Laura Schmitt

The introduction of the “double fee system” for taxis is coming in June 2014.With new apps, payment methods and pricing system, the Nanjing Taxi Industry is in upheaval. In Beijing, where horrendous traffic jams are the daily norm, it...

Chinese factories are responsible for a rise in air pollution in the western United States, reports a paper published on 20th January by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal. As China’s leading producer of steel, thermal...

In Nanjing, the new Orphan Safety House is playing its part in ensuring the welfare of abandoned children. This marks an important policy shift towards more leniency in order to save lives. The orphan shelter was...

The growing number of support programs for youthful entrepreneurs in Nanjing makes it clear that now is the time for courageous locals to start their business. The Nanjing Young University Students Entrepreneurship Program that kicked off late last year...

On the first day with visible blue sky in almost a week Nanjing Expat provides a roundup of the smog situation of the past days after last Wednesday saw the arrival of an impenetrable wall of pollution unlike any...

It is a truth generally acknowledged that Nanjing is one of the cities with the lowest crime rate in China. Nevertheless, theft is a persisting problem, increasingly so running up to Chinese New Year. The approach...

The 2014 games are drawing closer and the Olympic Village is on its way to completion. Nanjing Expat spoke to the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee to get under the skin of the sustainable village for the élite...