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Reliving the Past on Suzhou’s Pingjiang Lu

Few words capture the spirit of Suzhou’s Pingjiang Lu better than “enchanting”. As a true step back in time, this is the place to relive the old, to find some authenticity that dates back as far as the Song...

Heat Stroke Deaths Mount as Temps Top Record Held for 61 Years

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...

HR Representative Stabbed to Death for “Getting Man a Job”

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,...

Who Won the iPhone?! International Photo Contest Ceremony a Hit

Half a million votes were cast in Nanjing’s recent international photography competition, and with the epidemic once again under control, so the time had come to recognise the winners with their certificates and a host of valuable, high-tech prizes. 最近在南京举行的国际摄影大赛已获得50万张选票,随着疫情再次得到控制,是时候用证书和一系列珍贵的高科技奖品来表彰获奖者了。 Yesterday,...

The Building of Nanjing (6); Deji Plaza

Consummate shoppers among our alert readers will know all too well that China’s top-performing shopping mall is SKP (新光天地) in Beijing, with yearly sales of ¥13.5 billion. And the only other mall in China in that club with a...

Hydrogen or Haircut? “I Do Practical things for the Masses”!

Something which is often forgotten about China in the global discussion is the way it is fundamentally organised; for the people. After all, it is the People’s Republic of China, the People’s Liberation Army, the Municipal People’s Government, etc. 在全球讨论中,中国经常被遗忘的一件事是它的根本组织方式;为了人民。...
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