This NHK documenarty visits two small stores in Shanghai to explore how executives of the state-owned Hao de convenience stores are dealing with competition from foreign-owned chains such as Lawsons from Japan and Family Mart from Taiwan. Employee traini ng, low-level corporate espionage, emotional store openings - and closings - illustrate the fierce competition for upscale customers in China. Convenience food development for the Shanghai market is also explored. Letterboxed. Director Toshifumi Kataoka; narrator Adam Overett. NHK. Closed captioned.