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Shawn Li

Maintaining Personal Hygiene in Ancient China

With the rapid advancement of the times, people have begun to pay more and more attention to their personal image, and have also attached great importance to personal hygiene. Things such as toothpaste and hand sanitiser have become daily...

Nanjing Sport to Play Key Role in 2020 Tokyo Olympics Warm Up

With the Olympics now but months away, athletes the world over shall be warming up and, they hope, qualifying for Tokyo 2020, via a number of global sporting meets. Nanjing is to feature prominently on many of their calendars. So...

Street Lighting Goes Smart as 5G Comes Alive in Nanjing

As 5G base stations pop up everywhere in Nanjing, they so too come in unusual forms. Smart street lighting is an innovative way of providing a 5G network with universal coverage. Nanjing's Confucius Temple area was recently one of...

Drug Use by Foreign Students Targeted in New “Law Abiding” Video

Fighting, theft and illicit drug use are among the topics covered in a lively promotional video recently released by local authorities that aims to familiarise foreign students with the laws of China and the impact thereof on daily student...

“No Homework Policy” by Education Bureau Enrages Nanjing Parents

Parents outraged at the Education Bureau’s recent implementation of a policy that significantly reduces the workload for primary, middle, and high school students, have given rise to the latest hot topic on the Chinese internet; "It’s hard to be...

Luxury in China, 1980s Style

In the eyes of many people today, today’s refrigerators, colour TVs, washing machines, and cars are nothing more than ordinary; few remember that which appeared in recent years was unimaginable 30 years ago. Back in the 1980s, the daily...

WANTED! Mascot for Nanjing World IAAF Indoor Championships

At the start of the recent 100-day countdown until the 2020 Nanjing World IAAF Indoor Championships, both the event’s logo and slogan were revealed, confirming that Nanjing is on track to deliver another  exceptional international sporting tournament. From 13 March to...

Lies, Damned Lies; Fake Character is China’s Latest Big Business

Many of our alert readers will know of the expression, “Me and my yacht”. They will also be aware of the limits to the actual truth contained therein. Turns out that in China, this is a concept that has...

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Undercover investigations by a leading Chinese media outlet are underscoring the need to be vigilant as to some of...

“Rape of Nanking” Author Acknowledged 20 Years after Death

Today marks 20 years since the death of Iris Chang, author of “The Rape of Nanking” that brought a knowledge...

How Half the World’s Lenses for Glasses are Made in Danyang

Walking out of Danyang Railway Station that is just 25 minutes by high-speed train out of Nanjing, in Zhenjiang...

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