“Just as a formality Mrs. Lin, we will need something on record that can prove your family history. Is there anything we can use?” asked the British woman sat behind the desk at the Visa Application Centre in Shanghai....
“Shifu?” I ask, “shifu? Ting bu jian ma?” With no response, I peer over the front seat. “Ke’chink”, goes the lighter, blazing up another Nanjing Gold as he simultaneously gags up impressive fat greeny phlegm and spits it out...
We are spoilt rotten here in Nanjing and Jiangsu. Amongst everything else that makes us kings and queens of the big China castle is our road network. The highway asphalt that has been laid over the last decade all...
Growing up, I was made aware of what was to be handed down to me after there was to be a death in the family, what family heirloom, so precious it was priceless would some day be mine. ...
Two bus stops away from the Hopkins Nanjing campus, across from a wonderful exhibit on Ming Dynasty treasures found in Nanjing, was the infamous second hand bike alley. After one month back in Wisconsin teaching myself...
After a foul October, and as November dawned in Nanjing, the sun decided to poke its head out from behind the grey gloom. Under the blue skies, it was a crisp, fresh, bright morning. Not so for Nanjing’s Second...
As can be seen blow, 2015 was not a good year for exports from Australia to China. That is why the recently signed Free Trade Agreement between the two countries is such great news. The Nanjinger...
Traditionally and officially, the colour red undoubtedly represents China. It embodies a sense of power, good fortune and joy, so it is no wonder red wine has been embraced like non other in todays modern China. Along with other...
