Laurence Harris

After our unusual eight-day golden week, welcome back. The miraculous mass movement of people has been completed. On the subject of movement, as humans lurch towards a world run by artificial intelligence and serviced by robots, it is disconcerting...

Given the weather earlier this week, it is fitting that the new image when you start up WeChat shows China covered in cloud. What? You didn't notice? The new image of the world is centred on China, but the...

The reason for the nightly assault on Shanghai Lu, wherein a swarm of workers and machines attack the intersection at Guangzhou Lu, has been discovered. It is actually the precursor to building the Metro Line 5 station. The series...

Been in China too long? If you have adopted the local habit of ignoring traffic lights when riding your ebike, you might be in for a shock. An Aussie was pulled up recently. Initially, there was an ineffective explanation...

Over the last decade, the Chinese English language news service has improved enormously. Gone are the endless streams of irrelevant stories riddled with language mistakes. But it is still an arm of government. If you were interested in seeing...

This week was the 10th Anniversary of The British School Nanjing (and the 15th Anniversary of a certain Australian pub). No prizes for guessing what will feature in the photo section of the September issue of The Nanjinger! It...

It's not clear what is happening, but probably the beginning of the new Metro station. At the corner of Shanghai Lu and Guangzhou Lu, every evening the workers arrive. From about 8pm, there is much digging and banging. Then...

It might be time again to spread the word about pyramid and ponzi schemes, now that the Chinese Government is running a campaign to raise awareness. Take the time to explain to friends that having money in an "investment"...