In Lishui, a “third and a half-tier city” in China’s Zhejiang province, communal chopsticks are ubiquitous at every meal. People don masks wherever they go even though it is no longer legally mandated.
In the financial hub of Shanghai, commuters stand tidily on the right on escalators in subway stations, spurred by a heightened respect for personal space.
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