Who doesn't like to go for a drink with friends? A Shanghai pub makes it easy for the disabled
Shanghai Times
12th June 2025
Who doesn't like to go for a drink with friends? A Shanghai pub makes it easy for the disabled
By Li Xueqing
In downtown Shanghai, there is a small bar with no steps at the entrance, adjustable-height tables and braille engraved on tabletops. It's designed to give the visually impaired, wheelchair users and other disabled people barrier-free access to drinks and social intercourse.
Pub HandyCup is reportedly the first in China to offer free mobility for handicapped patrons. Its name plays on the word "handicap." As a sign behind the bar reads: "Make the invisible visible."
The bar's founder Xia Yujie, born in 1990 in a small town in Anhui Province, lost the use of his left hand in a medical accident when he was in high school. He went on to study at the China University of Political Science and Law and later earned a law degree from George Washington University in the US. He returned to China in late 2017 to work as an attorney.
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