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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...

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. 最近与南京信息工程大学 (NUIST) 联合发表的一项研究发现,尽管 PM2.5 正在下降,但地表臭氧污染却在上升。 The study, that appears...

Can Tim Hortons be China’s New Coffee Experience in 2019?

It has been nearly half a year now since Tim Hortons signed deal with Cartisian Capital to expand their venues to China. According to the Huffington Post, in July, the Canadian coffee giant was slated to open up to...

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...

China Hopes to Export “The Hulk”… without Shorts

China has unveiled the latest upgrades to her world-class, high-speed trains, and they come in a variety of colours. Finally. And lengths too; from 5 January, a new extra-long, high-speed train shall be put into service between Beijing and...

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...

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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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