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Disputes in China’s Courier Industry

Despite a slowing economy, China’s express delivery industry grew steadily in 2015, while the year also saw courier services delivering to 70 percent of Chinese towns and villages, Xinhua News Agency reported. Along with the rapid development...

What You Need to Know About Copyright Law in China

The Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Copyright Law) adopted on 7th September, 1990, was amended for the first time in 2001 and for the second time in 2010. Amendment to...

Simplified Company Registration Procedure; “Three in One” Reform

In October 2015, the Chinese government enacted a series of policies to simplify the business registration process. Previously, all newly established companies, including foreign enterprises (Whofe and JV), were required to obtain three basic licenses, including a business...

Let’s Get Physical (3) Hibernation; Summer Bodies are made in Winter

Remember those balmy summer mornings? The sun streaming through the cracks in the curtain signalling the start of another day? The birds singing at your window, cheering you on as you pull on your skinny vest top, ready to...

Kids Left Behind

With whiskers almost covering half of his face, Jiang seems much older than his real age. It was nearly two o’clock in the afternoon. Jiang’s parents had finished their lunch for a long time, but he was still in...

Nice Work if You Can Get it

One day in early December 2014, a group of designers was scolded by the boss for a negative working attitude. As the youngest one in the design department, Zhong Weiwei was silent. Two men were fired after the meeting,...

Looking for a Needle in a Haystack

On weekends in the XuanWu Lake Park in Nanjing, Chinese parents hang placards as helper of finding suitable spouses for their unmarried children. Most of the advertisements center around salary, car and apartment. This kind of match-making corner is...

The 57th Ethnic Group

Marziye, is a Uyghur girl from Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. She is also a freshman in Nanjing University, along with 31 other Uyghur freshmen. Marziye started learning Chinese when she was in kindergarten on her...

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

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Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

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