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Nanjing News

Kindergarten Terrorism; Nanjing Preschool Trials Emergency Drill

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While lockdown drills and anti-terrorist activities are commonplace in schools in China, that they now come to kindergartens is an ominous indication of the kind of society we live in today. A remote kindergarten in Nanjing is preparing for...
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Vulgar Marriage Customs to be Outlawed by Nanjing District

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A Nanjing district is among many parts of China to be attempting the reformation of marriage customs. Supposedly rooted in rituals to expel evil spirits, some customs have been distorted to the extent they are now regarded as vulgar...
Nanjing News

Divorce’s Top Reasons in Nanjing? Mobile Phones & Mother in Laws

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Husbands playing games non stop on their phones and mother in laws interfering in the marriage are the main reasons for couples to seek divorce in 2021 Nanjing. But that more are choosing to remain together points to a...
Nanjing News

3 Dead in Nanjing Electric Bike Battery Fire; Jail Time 4 Owner

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Judgement has been passed down in a landmark case in which criminal negligence resulted in three deaths in Nanjing last year, after a fire from the battery of an electric bike spread to the adjacent residential building, torching an...
National News

No Train Ticket Required but Leave the Hairspray at Home

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Having broken the cardinal rule that is not to leave Jiangsu quite a few times of late, this correspondent feels the time is right for an update from the field as regards foreigners and their train tickets. And there...
Nanjing News

Smoke Engulfs Nanjing Airport after Fire in Smoking Room

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Scenes of drama unfolded this morning at Nanjing Lukou International Airport, when a fire broke out inside the terminal, causing clouds of thick dark smoke to rise and engulf the terminal ceiling. Ironically, the fire is thought to have...
Nanjing News

Bereavers Offered ¥2000 Incentive to Choose Smokeless Burials

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Nanjing will stop at nothing to continue to clean up the city’s air quality. Having thought of just about everything else, a local cemetery has taken to offering bereavers a cash incentive for them to choose the environmentally friendly...
Nanjing News

Where to Have a Heart Attack in China? Nanjing is Your #2 Choice

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Thinking about having a heart attack? Do it in Nanjing. Even better, make sure you’re in a metro station, as the Jiangsu capital has become second in the country to achieve citywide coverage of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). In December...
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About Me

Editor-in-Chief of The Nanjinger, Frank Hossack, is a multi-award winning Radio/TV host who has worked in China for the past 30 years. Frank has also written for Time magazine and The Times, appeared on the BBC and LBC, and been cited by CNN, China Daily and the New York Times, among many others.
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