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Well done, Sanjana!

BSN are very proud to announce that Sanjana Kumar in Year 6 has won the prestigious COBIS Poetry Competition. The school was delighted, recently, to learn from COBIS that one of their talented young writers, Sanjana in Year 6,...

A New Page; Comic Book Tells Tale of Opening up China

The recent discovery of an unusual comic-book adaptation of the film Star Wars created shorty after the Cultural Revolution is testament to China’s isolation at the time. The booklet published in Guangzhou in 1980 tells the story of Luke...

Stealing Content or Loyalties; Clampdown on Piracy

The removal of four leading US shows last month from Chinese streaming sites was greeted with confusion and anger; now the latest “Anti-piracy campaign” is revealing a “clean-up” of unprecedented scale. End of April four highly...

World Book Day; China Reading too much into it?

Yesterday the world celebrated World Book Day. For China with its complex language system reading and literacy are especially hot topics, even more so considering the country’s turbulent history throughout the 20th century.  Chinese Literacy in...

Nanjing Government confirms local expat firm will make “Happy Nanjing” video

The Nanjing municipal government has awarded Nanjing based SinoConnexion a contract to produce a "Happy Nanjing" video, inspired by the Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy”. The UK company won the contract after taking the initiative to produce a pilot version...

Out with Pudong, in with Pukou

Nanjing plans on joining the elite group of State-Level Development Zones according to a statement by the local government made on Wednesday. This is only part of Jiangsu province’s grand modernisation plan, which got the go...

Queuing it Right, Watch out for Pre-YOG Queuing Instructors

It is being widely reported that in the coming months, Queuing Inspectors will oversee the queuing process at metro stations and high-speed railway stations in order to leave visitors to the forthcoming during the Youth Olympic Games suitably impressed....

Qingming Festival; Honouring Ancestors, If You Can Get There

Saturday, the 5th of April marks China’s Tomb-Sweeping Festival. Get ready for burning piles of paper money and traffic mayhem that will persist over the entire coming week. Traditionally, Qingming Festival is the time to visit...

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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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