There are two kinds of lotus varieties; one with pink or white flower (Chinese lotus), Nelumbo nuceifera, which is found in Asia and northern Australia; another kind with yellow flowers (American lotus), N. pentapatala, found in the Americas.
The existence of lotus...
A contestant on Jiangsu TV dating show “If You Are The One”, shocked China a few years back when she famously said she would rather cry in a BMW car than laugh on the back of a bike. As...
The desire for pale skin in China has come at a detrimental cost to one Nanjing woman, who has been diagnosed with kidney failure after exposure to mercury while using a whitening product for 2 months.
Identified only as Ms....
It was the sale of the century and the talk of the town when House of Fraser was sold to the Chinese, and a local Nanjing company at that. Now, however, the honeymoon is well and truly over.
Brick and...
Car crashes, drug busts, online scams, illegal fund-raising and Lantern Festival mayhem have been keeping our forces busy over the past two weeks' post-New Year celebrations.
Working on a drug-related tip off via Huai’an, Nanjing’s Gulou Police department tracked a...
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Wuxi for 2017 hit ¥1.05 trillion in 2017, bolstering the Jiangsu city as it joins the ranks of the “Trillions Club” of China. Wuxi’s initiation into the Club was not a lonesome one;...
27 February 2018, Zhenjiang police have announced they have cracked China’s largest case of export tax rebate fraud, amounting to ¥760m.
An official letter released by the Zhenjiang police, only half an hour's drive from Nanjing, states that after a...
China’s first case of male embryo infringement has been heard at a Nanjing court this month. 26 February, the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court announced a ruling by the Xuanwu Court in favour of a woman in a case regarding...
Shanghai-Nanjing Innovation Belt emerges, with Putuo District driving cross-regional collaboration to boost economic growth for 50+ million people
Putuo officials...
