Soho is its official name, as decreed by The Nanjinger. But it’s not the local equivalent of today’s Soho in London, so full of tourists that it has lost the trendy allure it once had. No, Nanjing’s version is...
Nanjing’s long-standing food vendors and eateries in downtown neighbourhoods offer a real taste of city and local life. I go back to those places when I can, preferably later in the afternoon to bring something home for a simple...
Zhongshan Wharf is where, on 23 April, 1949, troops of the People's Liberation Army landed to recapture Nanjing. It was the last time the city would be capital of China.
1949年4月23日，中国人民解放军部队登陆夺回南京的地方是中山码头。 这是这座城市最后一次成为中国的首都。
But the story of this, one of Nanjing’s most...
The sequel is a perilous temptation of modern cinema. Can it ever recapture the original’s magic? Can it still move things forward or is it just a cash in for us hapless punters? We’ve all been stung by a...
China is nuts for auspicious dates, which might make you question the wisdom of opening a restaurant in Nanjing on 13 December that is the anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre. Nevertheless, that’s not the way auspicious dates actually work...
Theodore Holmes Bullock was to become a founding father of that interdisciplinary science combining neuroscience and ethology into Neuroethology. As a child, he had also once had Sun Yat-sen himself as a guest in his home.
西奥多·霍姆斯·布洛克成为跨学科科学的创始人，将神经科学和民族学结合到神经伦理学中。 小时候，他家里也曾接待过孙中山本人作为客人。
Born in Nanjing...
We had just 1 hour minutes to fill four baskets. Any less, we were told, and the local tea master would reject the batch as a waste of effort.
So off we went to work on a hillside overlooking a...
By coincidence, I was recently drinking Yunnan Green tea anyway.
My favourite market-stall had been selling some. Yeah, it was cheap. And, despite the unpromising smell and ashen grey appearance, I was curious.
I had not bought any of this stuff...
