LifeCycle Editorial

The LifeCycle week – mysterious, and our town

A Nanjing mystery? Around 1.30 on Tuesday morning, a huge crowd passed Xianlin Lake. In the darkness, they appeared to be dressed in similar clothes, and in their midst was a large never-before-seen flag. Chanting came and went as...

The Lifecycle week – Farming and Metro

The saga of the squatter farmer on the vacant lot is over. Previously, his plots were partially replaced by portable worker accommodation. The remainder of the lot is now being used to store huge quantities of soil being removed...

The Lifecycle week – farming, and Metro.

  The saga of the squatter farmer on the vacant lot is over. Previously, his plots were partially replaced by portable worker accommodation. The remainder of the lot is now being used to store huge quantities of soil being...

Lifecycle this week – jams, and blandness.

The very large new school in XianLin has just opened, so at finishing time the six lane road is reduced to just one narrow lane. Travelling South, a car is forced onto the wrong side of the road to...

NJX’s Week – Crunch, and VPN

Another day, another traffic snarl. While most accidents are nudges and scrapes that give rise to endless arguments and traffic jams, it seems like every day you can see another bike knocked down by a car or crushed under...

This Week – Gods, and a Smell

The local gods must be reading this weekly email. After last week's edition about sewage in Guangzhou Lu, on Friday a ghastly smell arose, closely followed by a third rupture making the area around the Children's Hospital putrid. Not...

This Week – Water | Water | More Water

The heavy rain pounded down in the early hours of Friday morning, but paused for a short while to reveal the cloud shrouded surrounding hills. Then it let loose again. The small stream was surging to its highest level...

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