Ｔａｉｋａｎｇ Ｒｏａｄ Ｔａｋｅｓ Ｏｆｆ Ｗｈｅｒｅ Ａｒｔ Ｉｍｉｔａｔｅｓ Ｌｉｆｅ－ａｎｄ Ｖｉｃｅ－Ｖｅｒｓａ

Ｘｕ　Ｘｉａｏｍｉｎ　Ｇａｏ　Ｅｒｑｉａｎｇ

Less than 10 years ago,Taikang Road was a typical Shanghai lane community,full of the noise and smells of families living within whispering distance of each other.Housewives haggled over the price of live chickens at outdoor markets; men smoked cigarettes and slapped cards at courtyard tables.Neighbors shared taps,toilets and a sense of working-class struggle.