"T)USINESS (behind sandbags) as usual" is a sign valiantly posted all over Shanghai these days and symbolizes the defiant determination of local firms to carry on, come what may.
There may be a touch of "aren't we brave?" in the gesture, but nevertheless it has been lending momentum to the general return of confidence and to the resumption of the routine activities and services.
Creeping out of its shell, Shanghai is now sallying forth gradually in almost every field of activity.
Foch day sees more shops unboarding themselves and doing business. No longer is one board removed hesitantly to make a narrow entry through which people must squeeze in single file.
Two cinema theatres, the Grand and the Cathay, are again entertaining the multitude, the latter opening its doors yesterday for the first time since "Bloody Saturday." It is generally expected that some of: he other theatres will follow suit shortly.
Shanghai night-life steadily growing in dimensions as more and more of the old haunts ere again filled with popular music and gay parties, Festivities are forced to begin at what once would have been called absurdly early hours in order to cope with curfew, but people are making the most of the limited stretch of time.
To allow thirty minutes in which to reach home, the night clubs are all closing at 11 p.m.
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