Weekly #11: top yoga chain went bust 🧘‍♀️, fried chicken literature 🍗, pet economy goes mainstream 🐶😼 | Following the yuan

Food is the love language for many Chinese families, and sometimes that yields a strong bond with a fried chicken producer.

This week I brought my dog Jiang Xiaobai to Shanghai from my home city. 

As a terrier mutt accustomed to life on a spacious compound, he has limited exposure to other dogs. His only acquaintances are Little Bear and Bobby, the latter a sneaky Yorkshire Terrier who stole his toy two years ago. Naturally, Xiaobai hasn’t played with him since. Little Bear p…