Popular bakery from Taiwan expands to mainland

A popular bakery from Taiwan will officially open next week on one of Shanghai's most prosperous commercial streets - the first branch of the business to appear on the Chinese mainland.

The store, Wu Pao Chun Bakery, located on Huaihai Road, is a joint investment by a star baker from Taiwan and the Singapore-based company Bread Talk.

It has done brisk business since it started trial operations on Friday, despite early winter drizzles that dampened the city for days and some wild online speculation about its founder's political stance on Taiwan.