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Josefa Meng

New Home for 10 Pandas in Nanjing Close to Opening

Nanjing is now home to the largest population of pandas in Jiangsu Province, as a local safari park gets set to open to the public its new enclosure for China’s national treasure. “No one can say no to you, Panda!”,...

4,000 Years of Fitness; Workouts Invented by the Chinese

We see our grandmothers go square dancing; young people retreat to gyms in every corner of the city. Is fitness in China therefore an import?  Rather not. Long ago, in the absence of gyms, people needed to improvise in order to...

Unassuming Little Shop; Fantastic Value Pizza

As if in Santorini, a storefront with only a small door and decoration that is mainly a Mediterranean blue. Neat and elegant, 800 Degree Pizza has a couple for its owners. After welcoming the guests, they go quietly to...

Little Black & White Square Worth Trillions; the Future of QR

An industry conference held recently in China’s southern Guangdong Province is helping to shed light on a little black and white square pattern that has become an ubiquitous and indispensable part of modern, daily life, as well as outlining plans for...

Nanjing’s 2019 Confusing Behaviour Awards Revealed

While surfing the Internet, the appreciation of inexplicable behaviour or circumstances has become something of a catharsis. Such confusion or phenomena might address people's curiosity, but they also act as powerful "happy agents" for this serious life.  Probably best to start...

Top Chefs + Dancers + Drivers = Fresh Color!

A beautiful woman standing next to a car is not necessarily a model. In fact, she is a champion racing driver. Nanjing girl, Yang Jinhan, is the driver in question, and one who is also a dance teacher. She...

To Slash or Not to Slash; Career Choices for Younger Generations

No longer satisfied with a boring "one-job" lifestyle, more and more young people are choosing a multi-career and multi-identity life. The trend has given rise to the latest buzzword, one used to distinguish between their various professions; say hello...

Luxury Instant Noodles, is Nothing Sacred Anymore?

China's instant noodles sales for 2019 are on track to return to their high levels of 5 years ago, and it’s all down to luxury. A staggering 103.6 billion packets of instant noodles were sold worldwide in 2018, according to...

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Foreigners Coming to Nanjing Return to Near Pre-COVID Levels

Certainly it can be felt on the streets of Nanjing these days. Our city is once again “en vogue”...

Just how has Suzhou become a Hotbed for the Private Economy?

Suzhou’s GDP in the 1st quarter of this year topped half a trillion renminbi, a year-on-year growth of 7.9...

Nanjing-Melbourne Flight Marks 45 Years as Sister State Friends

Check in counters might be the oddest of places to hold an anniversary celebration for 45 years of ties...

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