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A law enforcement officer today takes away a shop clerk from a well-known milk tea shop in Shanghai's Jing'an Villa, a lane or longtang near downtown Nanjing Road W. Many shops hidden inside the lane were shut down because they are operating without licenses. The 79-year-old lane has been transformed into a neighborhood of immense creativity and culture since last year.


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