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Renée Gray Beaumont

Whatever will be; Ramsay’s Influence in Nanjing

Que sera sera, whatever will be will be, the world is not ours to see, que sera sera! This lovely classic was the inspiration for the name of owner Frank Cheung’s French fusion fine dining restaurant. Que Sera Sera...

Face Recognition Industry Thrives; Nanjing Jaywalkers in Trouble

Nanjing South Railway Station at 11 o’clock on a Monday morning; I had assumed midday rush hour would slow things down, so I arrived early in anticipation of a long queue. Yet, I was pleasantly surprised...

Government and Foreigners Discuss Nanjing Urban Planning

On 31 August the Nanjing Bureau of City Planning held a joint panel discussion with selected foreign representatives at the bureau’s offices in Gulou. The aim of the discussion was to ask for input from the foreign community with...

Lawson Opens Five Stores in Nanjing; Many More to Come

Monday saw Japanese convenience store Lawson’s opened its doors in Nanjing for the first time, and not in one, but five separate locations. Lawson’s plan to open another 300 stores around the city in the next...

Cats Bound for Guangzhou Saved in Nanjing

Deep into the evening of 24 August, a truck over loaded with cats crammed aboard trundled out of Nanjing city on the G4211 Ningma (Nanjing-Ma’anshan) Highway. Suspicious police pulled the truck over and detained the driver and cats. A...

Nanjing 3D Prints Its Way Into Futuristic Construction

An unassuming and sparsely populated industrial estate on the far flung outskirts of Nanjing received an ultra-modern facelift this month. Some scrappy bridge railings were considered old and dangerous and in need of a good remake. Instead of using...

Banks and Government Team up for Latest Green Travel Plan

From 16 thru 31 August, cooperation between the Traffic Management Office of the Nanjing Public Security Bureau, the Bank of Nanjing and Mobike, is bringing about an exciting and innovative new initiative in order to promote further green travel....

Crime Author Arrested for 1995 Quadruple Murder; Chilling Quote

It was the morning of 19 November, 1995, and not far from Nanjing in the city of Huzhou, slept the people of a small guesthouse positioned at the end of the road. In one of the...

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