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Polar Bears in Nanjing get to Cool Down Feasting on Unique Ice Cubes

With 22 July being 2024’s date for the hottest day of the year according to the 24 Solar Terms, Nanjing Underwater World has specially prepared super-large ice cubes for polar bear cubs, inside which are fresh fruits and vegetables....

Football Fans Ride Donkeys Outside Nantong Stadium to Humiliate Opposition

Whether the Nantong Zhiyun fans have gone insane is the question being asked after the antics when their team recently took on Shandong Taishan which included waving flags outside the stadium on which were humiliating sentences. Full story (in...

Nanjing’s 1st Air Taxi makes Successful Debut Flight

The five-person, four-seater ET9 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft prototype developed by Yivite (Nanjing) Aviation Technology has a maximum range of 240 kilometres and is capable of flying at up to a 240 kilometres per hour. Full story...

Nanjing Massacre Survivor Zhou Zhilin Passes; 20 July, Aged 99 

When the Japanese came in 1937, Zhou, his uncle and a neighbour were about to cross the road to a farm when his uncle was fatally shot. Zhou lay on the ground pretending to be dead. 90 years old,...

Greek Order Saves Bankrupt Yangzhou Shipyard; Order Books Full until 2027

Sea Traders, under Greek shipping tycoon George J. Prokopiou, has signed a contract with Suning Shipbuilding (Yangzhou) to build six 63,500 DWT Ultramax bulk carriers, which are expected to be delivered from June 2026 onwards. Full story (in Chinese)...

Nanjing’s Mochou Lake Park Lotus Pavilion becomes 1st Romantic Marriage Point

Newlyweds Mr. Chen and Ms. Liu concluded their marriage on 21 July, becoming the first couple to obtain a marriage certificate on the banks of Mochou Lake in the Jiangnan classical garden with its 1,500 years of history. Full...

Girl Travels 4,000KM from Xinjiang to Thank Cleft Palate Surgery Benefactors

Crowds came to Suqian Railway Station on 19 July to welcome Dina, a Kazakh girl from Yili in Xinjiang, who had travelled all the way with her mother seeking to thank Xu Yewei, Wang Yanfeng and Dong Xiaowei for...

11 Minutes to Deliver Cardiac Emergency Medicine 7.78 KM by Drone in Suzhou  

The 19 July flight was the demonstration of a new low-altitude smart logistics scenario created by Suzhou Port and Shipping Group, Sinopharm Logistics Suzhou Logistics Centre and Children's Hospital Affiliated to Suzhou University. Full story (in Chinese) via this...

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China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

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