Former Dean and Painter of the Nanjing Academy of Arts, Bao Bin (保彬), passed away at 09:48 on 2 January, 2023. He was 87. The Baidu Baike (China’s Wikipedia equivalent) entry for Bao has today been made greyscale in...
Comparisons to toilets are something of a recurring theme in the 2022 list of architectural eyesores in China, as voted for by the general public and released at the end of each year. And the outright winner this year...
China’s done it again, delivering another world-record breaking construction effort. This time around, it floats, and is at present on its way from Jiangsu to the North Sea where it will help in delivering renewable energy to millions of...
Young people and alcohol. Yes, that thorny issue is back in the headlines, but not for rowdy, reckless behaviour on account of one too many, but rather students’ studies of how to make the stuff, right here in a...
Nantong in our very own Jiangsu Province will tomorrow enrol in the club of cities in the Province with a metro system and at least one line therein. It shall join five others, including Nanjing of course, in bringing...
Some of us will, by now, be absolutely aching for a holiday abroad. And of course, there is nothing stopping us, other than the dreaded quarantine upon our return. Now, however, there is an alternative. It’s nothing other than...
Heard one recently? Or two or three? Those exceptionally loud throaty growls from the car exhaust of joyriders out to impress with their dangerous, evening antics on our cities’ roads. Of course it’s not impressing anyone actually, especially law...
Now the glove is on the other foot. After decades of foreign companies taking legal action over the alleged abuse of their copyright and the outright copying of their products, it’s time to turn the tables. And big ol'...
