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China’s Metabolism; Taking it Slow Amid Frenetic Change

Inside of each and every one of us, organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. Our bodies can be understood in many different...

Untangling the Virgin Hair Harvest

Modernity is the driving force behind women who continue a trend that has swept the globe for more than three decades for hair extensions. This multi billion dollar industry is layered thick at the expense of the poor by...

Eye of the Tiger; The Business of Myopic China

Upon coming to China, it is a common thought for the new arrival that a lot of Chinese people apparently need to wear glasses, more so than in other countries. It would also be normal to wonder whether this...

Blue as the New White (that was the OLD Black)

The authorities might hate to admit it, but there are many ways in which China is very similar to the USA. Take the size of the country, for example. Or its geography. Or the location of its major centres...

Face Maintenance

If you are reading this, you either live in China, are passing through or have an active interest in reading about life here. So it is undoubtable that you have at some point at least brushed on the notion...

Hyphenated Insult; the Struggle of Chinese Americans

Those who are fans of Miss Universe may be familiar with a certain comedian/host named Steve Harvey who famously, and incorrectly, blurted out Miss Colombia as winner of the 2016 competition. Quickly afterwards he corrected himself, which was followed...

The Bowed Head Clan

Raise your hand if you answered “yes” to three or more of the questions on the left. Congratulations. According to the fount of all knowledge that is The People’s Daily, you are now officially a part of the “bowed...

Shopoholics of China

They sat around a private table at a popular coffee haunt in 1912. Lattes and mochas in hand, they laughed and joked as they caught up; it had been a while. Lin sat at the end, her long black...
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Foreigners Coming to Nanjing Return to Near Pre-COVID Levels

Certainly it can be felt on the streets of Nanjing these days. Our city is once again “en vogue”...

Just how has Suzhou become a Hotbed for the Private Economy?

Suzhou’s GDP in the 1st quarter of this year topped half a trillion renminbi, a year-on-year growth of 7.9...

Nanjing-Melbourne Flight Marks 45 Years as Sister State Friends

Check in counters might be the oddest of places to hold an anniversary celebration for 45 years of ties...
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