Decades-old jazz band brings back old Shanghai style

STORY: Decades-old jazz band brings back old Shanghai style DATELINE: Feb. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the old Jazz band performing at the Fairmont Peace Hotel 2. SOUNDBITE (English): GEORGE WEE, General manager, Fairmont Peace Hotel, Shanghai STORYLINE: As jazz has set the tone of the old Shanghai in many Chinese people's memories, this jazz band that has been playing since 1980 is bringing the vintage times back to the Fairmont Peace Hotel at the Bund of Shanghai, China. SOUNDBITE (English): GEORGE WEE, General manager, Fairmont Peace Hotel, Shanghai "They've been playing here since 1980, they are concentered to the DNA of Peace Hotel itself. It is so important for every Chinese and Shanghainese and international guest when they come to Shanghai, to visit the Peace Hotel. They must absolutely come and see them play." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

Traditional food of Spring Festival: Vegetable rice

STORY: Traditional food of Spring Festival: Vegetable rice DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:25 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of making vegetable rice (courtesy of Songjiang Convergence Media Center) STORYLINE: Cai Fan, or vegetable rice, is a local delicacy in east China's Shanghai. For many Shanghainese, a bowl of vegetable rice is dearer than any luxury foodstuff during the Spring Festival. Some people choose vegetables with meat as ingredients and cook them with rice. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

New delivery modes make coffee drinking easier, more popular in Shanghai

STORY: New delivery modes make coffee drinking easier, more popular in Shanghai DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHOU RUI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of drones and robots delivering coffee in Shanghai 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LU PEINA, Owner of Rebirth Cafe 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LU PEINA, Owner of Rebirth Cafe 5. various of coffee shops in Shanghai STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHOU RUI, Xinhua correspondent "I'm now in Shanghai's Yongkang Road. You can easily run into a cafe here in Shanghai, more so in Yongkang Road. Let's check out how Shanghainese are taking their coffee and how technology is changing it." Now, new delivery modes, including drone delivery and robot delivery, are helping upgrade customers' experience of local coffee service. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LU PEINA, Owner of Rebirth Cafe "Boutique coffee is a very recognized and common thing in Shanghai. I think this is an advantage of Shanghai, and S