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Han Dou

Kuaidi Duanxin; Up Close and Personal

They know what time you go to work and what time you get home. They never stop phoning you or sending you texts until they see your face. They wait for you all the time. Sometimes they catch you...

2,500 Year Old Buddhist Relics Go on Display

It dominated headlines in 2015 when the most precious of Buddhist Relics found their new home in Nanjing. Now, with the 6th Jinling Buddhist Cultural Month kicking off today in Niushou Mountain, an open display marks this world-wide Buddhism...

A4 Waist or Super Skinny Scary Chinese Barbie?

Meet Jacqueline Chen. A girl from my gym who always adds one more practice to her workout routine; taking sweaty selfies. Every time she flaunts her toned abs and robust legs on Weibo, her screen is sure to be...

What Did Your Childhood Taste Like?

Children’s Day is here once again. While it may be the perfect time for the little ones to blackmail their parents for an iPad, in the good old days, all what they wanted was a 4 cent Horse-Head Popsicle....

150-year-old Murals Unveiled in Nanjing

Tangzijie, a place notorious for selling second-hand (stolen) bikes in Nanjing has a chance to clear its name. After half a century of preservation, 24 original murals from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Era (1850-1864) were unveiled on Tangzijie last...

Nanjing Duck Blood Soup for Breakfast, Guangzhou Dim-Sum for Afternoon Tea

A new high-speed train route from Nanjing to Guangzhou opened yesterday, slashing travel time to 7 hours, along with another intercity line that can put Nanjingers in Nantong in less than 3 hours. As part of...

Crazy Rich Chinese; @Children of the Yuan

Although they don’t know how to create wealth, they surely know how to show it off. The high profile, "Fuerdai" (富二代) or “Trust Fund Kids”, has become the most loathed group in this country, but that didn’t stop them...

Secret Garden of Nanjing Reopens

The biggest private garden in Nanjing was forgotten for decades until this Labour Day, 1 May 2016, when over 8,000 visitors lined up to witness “the most beautiful garden in the legend”, Yu Yuan (愚园), come back to life....

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1st Blind Teacher in Wuxi is Shanghai Fudan University Graduate

Jiangsu is on the cusp of having its very first blind teacher, thanks to the dedication of a student...

Nanjinger’s Illustrated Book Picked up by Top 5 Intl. Publisher

There cannot be many books, English books, illustrated by a Nanjinger and a young one at that, which have...

After the Fire; Nanjing & Elsewhere Clamp Down on E-bike Charging that Can Kill

Tragedies are not normally inevitable. They come out of nowhere. But when it comes to that of the deadly...

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