With the extended May Day holiday just around the corner and the threat from Covid-19 as good as gone, Chinese people are set to take advantage of the 5 day holiday by once again travelling. Most, however, are not...

The Paisley Pattern is well known the world over. Its hallmark teardrop motif, created by the draw looms that also give us Nanjing Brocade, caught the eye of Queen Victoria, while The Beatles helped to encapsulate the design into...

Nanjing Police have brought an end to a 31-year-old people trafficking case in which women and children were abducted and sold. The fugitive, a 53 year-old woman, was arrested yesterday, 9 April, after revealing that she too had been...

Wild animals have always been a controversial topic in China. In Nanjing, the close proximity of the Hongshan Zoo extension to housing has provoked outcry from local residents. Among their worries; noise, smell and coronavirus. The real estate company's propaganda...

Tonight, as the clock strikes 12, the stream of foreigners arriving in China shall turn into a trickle of the privileged few. Those already in the country are facing a flood of both hostility and kindness, making 2020 into...

The enduring symbol of an epidemic is the face mask. Over the last 2 months, we have become so accustomed to wearing them that many Nanjingers have forgotten what each other looks like. Now however, the masks are coming...