Renée Gray Beaumont

Psychological Support for China’s Left-Behind Children

During Nanjing’s hottest month, on 15 July, 2018, counsellors made their way out to the Huai’an countryside, in order to provide psychological support and training for the county’s left-behind children. Such is a phrase used to describe children who have...

China Delivery Services 101; How to Send or Receive Packages

China delivery is mega business these days, with a fast and efficient system streamlined for those whose business relies heavily on competent delivery. No more waiting for hours on end in a smoke-filled, cold and damp branch of China...

Monkey Traffickers Caught in Northern Jiangsu

Suspected illegal merchant activity involving the precious Macaque monkey has been brought to light when the Haizhou police, of northern Jiangsu’s Lianyungang city, caught monkey traffickers trading online. According to Weibo’s Sina News, police launched a nationwide hunt for those...

Nanjing Foreign Student Dies Following Street Fight

At 2:40 am on Wednesday, 11 July, opposite Nanjing’s 1912 entertainment district, a street fight between a local Nanjing man and an international student from Pakistan tragically resulted in the student’s death. The student, identified by classmates as 26-year-old Moiz...

Nanjing’s Job Market Competition Sees Growth in Skills Over Manpower

The “Report on the Demand for Employers and White-Collar Talents in Nanjing for the Summer of 2018” has revealed that the average urban monthly salary in the city's job market has risen to ¥7,660. Nanjing government statistics for 2015 showed...

Nothing on the Menu; Tackling China’s Street Dogs Headache

The world has the general knowledge that the Chinese eat dog meat, and that dogs are not slaughtered in a humane manner. However, the world is also blissfully ignorant that China now has so many roaming street dogs, that...

UK Student Visa Process Streamlined for Chinese Students

The British Embassy in Beijing has recently issued a press release that details the UK’s recent decision to relax the country’s process for Chinese looking for a student visa. Students who are accepted into the “UK’s world-leading education institutions”...

Alcohol Drinking Prohibition Hits Jiangsu Officials Hard

China’s infamous business drinking culture is a tradition that has been dying a slow death. That is until now, as a recent prohibition announcement from the provincial government looks set to put the practice into a very early grave. The...

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