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Thou Shalt 
Not Waste: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reclutter!

Recently, I moved house, because 2020 wasn’t stressful enough.  最近,我搬家了,因为2020年没有足够的压力。 A trek on par with that of Hannibal and his elephants ensued. Friends and neighbours gaped aghast at the endless moving vans, three wheelers and scooters of boxes that zoomed across...

Our Summer’s Been Shanghaied, or Nanjinged!

“This time 3 years ago…” Facebook, my former social media friend, has become a taunting menace this summer. Serving up fresh pictures of cerulean blue skies, endless horizon shots from 5 in the morning ‘til midnight creeps close, Galician delights...

Rains & Accordians; Weather as Gauge to Emotion & Achievement


Without a doubt, the weather is an ornament of our life with the potential to change our influx of emotions, but even so, we can influence how it changes, predominantly, through our mindset. For instance, because people habitually associate...

Are Global Warming & Less Pollution Changing Nanjing’s Weather?

Nanjing’s weather, as many a Chinese will tell you, is known nationwide as a “furnace”. It’s a formidable beast, indeed, but it’s also one that has changed beyond all recognition over the past few decades, a point that 2020...

Innovation; Did China Teach the World How to Fail Better?

There is a common connotative warmth associated with the term innovation. In a culture that glorifies success and celebrates triumph over adversity, innovation is applauded, while the flipside of Icarian plummets is less lauded. 与“创新”一词相关的一种共同的內涵温暖。 在一个美化成功和庆祝战胜逆境的文化中,创新受到赞扬,而Icarian暴跌的反面则不那么受到赞扬。 It may seem paradoxical, a fallacy,...

Innovators in China Small Business Satisfy Expat Cravings

Natalie Amezcua, an English teacher from Los Angeles, was not expecting a lot last August when she arrived in Nanjing looking for a taste of home. 来自洛杉矶的英语教师Natalie Amezcua去年8月到达南京寻找家的味道时,并没有期待太多。 Two years of living in Korea had taught her to temper her expectations....

Innovating an Artificial Moon to Replace Street Lights

The Four Great Inventions of paper, gunpowder, printing and the compass are the four most amazing and revolutionising innovations that came from ancient China. In the modern world, creative innovations include the first AI teaching assistant, making a house...

Nanjing’s Foreign Fashion Insiders on the Impact of Covid-19

“I’m really into purple velvet right now”, Rosie Colvin said. “Think Willy Wonka, or maybe Prince.That’s my vibe.” The UK fashion designer was discussing her dream ensemble for when she’d finally be released from quarantine. Currently waiting for permission to...

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Iranians in China become more Visible than Countable

These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat...

Why Chinese Men Can’t Quit; Smoking, Face and the State

China has 300 million smokers, nearly a third of the world's total. The imbalance between the sexes is stark:...

US Dept of Justice Says Nanjing Firm Hacked NASA, Senate & More

A sharp new cyber case has put a Nanjing company at the centre of a much wider political row....

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