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Happy New Year; Have a Tunnel

With 2014 heralding the year of the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, the authorities are determined to start the year off right with the opening of large sections of two major new transportation arteries, over parts of the city closed...

Supporting Young Entrepreneurs; Nanjing Government Means Business

The growing number of support programs for youthful entrepreneurs in Nanjing makes it clear that now is the time for courageous locals to start their business. The Nanjing Young University Students Entrepreneurship Program that kicked off late last year...

Out of the blue: Nanjing’s Smog Roundup

On the first day with visible blue sky in almost a week Nanjing Expat provides a roundup of the smog situation of the past days after last Wednesday saw the arrival of an impenetrable wall of pollution unlike any...

Jiangsu Government Dialogue Sophomore

When Carlo D’Andrea met Jiangsu governor Li Xueyong on 16th September (see photo below), he was doing much more than fulfilling his role as Chairman of the board EUCCC Nanjing Chapter. In a first that saw Mr. D’Andrea present...

Two Steps Forward, One and Three Quarter Steps Back; Building a Greener Nanjing

As we this week passed the 300 day countdown to the Youth Olympics approaching and Chinese citizens clamour for healthier lifestyles, Nanjing’s so called greenification program is now in overdrive. Yet there remain calls that question its efficiency in...

Writing on the Wall Speaks Of Generation Little Emperor’s Hardship

Graffiti scrawled on Nanjing’s City Wall on 9th October, 2013 speaks of the pressure on young Chinese to become property owners. The writing by an unidentified person read, “By the time I am 24 for I must own a...

Asia Bike successfully opens doors to public for third time

For the third year in a row, the leading exhibition for cyclists and bike enthusiasts in China, Asia Bike, allowed the public to inspect the newest range of products lined up by the biking industry. On...

Top Nanjing Sites Buried Under Sea Of Tourists Over National Holiday

Endless traffic jams as early as 8 o´clock in the morning. Driveways full of people dodging the overcrowded walkways. Nearly half a million people visited the Sun-Yat Sen Mausoleum during the National Holidays. This year, just...

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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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