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Nanjing Olympic Tramline; Enjoy a free ride

From 2nd August until 8th August citizens get a free taster of the new tramline. Passengers can enjoy a ride from the Olympic Stadium (East) to Jiangshan Dajie, the stop for the Youth Olympic village or vice versa. The...

Being Out is In; 2014 Asia Outdoor Expo Exhibits Industry’s Success

Outdoor sports is a fairly young market in China, yet its popularity has been growing steadily over recent years. The numbers speak volumes. According to the China Outdoor Market report 2013 published by the China Outdoor Association (COA), the core...

Xi’s China Football Dream; Inspiration or Illusion?

The FIFA world cup once again illustrated how much China loves football. Yet, the national team’s lack of ability is infamous.; are a new school and Xi Jinping about to change the football state of the nation? China loves...

Time Travel to 1872; Antique Nanjing Photos Now On Display

Want to know what Nanjing was like over 100 years ago? The earliest photographic memorandums of the city are currently providing Nanjingers with insight into the nature of their city during latter half of 19th century. 134 antique photos...

Maiden voyage; Nanjing’s new metro lines open on schedule

Nanjing life just got more convenient and stylish. Today, 1st July 2014, saw the opening of two long-awaited metro lines; number 10 and the airport line. Mixed with the excitement of improved transport is the frustration that everything comes...

YOG Check List; Increased Security Measures Hitting Nanjing

7.30 am, Guangzhou Lu. A man in his fifties is bashing on the front door of the apartment screaming to be let in. He is “from the government”, he shouts, brandishing some form of official looking pass at the...

Shutting Up Shop; Hong Kong To Limit Mainland Visitors?

Discussions this month amongst Hong Kong leadership on cutting the number of mainland visitors by 20 percent illustrate the tensions between China’s two systems. The resistance against the mainland presence in the ex-colony has been long-standing, increasing over recent...

Dulwich College Suzhou Parents Donate ¥100,000

The parent community of Dulwich College Suzhou, called Friends of Dulwich (FOD), along with Headmaster John Todd visited the Suzhou Children’s Hospital to present 100,000RMB to help pay for a little girl’s medical treatment. The money was raised at their...

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Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

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...

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