Shen Lu - Associate Digital Producer
Shen Lu
Associate Digital Producer
Shen Lu writes about China and produces multimedia content for CNN International. She is based in Beijing.
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The Chinese master couturier behind Rihanna’s most daring look
May 9, 2018
It takes Chinese designer Guo Pei thousands of hours of labor, 500 skilled artisans and the world’s most precious materials to bring her visions to life.
Hangzhou, China: 10 things it does better than Shanghai
Apr 2, 2017
Shanghai’s backyard? No way. Hangzhou’s got a style all its own, making it one of China’s most underrated cities.
Chen Man: Changing how the world sees China
Dec 5, 2016
CNN Style visits the studio of China’s hottest fashion photographer, Chen Man, as she shoots back-to-back spreads of actresses Fan Bingbing and Shu Qi.
China: Touching tribute to ‘hipster’ grandpa goes viral
Nov 16, 2016
An 85-year-old grandpa, who’s tended rice paddies all his life, has become an unlikely style icon in China.
South China Sea: Beijing calls KFC, Apple protests ‘irrational’
Jul 21, 2016
Nationalist sentiment has swept China in the wake of last week’s international tribunal ruling over the South China Sea, with protests targeting KFC, Apple and Filipino fruit.
Riches to rags: Inside Beijing’s first stock exchange
Jun 7, 2016
More than 100 years ago, before China went communist, this grand building was a thriving hotbed of finance. Take a look inside.
China’s new duck burger: Does it fit the bill?
Mar 23, 2016
A high-end Peking duck restaurant has opened a fast food joint in Beijing, serving more than 300 roasted duck burgers a day.
Disabled man in wheelchair journeys across China
Mar 17, 2016
Quan Peng, from Gansu province in western China, is traveling more than 3,500 miles across China by wheelchair.
Artist depicts Chinese rock stars as colossal mountain temples
Feb 11, 2016
Artist Du Kun juxtaposes traditional Chinese values and modern western ideas in his massive oil paintings, which depict Chinese rock stars.
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China: Touching tribute to ‘hipster’ grandpa goes viral
Jan 27, 2016
An 85-year-old farmer, who’s tended rice paddies all his life and never worn a suit, has become an unlikely style icon in China.
China: Villagers erect giant gold Mao statue
Jan 6, 2016
Businessmen and local communities raised nearly 3 million yuan ($459,000) to build the 36.6 meter (120 ft)-tall statue, according to Chinese state media.
About
Shen Lu is a Chinese-English bilingual journalist. Since joined CNN, she has written extensively on social and cultural issues in and about China. In addition, she has made substantial contributions to breaking news coverage, including the devastating explosion in Tianjin. In 2015, she won a national Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Award for an investigative piece she wrote during her undergraduate studies about the institutional failure of the University of Iowa in integrating Chinese into campus life.
