Sometimes, we just need to be reminded of what's most important in our lives.

What happens when you leave your business unsupervised?

Mama Jiabao will show you how to make chicken soup.

Why is it important to clean the chicken and make sure the head, feet and internal organs are removed?

How do you prepare a chicken for your chicken soup?

What should you look for when you select dates for your soup?

Why is it important to skim off the foam when your soup is boiling?

What should chicken soup look like after three hours of cooking?

How that you've finished making your chicken soup, how can you enjoy it?

In this episode of Chinese Daily Life, we find out what Beijingers think of Shanghai?

Chinese Daily Life speaks with Beijingers on their thoughts about Shanghainese people.

China Daily Life continues to ask Beijingers if they've been to Shanghai and why they've had the chance to frequent the cosmopolitan city.

How well would a Beijinger speak Shanghainese?

What are some differences between Shanghainese and Beijingers?

Have cab drivers in Beijing been to Shanghai or met Shanghainese people before?

What is a Beijinger's first impressions of Shanghai?

What complaints do Beijingers have about the Shanghainese?

Not all Beijingers have been to Shanghai, but they've certainly heard of its main attractions.

Is there anything about Shanghai that's better than Beijing?

It's time for more impressions of Beijing.

Our host meets a half-Beijingese, half-Shanghainese, and learns the importance of using "nin" while in Beijing.

Some more differences between Shanghai and Beijing.

During the two-month lockdown in Shanghai, did anyone want to just "run away"?

How did people feel during the two-month COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai?