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Is China Marathon Crazy? It’s all about the Money, Money, Money

With economic and social development, so too does the public pay attention to its health, becoming more willing to participate in sports events. And as March beckons, Marathon season is set to begin in China. But who are we...

Man Travels 23,150 Kilometres to Go Home for Chinese New Year

Chinese simply must go home for Spring Festival, like migratory birdlife. One man this year, however, made the most monumental effort, travelling the equivalent of the bird with the longest migration of all. And he started from literally the...

61 Year Old Makes ¥6,000 a Day; Every Villager Buys Car & House

Fungus. All kinds of edible fungus. That’s what’s making people rich in a few select villages in northern Jiangsu where mushrooms have been cultivated for more than 30 years. 菌。各种食用菌。这就是苏北一些村庄的人们致富的原因,这些村庄的蘑菇种植已有 30 多年的历史。 Zhangzhai is one such village, in Fengcheng Sub District...

Nanjing-Beijing by Train; Soon Officially Faster than by Plane!

High-speed rail revolution: Nanjing will benefit from new 400 km/h CR450 trains, reducing Beijing-Nanjing travel time to 2 hours 47 minutes, surpassing planes. Cutting-edge design: Prototypes feature streamlined noses, bogie enclosures, and 10% lighter weight, enhancing speed and efficiency. Advanced technology:...

Nanjing Metro Line 7; Complete, Open & Very Very Deep

Today marked another milestone in the evolution of our City’s mass transit system, as the Nanjing Metro network put into operation another 11 kilometres of track, to give the entire system a length of 484 kilometres. And some awe-inspiring...

Earthrise @56; and the Role Played by Nanjing & NASA in it

This day, 56 years ago, a remarkable photograph was taken. The photographer was a man who’d spent time in Nanjing as a 4 year old as war raged. The image came to be known as “Earthrise”; it kicked started...

Anniversary 87; Nanjing Massacre Victims’ Families Centre Stage

With its traditional ceremonial solemnity, the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders’ annual recognition of the ransacking of Nanjing in 1937 took place today. But more clouds now loom; that soon no one will...

1 Needle Cures Cancer; Beware Suspicious Sounding TCM Claims

Undercover investigations by a leading Chinese media outlet are underscoring the need to be vigilant as to some of the claims made by those said to be practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Beware of “just going for a massage”. 中国一家主要媒体的秘密调查凸显出需要对那些据称是中医从业者的一些说法保持警惕。谨防“只是去按摩”。 On...

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From Suzhou to Liverpool by Bike, One Student Makes the Link Real

Student Luke Rimmer left Suzhou on Tuesday with a bicycle, a ridiculous distance ahead of him and, by his...

Nanjing North Tops Out, but Jiangbei Still Wants Its Metro

Today’s last concrete pour at Nanjing North Railway Station felt like one of those construction moments that actually means...

Louis Vuitton & Milk Tea Meet in Suzhou; it’s a ¥10.3 Million Fight

how on Earth did a Parisian house of luxury end up in a Suzhou courtroom over a milk tea...

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