As one ancient Chinese saying goes, “There’s no beautiful scenery near where you always hang around.” Thirty-two-year-old Shanghai resident Wang Yuezhou used to agree until he discovered the city walk concept and learned to appreciate the beauty of every corner of the city where he was born and raised.
In 2014, Wang stumbled across the concept when he was invited to join a program initiated by Chinese news portal ThePaper.cn, which gathered people with an interest to explore and study the city. After following walking routes leading across different areas of the city, for example, to old residential
