Foreigners in the News

In early 1937, Nanjing was not an ideal place to live. Japanese air raids were growing more frequent, and nearby cities continued to fall to the Japanese army. Clearly, Nanjing would soon be next. Naturally, all...

The fifth official Nanjing Car Boot Sale was held on Saturday afternoon, in part helping to raise funds to assist with the expansion of the Nanjing International Community Clubhouse that provides services to the foreign community. Held in its...

Everyone understands; you’ve packed up your entire life, told of your impending adventures and new life abroad, said goodbye to family and friends and relocated to China, only to find out you may be getting shipped right back, due...

A shining beacon of innovative foreign success has come through efforts in Beijing via voxpops; Latin for “voice of the people”. Israeli born Raz Gal Or has taken Weibo and Youtube by storm in recent months with the startling...

Yet another bout of rumormongering has sent Nanjing’s, and presumably many an expat living up and down the East Coast, into quite the tizzy. An article on the Expatlife WeChat page, that quickly went viral, made some rather extreme claims....

When it comes to treatment for rare diseases, or highly experimental surgery, many will first think of the USA. Now, that superpower’s specialty is once again under threat from China, with the announcement that the Jiangsu...

A dispute between a local Nanjing man and an international student disrupted the peace on the S1 subway line on 5 August. Assuming the middle-aged Chinese man had been taking photos of him, the young African...

Back in 2010, Rick Fischl was playing his music as part of the entertainment at the then in-spot Don Quixote, when a Chinese customer asked him if he could play any Chinese songs. He couldn’t but said he would...