China may not be known for pristine beaches in the same way that the Caribbean or other parts of southeast Asia are. But that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. And we’re not talking about Qingdao where the grains of...
Unmanned ariel vehicles, more commonly known as drones, often get a bad press, mainly for buzzing airports and grounding commercial airliners. All too easily forgotten is the key role they can play in saving lives, as per the incident...
Not since 1961 has Jiangsu seen temperatures in mid July this high. In Nanjing, with humidity levels also soaring, the threat of heat stroke is very real indeed. For “multiple organ failure” is a cause of death increasingly common...
Think of them as job centres. The landscape of cities in China is dotted with such “labour service companies”, “HR centres” or “talent shops”. But the service provided by one may well have led directly to an employee’s death,...
When pulled over at a police check point and asked for their documentation, most drivers simply comply politely, while a few will find the need to make up one excuse or another as to why they cannot. But now...
Weather authorities’ high-temperature warnings went “red” this morning, with parts of east and central China, including Nanjing, expecting 40-plus degrees Celsius, while a recent massive recent storm has also wreaked damage across several parts of our city.
Yesterday, 11 July,...
