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Binjiang Inlining

For the “inliners” amongst us, the arrival in Nanjing, an entirely unfamiliar turf, brings with it the big question; where to skate?  With the madness that is the Chinese driving style and “bikeways” that are stuffed...

Getting a Haircut in China (inc. Essential Vocabulary!)

What do you get when you cross a foreigner with a Chinese hair-dresser? This sounds like the opening line of a poor joke. For expats living in China, however, this combination is no joke; it is our unnerving reality. The...

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China Creates an X-Class of Train Numbers for Services above 350KM/H

China is giving its fastest trains a letter of their own. A new X prefix, read xīn (新, "new"),...

China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

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