Laura Schmitt

True to its designation as the largest railway station in Asia by area, Nanjing South Railway station can be quite a daunting place from which to be trying to catch a train. The Nanjinger breaks down the station into manageable...

Zhang Juan (name changed) has just returned to her hometown of Hohhot after six weeks vacationing in England. The 44-year old has the liberty of doing so because she belongs to a list of growing young pensioners; those who...

Nanjing finds itself in a car-related crisis these days as taxi drivers and local residents have gone on strike in relation to their valuable vehicles.  The taxi drivers, who convened at Nanjing South station to collectively...

Chinese rice lovers are concerned over government plans to substitute local diets with more potatoes. The government has announced their intention to reclassify potatoes to make them the fourth big staple food in China, alongside rice,...

The Nanjing Government Dialogue, held on 10th December in the Hanyue Lou hotel, saw the presentation of the latest national-scale European Business in China Position Paper 2014/2015, launched in September by the European Chamber of Commerce. Yet, there was...

The last few days have seen Nanjing blessed with suspiciously blue skies and clean air, as rumours surface we are in for a big visit from the man himself. December 13th. The Nanjing veterans amongst us...

A teacher in Hunan has gained national fame as his unconventional method of punishment caught the attentions of China's netizens last week.  After a number of students had continuously been chewing seeds in the classroom, one teacher had...

Over half of Nanjing’s new workforce are recent university graduates, after effects of industrial restructuring of Nanjing have taken hold. According to the Department for Human Resources and Social Security of Nanjing, at the end of...