When Vincent Shao first opened Axis 8 years ago, nobody could have foreseen the exponential evolution of Xianlin’s premier Mexican Cantina. Based in Yadong Plaza, Axis started out as a dream of a nexus for expats and natives alike...
Robin Bar is the place to go if you fancy some really well-made cocktails in an environment akin to a small private club. Watching Robin prepare a cocktail is excellent therapy for a frustrated sufferer of obsessive compulsive disorder...
Li Shengjiao (厉声教) was a famed university sports star who went on to be advisor to China’s first Premier and key contributor to China becoming party to the International Law of the Sea.
李声教（厉声教）是一位著名的大学体育明星，他成为中国第一任总理的顾问，也是中国加入国际海洋法的关键贡献者。
Born in Nanjing on 7 January, 1935,...
There are things I might perhaps do differently if I were starting the Strainer column for the first time in 2021.
I’m not saying I would be right to do them differently; I’m not saying the results would be better....
When I came to Nanjing and settled in Pukou, I had little expectation of finding a quality bar nearby, and certainly not one with a good range of draft beer. Having visited the usual suspects in the city centre,...
A year or so into operations at The Ritz-Carlton, Nanjing, three things are apparent as to the dining therein. That the quality of ingredients employed is second to none, that attention to detail is at a level to be...
Tao Hongjing (陶弘景) was the Daoist Buddhist who invented an elixir which made the body weightless, a protoscientist who taught princes and drew supernatural talismans, known to many as the “Grand Councillor of the Mountains”.
陶弘景（陶弘景）是道教佛教徒，他发明了一种使身体失重的长生不老药，他是一位教王子和绘制超自然护身护身圣的原始科学家，被许多人称为“山区大顾问”。
Born in Nanjing in then...
Take a trip to a tea plantation. Nanjing is surrounded by mountains where tea grows. You’ll bump into one soon enough if your eyes are open to it. If you already know one, go to that one.
Steal a handful...
