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Inside Nanjing’s Music Scene; Meeting the Movers & Shakers (Part 4)

Walking into the personal apartment rented by Mr. Zhang, my first impression was “neat”. Though the room wasn’t very large, a warm feeling emerged in my heart. Outside was the cold wind and falling temperature, but Mr. Zhang greeted...

In Conversation with He who Walked Length of Yangtze… Ash Dykes

The extreme Adventurer & three Time World Record Holder who walked breadth of Mongolia; entire length of Madagascar, summiting its eight highest mountains; & the whole 6,363 KM of our Yangtze River, on almost giving up 5 days into...

Money Talks (iv); Is a Stock Market Crash Looming?

Experienced investors know that there’s always background noise in the market claiming the next "big one" is coming. We hear all the time about the next stock market crash, comparable to The Great Depression of 1929, or that great...

Top Tales to Tell; What are Nanjing’s Weirdest Street Names?

Streets regale us of stories, reflecting warmth in the shadows of the changing times, telling the vicissitudes of life over time and space, and revealing the prosperity of our City; the grandest City of Nanjing, for all its wondrous weirdness. Beginning up north...

The Building of Nanjing (20); Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre

In early 2001, China’s General Office of the State Council officially issued the “Letter on Cancellation of the Restriction on the Alternate Hosting of the National Games by Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong”, a decision that quickly received positive responses...

Who Agrees Douyin (TikTok) is a Disease? The Jury is Out (ish)

What on Earth happened to our attention span? Marketers used to say that you have 3 minutes to hold someone’s attention (when trying to sell them something). Now it appears that’s just 3 seconds. The question is, are short...

We See More, We Want More; What do You Assume Life Owes You?

Common folk-wisdom runs that happiness is found in community. That we were happier in the past, in smaller, more tightly-knit communities; villages, towns, family units. That a big cause of the modern malaise is the fracturing of communities into...

Money Talks (iii); Can an IFA Really be of any Help to Me?

Many foreign professionals and international passport holders, both in China and around the world, require guidance and solutions to their individual financial issues, including banking, savings and investments. However, it is important to point out that Independent Financial Advisors...

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Tasty Solutions on the Menu at Shanghai Climate Week

Shanghai Climate Week coincides with Earth Day and highlights China's dual-carbon commitments. And while its object as also a...

Why is the Shanghai Government Sniffing around Our Back Yard? 

Shanghai-Nanjing Innovation Belt emerges, with Putuo District driving cross-regional collaboration to boost economic growth for 50+ million people Putuo officials...

Nanjing’s International Flights; All Change for Summer Schedule

April is rolling around, and with it comes a new schedule for flights in and out of Nanjing Lukou...

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