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Snow, Food & Schools Latest Challenges Amid Wuhan Virus Outbreak

Hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, teahouses, beauty salons and gymnasiums. All are business seriously affected by the now-mandatory wearing of masks to combat the spread of 19-n-COV that originated in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The announcement came late last night. All schools...

19 n-CoV Patient Movements Released in Search for others

Health authorities in China have started releasing data as to the recent movements of those infected with the coronavirus that spread from Wuhan. People who discover that their movements correspond with those infected are instructed to remain at home...

Wuhan Expats Fed Up With Foreign Media Hype

Expats living in Wuhan are enraged by foreign media coverage of the 19-nCoV outbreak. Better placed and likely more informed than any journalist in a faraway land, most are full of praise for the authorities’ handling of the situation. 居住在武汉的外籍人士对19-nCoV疫情的外国媒体报道感到愤怒。...

Fever Clinics set up in Hospitals across Nanjing

Following the outbreak of 19-nCoV in Wuhan, Nanjing is joining national efforts at combating the Coronavirus. As the number of cases continues to rise, fever clinics have been established at multiple hospitals in every district of Nanjing. A total of...

50 Days Until World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing

The countdown is on. It is now 50 days until China makes her debut as host of the World Indoor Athletics Championships. The action takes place here in Nanjing with over 700 of the world's top track and field...

Teaching Creativity; Juilliard Inspires BSN in Performing Arts

Parents of students at the British School of Nanjing (BSN) have been seeing how curriculum specialists from Juilliard will help integrate the school’s teaching in music, dance and drama. The move comes as schools worldwide tackle the teaching of...

Expat Entrepreneur! Work Visas & Starting a Business in Nanjing

The dream of starting your own business is a common one. And many an expat has observed that China is a land of opportunity. Yet, becoming an entrepreneur is Nanjing is a complicated process that all starts with the...

HIV Carrier Bites Eviction Officer; Sentenced to 1 Year in Jail

The HIV-positive illegal occupant who bit an eviction officer in Nanjing last summer has received a 1-year sentence for obstructing official duties. The case may have this week come to end, but it is not without the threat of...

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Iranians in China become more Visible than Countable

These things often start, not with a statistic, but with a voice; Persian heard in a lift, a WeChat...

Why Chinese Men Can’t Quit; Smoking, Face and the State

China has 300 million smokers, nearly a third of the world's total. The imbalance between the sexes is stark:...

US Dept of Justice Says Nanjing Firm Hacked NASA, Senate & More

A sharp new cyber case has put a Nanjing company at the centre of a much wider political row....

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