3 perspectives on life after lockdown in Shanghai

Mar 19, 2020

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The crisis feels far from over for many Chinese citizens. Image: Unsplash/Macau Photo Agency

Ni Dandan

Senior Reporter, Sixth Tone

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— Bao Wei, Shanghai resident

A notice on a chair saying, “Please don’t enter and call for nurses” inside the in-patient department of the Shanghai Cancer Center’s Pudong site, in Shanghai, March 2020. Image: Courtesy of Bao Wei

— Shen Dongmei, Shanghai resident

Shanghai primary school teacher Shen Dongmei communicates with her students on messaging app Xiaoheiban, in Shanghai, March 16, 2020. Image: Courtesy of Shen Dongmei

A mother calls beside a road in Shanghai, Feb. 27, 2020. Image: Wu Huiyuan/Sixth Tone

— Li, Shanghai resident

Bao Wei’s mother, after undergoing surgery Thursday, has started walking along the hospital’s corridor for exercise, in Shanghai, March 2020. Image: Courtesy of Bao Wei

— Bao Wei, Shanghai resident

A family rides a scooter in Shanghai, Feb. 12, 2020. Image: Shi Yangkun/Sixth Tone

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