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Self Promotion; an Expat Guide for the Uninitiated

Regardless of what you may feel right now, new expat friend, you are not alone. We have all stepped off the plane midsummer and felt our knees turn to butter, our blood pumping in our popping ears and a...

Drill Time; China’s School Children Exercise into their Future

“I am Nancy, a student from Nanjing International School. However, I used to study in a local Chinese school called Hankou Lu Primary School.” Going back 20 years, education for Chinese high school students was always...

A Sophisticated Silencing in Nanjing

“All I want for Christmas is yoouu”, chimes Mariah Carey in the background of your local tinsel draped mall, which looks as if Santa has vommited. It is the week before Christmas, panic has set in, and you find...

Silver Screen Synthesis; Bridging The Dragon

T he arts is not a new concept in Chinese modern society, yet in recent years, there has been a resurgence, especially in the fields of the performing arts and cinema. Gaining notoriety throughout the rest...

Permanent Relocation; No Longer Living in Limbo

Q: Which of the following scenarios is completely outwith the realms of possibility: A) Odel and Ordwin sell their business and in no way ordinary abode to emigrate down under to Oz. B) Majori and Mychele have had enough...

Chinese Language and Culture; the Obscurity of “When in Rome”

Sunday afternoon; I was snugly sitting in an international coffee shop, sipping a cup of Mocca, waiting for my German friend, J. I am a proud Chinese person, but sometimes I like to savour a little western culture while...

Nanjing Graduate’s Runaway Online Music Video Success

If the music of yesterday urgently needs to be preserved, the technology of today; namely, the Internet, may give it a chance. Liu Qingyao, has seized this opportunity. Part of golden age of “network musicians”, she creates works at...

Longest, Oldest, Tallest; 25 Nanjing Superlatives to Wow Your Friends

One cannot go more than a few days in this fair city without hearing that Nanjing has the biggest, longest, tallest, oldest; this, that and the next. Ripe the city be for the pickings. Therefore, herein read all about what...

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Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

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