the perils of being in the emergency services, and what it takes to be a real Shanghai hero.

Shanghai fireman Zhou Qinyang, originally from Anhui Province, has been in the job for 12 years and has, in his own words, seen it all. On a monthly salary of RMB5,000 he lives in the fire station with another 80 firefighters. Their living quarters are like dormitories, with eight people in a room – all men. They eat, sleep and train together; Qinyang is on call 24 hours a day.