A man from our neck of the woods in eastern China has made a gruelling bike trek of over 2,000 kilometres, all in the name of a summer school holiday with a difference and an unsurpassable life experience for...
This summer’s heat persists, and if current predictions are correct, it’s going to stay this way until the end of next month. Finding ways to keep cool remains the priority for both humans and animal kind, while there is...
The crested letters, “VR”, adorn the former British Consulate’s wall in Zhenjiang. They stand for Victoria Reign, from Britain’s then Queen Victoria. As a great place from which to begin a visit to Zhenjiang, they are also just a...
Tornados may be most commonly associated with the USA, but recent events are bringing to light the fact that here in Jiangsu, we live in another of the world’s hotspots for cyclones. A look at the historical record also...
Somewhat inevitably, children are at some point going to be left to their own devices during the long summer holiday. And coincidentally, that’s exactly the time they come up with the most outlandish ways of keeping themselves entertained, including...
Water parks are a big draw wherever you go, during the summer of 2022 in particular. But this year in China is seeing the industry rocked by a series of scandals associated with parks’ water quality. It’s got many...
