Kristen Wang

Rock'n'roll has traditionally always been held in low esteem in China, considered a cult for minorities. Now, however, it’s seeing the big time in the form of a new TV show, “The Big Band”, following in the footsteps of...

Nanjing comes tops for a number of things at a global level; longest city wall and oldest wooden Buddhist temple being just two. Today, we add to that list the city that has changed its name more than any...

Everyone’s favourite pig, Peppa, is at the heart of a recycling debate that presently has our friends in Shanghai gripped and talking of little else. Yesterday, 1 July, the Shanghai Municipal Domestic Waste Management Regulations came into force, stating that rubbish need...

With the hottest season of the year approaching and the school holidays either upon us or almost upon us, so many seek to escape the furnace that is Nanjing, choosing to travel to cooler cities for a summer break....

For the joggers amongst us, it becomes a tricky task to find a suitable running route in a congested urban environment, especially when also factoring in traffic noise and pollution, as well as that rocketing mercury in the thermometer. Well-known...

11 years after the tragedy of Wenchuan, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan Province again last night. This time however, tragedy has found a hero, in the form of one man who, after Wenchuan, dedicated himself to developing China’s...

A shanty-town house located at 22 Lingyin Lu, in the vicinity of Ninghai Lu in Nanjing, has been auctioned off for an incredible ￥170,000 per square metre (sqm); all because it’s near a decent school. Chinese people go to extraordinary...

With China’s 5G network very much in the headlines, it’s easy to overlook the obvious question; “If/when can we use it?”. Well not yet, at any rate, although that is beginning to change with the recent launch of a “5G...