Shen Lu

Homegrown names such as Laopu, Mao Geping and Songmont are winning over customers who are losing their taste for high-end Western brands.

The doll maker’s sales have soared as young people grappling with economic uncertainty find joy in affordable pleasures.

The Communist Party’s new ‘society work’ agency helps with emotional and economic setbacks while monitoring dissatisfied people.

| To quell potential unrest, authorities help-and monitor-the dissatisfied - CHUN HAN WONG AND SHEN LU

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by Shen Lu June 11, 2026 On a spring day in 1996, my aunt brought her city friends to our village for an outing.

I have lived in Sunset Park for almost six years. A 15-minute walk from my house lands me in the heart of this bustling Brooklyn Chinatown, lined with grocery shops, vegetable stands, fish-mongers, and the kind of general stores sporting piles of kitchen utensils, household supplies, and gardening tools. I moved to Sunset Park for easy access to Chinese groceries I couldn't find elsewhere: fresh water bamboo, whole yellow croaker imported from China, freshly-made tofu sold in individual takeaway containers instead of mass-produced plastic packaging. But I had never found my way into the life of the community; I felt sheepish calling it “my neighborhood.”