4 years after lockdown, Shanghai’s expat community is recovering – and changing

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Shanghai’s expatriate community is gradually recovering four years after a strict lockdown during the pandemic, although the demographic is changing. The rejuvenation is particularly evident in the city’s French Concession area, a traditional hub for the international community.

Four years after Shanghai’s harsh citywide lockdown, there are signs the city’s expatriate population – which thinned significantly during the pandemic – is starting to rebound, though with a notably different demographic profile. The sound of English, Korean and French is once again often heard drifting through the plane-tree-lined streets of Shanghai’s former French Concession – widely seen as the heart of the city’s international community. And local residents point to a gradual, though...