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Cross Cultural Lovers’ On Stage Duel

The concept of Shakespearean and Kun Opera styles emerging together on stage in order to showcase, visually, the real creativity of their times, is an exciting and deeply interesting idea, and one arguably immensely challenging project for which the...

Good Eats, Good Vibrations

“Come along and ride on a fantastic Eat voyage!” one wall proclaims. Another features a stylised sunset. Hawaiian music drifts in from the background. A friendly dog greets as you walk in. The message is clear.  If you are...

Collectibles; Nanjing Walled Beer

Helping to fluff out Xinjiekou’s rather bleak nightlife is swanky debutante Rodenbach. Nestled in the brand spanking new 1913 area of Hongwu Road, the restaurant/bar/museum sits adjacent to its sister establishment, Bond No.9, that combines whisky bar, cocktail terrace,...

Can You Handle this Scary Monster?

Coming in at a whopping 2 kg, including the French fries, all the toppings and the salad; everything except the plate, Hilton Nanjing's Monster Burger Challenge goes thus; clear the plate within 30 minutes and it's free. ...

Bamboo Salt; the New Green Tea?

In a previous entry for Strainer, we explored the use of green tea as an additive in various processed goods; from skin creams to air fresheners to slimming pills to ice cream. We explored how seldom it is the flavour...

Taking a Dip in 40 Soups

The breadth and range of leisure options in Nanjing continues its dizzyingly upward spiral, and little proves this point better than 40 Soups, a new style of Japanese Spa in Pukou. Rooms come in varying sizes, right up to...

Squid, Wasabi, Beer & Regency

Japanese food in Nanjing is not difficult to find; an array of good, authentic and affordable Japanese food is. That is why we at the Nanjinger absolutely loved our visit to the newest kid on the block; Fujiwara. ...

Nanjing’s (Non) Irish Pub

If it’s an authentic Irish drinking experience you are after, well, best book a plane to Ireland. But if you crave good vibes , live music, and green space? Nanjing’s own Irish Pub will do quite nicely.  ...

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

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

Shiseido Sues Aldi over a ¥24.9 Primer that Resembles Its ¥540 Rival

Shiseido has sued Aldi China, the product's manufacturer and an Aldi Shanghai store operator over unfair competition, arguing that...

Forty Tables Became Twenty; Then the Bookings Stopped

Susu has sold wedding banquets at one of the biggest hotels in her small town in northern China for...

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