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What Did Your Childhood Taste Like?

Children’s Day is here once again. While it may be the perfect time for the little ones to blackmail their parents for an iPad, in the good old days, all what they wanted was a 4 cent Horse-Head Popsicle....

Deputy Consul Stops off at Nanjing’s Foreign Media Company

The new British Deputy Consul General Shanghai, Mr. Tony Clemson, has spent the last two days in Nanjing, and chose the SinoConnexion (Hefu Media) offices as one of just a few stops on this, his first of many trips...

150-year-old Murals Unveiled in Nanjing

Tangzijie, a place notorious for selling second-hand (stolen) bikes in Nanjing has a chance to clear its name. After half a century of preservation, 24 original murals from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Era (1850-1864) were unveiled on Tangzijie last...

Secret Garden of Nanjing Reopens

The biggest private garden in Nanjing was forgotten for decades until this Labour Day, 1 May 2016, when over 8,000 visitors lined up to witness “the most beautiful garden in the legend”, Yu Yuan (愚园), come back to life....

Global Climbers to Crampon Up in Nanjing in May

As the vertical challenge continues to grow in popularity the world over, proof of its solidifying boom in Nanjing can be found in the city's hosting of the IFSC Climbing World Cup, Nanjing 2016, from 7-8 May. ...

Turning Sand into Art; No Beach Required

With the precious fleeting Spring weather coming to an end, the notorious heat of Nanjing is not so far away. Nothing says summer like sun, surf and of course, sand. Hold that thought of planning a...

Street Cleaners Receive Philanthropic Noodles

Hand-pulled noodles, tasty broth with fresh ingredients, fast service offered by Muslim waitresses. You must have been to one of those Lanzhou beef Noodles Restaurants (兰州牛肉拉面) around the corner. But having a bowl of noodles for...

Draconian Driving; New Test Laws Permit Private Instructors

Neither massive traffic jams nor drivers with road rage is able to stop Chinese people from getting behind the wheel. Last year Nanjing granted 262,000 driving licenses, bringing the total number of licensed drivers in the city to 2...

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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...

Shiseido Sues Aldi over a ¥24.9 Primer that Resembles Its ¥540 Rival

Shiseido has sued Aldi China, the product's manufacturer and an Aldi Shanghai store operator over unfair competition, arguing that...

Forty Tables Became Twenty; Then the Bookings Stopped

Susu has sold wedding banquets at one of the biggest hotels in her small town in northern China for...

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