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Perhaps this Time… You Can NOT Clean Your Room

Adjusting that picture frame, pushing this chair in, aligning those slippers with each other, praising that perfectly symmetrical painting, unconsciously being drawn towards that triad-chord harmony. In general, we all have an inclination towards organised things.  调整那个相框,把这把椅子推进去,把拖鞋对齐,赞美那幅完美对称的画作,不自觉地被吸引到那个三和弦的和谐。 总的来说,我们都倾向于有组织的事情。 My mum especially......

Hustle Master! Time Saving Hacks for Life in Fast Paced China

Living in major Chinese cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, or even our own (not so little) Nanjing can feel exhilarating yet overwhelming for many expats both old and new. The fast pace of life, the intensity of business, and...

Is China (& Nanjing) at all Organised, or what?

I like the way China is organised. And when you think about this, it’s about the only way to bring order to a country of such size and complexity. 我喜欢中国的组织方式。 当你想到这一点时,这是为这样一个规模和复杂的国家带来秩序的唯一方法。 China, to many, initially comes across as utter madness, the...

Money Talks (xii); Behavioural Finance & How Personality Affects Your Growth

Behavioural finance, or behaviour-oriented financial market theory, is a rapidly growing field in finance that examines the effects of human emotions and behaviour on financial decisions.  In other words, this is how experiences or emotions influence the way you invest...

Organised for Eternity; The Guardians of Our Universe

The guardians had stood in equilateral position in the library, their marble cloaks unmoving under eons of dust. Their eyes peered up to the heavens and their arms out to the sides maintaining the balance of the forces that...

Inside Nanjing’s Music Scene; Meeting the Movers & Shakers (Part 9)

Formed in the year 2020, the band “Bye-Bye-Club” (分手俱乐部) has its unique story, composed of four members; leader singer Jin Cheng, guitarist Sun Sitong, bassist Xiantong (stage name) and drummer Tianhao. As most of the bands interviewed for this column,...

Persuasion; Where Social Media Meets Ancient Greece

Significant throughout time, announcements  have long served as a method of persuasion, an integral part of human society, inherently present in our minds from the moment we began putting together coherent thoughts and desires.  长期以来,公告一直具有重要意义,长期以来一直是一种说服方法,是人类社会不可分割的一部分,从我们开始将连贯的想法和欲望放在一起的那一刻起,它就固有地存在于我们的脑海中。 Today’s social media landscape is populated...

Utterly Loathsome Announcements

Q: What’s the first thing people do after stepping onto the escalator that leads to Suguo and upon hearing the instruction not to look at their phone while on the device? 问:人们踏上通往Suguo的自动扶梯后,听到指示不要在设备上看手机,首先做什么? A: Look at their phone. A:看看他们的手机。 My teenage daughter has a...

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German Chemical Giant BASF to Make Chip Materials in Nanjing by 2028

German chemical giant BASF will build a semiconductor materials plant in Nanjing, with start-up expected by the end of...

China Creates an X-Class of Train Numbers for Services above 350KM/H

China is giving its fastest trains a letter of their own. A new X prefix, read xīn (新, "new"),...

China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

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