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On this Day in Chinese History; 4 August

This day, 4 August, in 1971, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Türkiye established diplomatic relations.

Distilling the Conversation; Drunken Apes Drive Tourism of Today

An enormous, faux-ceramic-baijiu urn greets visitors to the Yanghe Winery Culture Tourist Area in Suqian, Jiangsu Province.  It’s a metaphor for the size of that which lies dormant inside the urn. And yes, it’s full (of you know what). The...

What’s the Colour of Time? Of Direction? Of Space? Of Numbers?

Perceptions: cultural, historical, and biological. Our perceptions colour our experiences, influence our judgments and shape our interactions with other people. An oft-quoted anecdote runs that in 1972, Chinese premier Zhou Enlai was asked about the impact of the French Revolution....

Changing the Modus Operandi of Personal Urban Transport

What's your idea of getting to work each morning? Getting on that half-broken moped you've had for years and just hoping it makes it? Or maybe you're one of the lucky ones who gets to sit in traffic for...

Never Ever Have I Ever

I am moving house again. Unwillingly, for the first time ever. My landlord wants to fix all the leaks and cracks and damp and then live there, so we must once again decamp. For the first time ever, I...

Chinese People will Never EVER do that; Yeah, Right!

New mothers in today’s China are very likely to be seen pushing a pram while looking at their iPhone. Nothing strange about that, you might think. But let’s back up a little. When I moved from Shanghai to Nanjing in 2003,...

True Evol’s Kiss; Prince Charming Awaits outside the Cave…

Makayla sat on her broomstick hovering over the dark twisted trees below, wondering how they were still standing all these years later. She once again, thought back to that time, lazily trying to recall if there were any other...

The Building of Nanjing (17); Lingyuan New Village Post Museum

Situated at 1 Youju Lu (Post Office Road) on the lower slopes of Purple Mountain, a visit to the Lingyuan New Village Post Museum is to step back in time almost 100 years and into the daily lives of...
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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...

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...
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