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Kristen Wang

No Hate Permitted Here; We are Lovers, Not Fighters!

China experiences some of the highest rates of cyber bullying in the world. As backlash to such a statistic, a new online group has come to the fore, one in which there are no haters and no negative comments. The...

Night Owls and Youth Drawn to 24-hour Art Gallery in Nanjing

“Does Nanjing have any decent night life, other than bars and clubs?”, is an oft-asked question. Thankfully, discerning Nanjingers have a new choice for a late night hang-out; the “24 hours Art Gallery” located in the city’s western Hexi...

Plums, Cherries, Peaches, Violets; it’s Blossom Time in Nanjing!

The virtually consistent rain in the early spring of 2019 has meant many people have not yet had the chance to savour this year's fascinating beauty of flower blossom. With improvement to the weather,  however, Nanjing now enters its...

Bye Bye Bai Bai; Outrage Over Correct Chinese Pronunciation

Chinese citizens, nay netizens, love little more than a fierce online argument. One of the most recent and hottest is seeing uproar over the official pronunciation of common, and not so common, expressions, given their revised appearance in Chinese...

Beetlemania Hits Nanjing with 3mm Find in Paleontology

Nanjing’s Institute of Geology and Paleontology is back in the headlines, with its research that puts the fossil record of beetles back by more than 150 million years. After more than 2 years of research, Dr. Cai Chenyang, of...

Rainbow Flatulence, or How Online Millennials Talk to Each Other

Few things are such eye openers than than youth’s use of language when communicating with each other on social media. Such also offers a fascinating snapshot of today’s society as well as being an essential tool for keeping up...

Valentines, Blind Dates, Marriage Market or Plain Old Socialising?

“A woman’s virtue lies in her lack of knowledge”, goes an old Chinese saying. Such is still a common traditional view held among elderly people who gather in a so called “marriage market” or “blind date corner”, where advertisements posted on walls...

Big in Japan (But All Alone)

Concluding my 1 and a half years of study in the UK, I planned to travel alone somewhere else before I got stuck with possible work. I chose Japan to run away from the hustle and bustle of China,...

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Costco Nanjing Low Down; Grand Opening on 28 May

That we had heard the rumour was enough; discounted pumps are already flowing at the petrol station of soon-to-be-opened...

Where was Capital of Jiangsu in History? Nanjing just 1 of 9!

Nanjing, the capital of numerous ancient dynasties and even the nation itself previously, is also capital of Jiangsu Province....

Hi 5! Nanjing’s Newest Metro Line Opens; 8 Years in the Making

They chose to do it on a Sunday. For it has been 8 long years since a spade was...

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