China has made abundantly clear its wishes that 300 million of its citizens participate in winter sports, thanks in large part to its hosting of the at-present ongoing Olympics. And yesterday, it felt like every last one of them...
When you get off a train these days, you can expect a wait, while people faff around looking for their (expired) health code. But on this, the last day of the Chinese New Year holiday, considerable efforts have been...
The wild boar in China is protected in China under law. Judging from its behaviour in Nanjing over the last year, this fact has not been lost on the beast. For creating havoc in our city’s residential communities appears...
While we’re sleeping, Nanjing’s metro system may not be running trains, but that doesn’t mean it’s idle. For each night, an army of workers take to the tracks. They've spent the nights of Chinese New Year like any other;...
Heard any fireworks being illegally set off near where you live the past few days? Probably not so many, as Nanjing’s firework lovers are now a law-abiding bunch. Problem is, this year they all went to the same place...
New year offerings, that’s what. Somewhat delightfully, a tiger at Nanjing’s Jinniu Lake Wildlife Kingdom gave birth yesterday, 1 Feb., the 1st day of the Year of the Tiger. And as for those smiling porpoises, that’s the name of...
Within 48 hours. Those are there words which have this Chinese New Year become a curse to anyone wishing to return home to their family or go on a plain-old holiday. Just as well Nanjing’s airport has rolled out...
With China’s season of goodwill upon us, today is also the day when the little ones take centre stage. Fitting therefore, for us to close the year with a look at what Nanjing’s international schools have been doing to...
