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“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 of the Nanjing Massacre to a broad international audience after its publication in 1997. Today is marked here in Nanjing,...

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 of our very own Jiangsu, the sign reading “China Danyang Glasses City” across the street is particularly eye-catching. 走出南京出站高铁只需25分钟的丹阳火车站,在我们的江苏镇江,对面“中国丹阳眼镜城”的牌子格外醒目。 At the entrance...

Foreigners Coming to Nanjing Return to Near Pre-COVID Levels

Certainly it can be felt on the streets of Nanjing these days. Our city is once again “en vogue” with foreigners. After a 5-year hiatus, the number of visitors to the Southern Capital has returned, almost, to pre-Pandemic levels. 当然,现在的南京街头也能感受到这一点。我们的城市再次受到外国人的“追捧”。经过五年的中断后,南都的游客数量几乎恢复到了大流行前的水平。 Back...

Just how has Suzhou become a Hotbed for the Private Economy?

Suzhou’s GDP in the 1st quarter of this year topped half a trillion renminbi, a year-on-year growth of 7.9 percent, top among the 26 cities in China with an annual GDP of over ¥1 trillion. But how exactly has...

Nanjing-Melbourne Flight Marks 45 Years as Sister State Friends

Check in counters might be the oddest of places to hold an anniversary celebration for 45 years of ties between Jiangsu and the state of Victoria in Australia. But not when the first flight to Melbourne from Nanjing in...

Leukemia Sufferer Thanks Hospital 14 Years on for Paying Bills

Now and again, there comes along a story buckingtthe trend. We too often hear of ordinary folk suffering, unable to pay their hospital bills. It’s hence heartwarming to relate a moving story of courage, care and generosity in Jiangsu. 时不时就会出现一些逆潮流而行的故事。我们经常听说普通民众因无力支付医疗费用而遭受痛苦。讲述江苏勇敢、关爱、慷慨的感人故事,令人心旷神怡。 Last...

Just How Badly Do We Need it to Rain in Jiangsu?

Forecast for later this week is rain. And a fair amount of it too. That’s a relief, for while a deluge has come to southern China the past few days, some extreme measures have been implemented of late in...

88 Elon Musk; Chinese on Cusp of becoming World’s Richest Man

Financial data emerging in the past few days paints a picture of the CEO of graphics chip maker Nvidia, Huang Renxun, becoming the richest man on Earth by early 2025. That’s if the surge in the firm's stock price...

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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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