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Surge for China’s New YouTube, Hashtag “Study with Me”

A new-found hunger for knowledge among China’s younger generations is driving the success of self-made tutorial video websites, in the process creating a much more YouTube-like, online-video ecosystem, but one with a twist. 中国年轻一代新发现的对知识的渴望正在推动自制教程视频网站的成功,在这个过程中,它创造了一个更像YouTube的在线视频生态系统,但有一个转折。 Bilibili, originally known as a video website...

Cinemas in Nanjing Charging ¥300 to See “Avengers: Endgame”

Another Marvel movie, “Avengers: Endgame”, is taking us by storm. Just as the film looks set to break all known box office records worldwide, in Nanjing, it is already very hard to get a ticket without paying over the...

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

Q. What do Zagreb, Los Angeles and Nanjing all have in common? A. Each share a shrine to the tragedy of failed romances.  A new mobile exhibition that has made a stop in Nanjing is shining a light on that which...

Life Ranking; Children, Parents, Spouse or Yourself?

Among the more well-known thought experiments is “If you could only save one person…?” In today’s China, however, it is reality TV that is leading way with its new incarnation, “Life ranking; children, parents, spouse or yourself”, as the...

12,000 Run in Nanjing Xianlin Half Marathon; Kenya Triumphant

8 am yesterday, Sunday, 14 April, saw the starting gun fired for the Nanjing Bank of Ningbo Xianlin Half Marathon in Yangshan Park. An impressive 12,000 runners turned out to take part in the event which attracted people from...

Nanjing Vertical Marathon; Scan to Win at 50 Metro Stations

The second season of the Golden Eagle Cup Nanjing Metro Vertical Marathon has got underway around Nanjing, with the theme of health and environmental protection, and a vast array of prizes are on offer between now and 19 April. Participants...

End of an Icon? Fashion Lady to Close for Complete Renovation

Since 2005, Fashion Lady, in Chinese known as "Laidi Plaza", located in the centre of Xinjiekou, has long been known as that most “in” hangout in downtown Nanjing, a central place for youngsters. Now, after 14 years, however, even...

Fancy a Volcanic Honeymoon? Fly Nanjing-Jeju Direct from 1 May

The Koreans call it “Honeymoon Island”, yet the idyllic, paradise-like escape is dominated by South Korea’s highest mountain, a massive extinct volcano in the very centre of the island. At present, anyone wishing to fly from Nanjing to Jeju Island...

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Baby on Board in High Speed Train Emergency Delivered by Urologist into Nanjing

Mid-journey between Shanghai and Nanjing, a routine high-speed train service turned into an improvised delivery room, when a lady...

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:...

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