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Rainbow Flatulence, or How Online Millennials Talk to Each Other

Few things are such eye openers than than youth’s use of language when communicating with each other on social media. Such also offers a fascinating snapshot of today’s society as well as being an essential tool for keeping up...

Valentines, Blind Dates, Marriage Market or Plain Old Socialising?

“A woman’s virtue lies in her lack of knowledge”, goes an old Chinese saying. Such is still a common traditional view held among elderly people who gather in a so called “marriage market” or “blind date corner”, where advertisements posted on walls...

Record Demand for Customised Chinese New Year Travel Plans

Staying home for Spring Festival is fast becoming “old tradition”, while newer, more exciting  prospects of fun in the sun lure China’s youth away from the depths of a cold, mainland winter holiday. According to NewsTravel, the Ctrip 2019 New...

Me Now; China’s Rising Education of Entitlement

“Why aren’t you eating your noodles? Are you anorexic? You should see a doctor. “Chinese people don’t care about mental health that much like Americans do. But if you’re in my school and you skip lunch, the consultant definitely will...

China’s Spicy Top Ten; Dishes that Power a Nation

China's spicy food is legendary. While much of it is region-specific; from spicy Hunan to numbing Sichuan, there are also the nationwide favourites. The Nanjinger presents ten of the very best. 10. Suan Cai Yu (酸菜鱼) “Suan Cai Yu” can be simply...

Why the Younger Generation is Saying No to Chinese New Year

Ever their cynical selves, young people have taken to celebrating Chinese New Year in a brand-new way, through viral social media posts that pour scorn on many of the festival’s traditional activities, reflective of today’s more modern society. It is...

Does Traditional Chinese Medicine Work in Western Countries?

While Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) expands its market all over the world, it has always been doubted whether the treatment can work for people in western countries. It is of little doubt that TCM works well for Chinese people, partly...

PM2.5 Falls While Ozone Rises Say Harvard & NUIST

A recent study published in conjunction with the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST) has found that, despite the fact PM2.5 is falling, surface ozone pollution is on the rise. The study, that appears in “Proceedings of the...
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Foreigners Coming to Nanjing Return to Near Pre-COVID Levels

Certainly it can be felt on the streets of Nanjing these days. Our city is once again “en vogue”...

Just how has Suzhou become a Hotbed for the Private Economy?

Suzhou’s GDP in the 1st quarter of this year topped half a trillion renminbi, a year-on-year growth of 7.9...

Nanjing-Melbourne Flight Marks 45 Years as Sister State Friends

Check in counters might be the oddest of places to hold an anniversary celebration for 45 years of ties...
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