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Hope Will Come; The Human Spirit Endures (an Anecdotal Pandemic)

24 hours.  24小时。 This was when a situation, without notice, became dire, and life was uprooted in a sliver of time. Reminiscent of a scene from bygone pandemic films; a city of nearly 8 million inhabitants went into full quarantine. Face...

Trains and Railways to the Rescue in Fight Against Covid-19

During these dark days, the importance of trains in maintaining our ways of life is uppermost. With air travel decimated, many rail services continue, transporting people, freight and medical aid, across countries and continents. 在这些黑暗的日子里,火车对于维持我们的生活方式的重要性是最重要的。随着航空旅行的减少,许多铁路服务仍在继续,跨越国家和大陆运送人员、货物和医疗援助。 Prior to China’s High Speed Railway...

The Fish was THIS Big! Chinese Characters Akin to their Meaning

As opposed to the Latin alphabet that gives us words which sound like their meaning, the Chinese words of long ago often look like their meaning. Just like the ancients, these characters work from dawn to dusk, perhaps leaning...

Ideas Worth Spreading; Iconic Talks Return in 2020

Planning is underway in earnest for the idea-fest that is TEDxYouth@NIS on 21 March, 2020. The event burst onto the calendar ever so subtly back in 2016, with the very first talks from the community, by the community and...

A Player’s Heaven in Nanjing; the Tennis Academy of China

Nanjing is home to the only national-level special tennis academy, the Tennis Academy of China, located in the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Scenic Area on Purple Mountain and built on the former site of the nation’s Central Stadium in Republican...

From Kerosene to LED; 70 Years of Lighting up Nanjing’s Streets

Alert readers will have picked up on the fact that China today celebrates her 70th birthday. Authorities up and down the land, in every field of public service, have been clambering over each other to be seen to be...

Eindhoven; Nanjing’s Sister Shapes the Future

On an international scale, Nanjing’s Dutch sister city, Eindhoven, is a small dot on the map, yet the associated, so-called “Brainport” region is succeeding through its high-tech industry in becoming a key player on the global market. 在国际范围内,南京的荷兰姐妹城市埃因霍温是地图上的一个小圆一点,但相关的所谓“Brainport”地区正在通过其高科技产业成功成为全球市场的关键参与者。 In 2010, the...

Rock’n’Roll Finally on the Map in China; Only Took 35 Years

Rock'n'roll has traditionally always been held in low esteem in China, considered a cult for minorities. Now, however, it’s seeing the big time in the form of a new TV show, “The Big Band”, following in the footsteps of...

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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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