So from word of mouth I started looking for info on the new bar\restaurant\casino\wtf? venue Studio 21. My searches led me to hellonanjing.net and am I ever glad they did.

It is a decent expat guide to Nanjing with a forum and good articles, podcasts etc. While I had been a fan of Nanjingnow, the main things I thought held them back were the lack of user registration (thus the source of alot of the anonymous name calling on the boards) and the lack of a well organized review system in restaurant\bar reviews. As luck may have it, it is in these areas that Hello Nanjing shines the most. The site has obvious room to grow, but the technological infrastructure is there to support the growth. The problem any Nanjing expat site is obviously going to have is the lack of foreigners in Nanjing providing info, while we may never be able to fight the big boys in China like shanghaiexpat.com, at least Hello Nanjing has given us the battlefield to try and build something useful for us “2nd Tier City” expats. While they veer more heavily towards the Shanghai Lu & Sheraton’s areas of the city, there is useful info there for all. I for one am excited to see what plans they have for the future.