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The one overarching word that sums up my experience in Nanjing; convenient. A convenience that has its roots in speed. The Real Fast Life. Everything, everywhere, as soon as you want it. In essence; haste, hurry  and “fast-ness” (to...

It’s no understatement that Nanjing, one of China’s oldest cities, wears its history proudly on its shoulders by daytime. We’ve all seen the photos and visited, probably on numerous occasions, the ancient city walls, the Confucian temple and the...

Your usual tourist traps would litter any typical QR Code Treasure Hunt route for Nanjing; Purple Mountain, Fuzimiao, the City Wall and some sort of stopover in Xinjiekou at some point.  你通常的旅游陷阱会散布南京任何典型的二维码寻宝路线；紫山、福子庙、城墙和在新街口的某种中途停留。 Been there, done that.  去过那里，做过那个。 Therefore, I attempt an alternative QR...

I think I’m becoming allergic to QR codes… 我觉得我对二维码过敏了...... I had a dream. It was full of vertical black and white lines. Some of the lines then morphed into an odd haze of dots; some square, some circular. Some even, it...

Do you remember the good-old days, when you had to walk into a restaurant, sit down and wait for a real-life human being to come over and take your order?  你还记得那些美好的旧日子吗，那时你必须走进一家餐厅，坐下来等待真人过来接受你的订单？ The anguish of making eye contact, the ignominy of waving...

My mom had a QR code on her table at Ikea. You wouldn’t have noticed it unless you knew what to look for. It peeked discreetly from under her plate, like a small, secret weapon. Another elderly parent, balancing...

As Chinese cities grow more congested, e-bikes have emerged as a popular, efficient and (slightly more) ecofriendly means of transportation. For years now, I’ve been a huge proponent of hopping onto an e-bike as a fun, practical yet sometimes...

Nanjing, the city I have called home from home for the last 11 years is the place where I learned to do something I swore staunchly never to do – ride an e-bike. Now, this daily transportation adventure is...