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Language Exchange Nanjing’s Hottest New Hobby

What is the best way to learn English in a non-English speaking country? Speaking as a Chinese, we generally start to learn English from elementary school, but by the time we leave school we don’t really speak it! This...

Nanjing Surge for Luckin Highlights Startup Success Strategy

Luckin Coffee, the fast-growing coffee shop chain is continuing its exponential growth in the new year, with over 10 new chain stores popping up in the Xianlin area of Nanjing’s Qixia District alone. Established in October, 2017, Luckin raised $200m...

QR Code Scams Pester Nanjingers

Be wary of where you scan QR codes in Nanjing, and the rest of China for that matter! Multiple cases of fake QR code theft citywide have given rise to a new and very modern problem.  QR code scams in...

Public & Media Frenzy for Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Reopening

Never has a collection of concrete and steel garnered so much attention. For the last 3 days, a carnival-like spectacle has been witnessed on the deck of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, as authorities opened up the refurbished national...

Christmas Eve Celebrations at Nanjing’s Most Historic Church

Passers-by yesterday evening on Nanjing’s Taiping Nan Lu might have seen the squadron of flashing police vehicles and the long queue of people lining the busy pavement and wondered what concert or newly-opened restaurant was the cause of all...

Nanjing Law Enforcement Crackdown as Holiday Season Approaches

News this week of a 19-year-old South African girl who is being released from a Nanjing detention centre after she was arrested on a visa violation has come as a warning to those wanting to work in Jiangsu, while...

Airport Check-in Service in Trial Operation at Nanjing South

Nanjing South Railway Station has been hard at work on the construction of a “terminal building”, designed to streamline the transit of passengers directly from the train station to their boarding gate at Nanjing International Lukou Airport . Trial...

Nanjing University Professor Removed over Academic Misconduct

The recent scandal involving the removal of a sociology professor from the prestigious Nanjing University, comes amidst sweeping academic misconduct reforms designed to clean up and build integrity for China’s field of scientific research. Liang Ying, 39, was accused of...

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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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