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Mutton Soup, BBQ and Beer await at Annual Month Long Lamb Festival in Xuzhou 

This year’s festival got underway on 13 July with the sacred flame of legendary figure of Taoism Peng Zu being handed to Shen Xianbing who heads up the 700-year-old Sheep Soup Restaurant in Xuzhou. Lasts until 14 August. Full...

Cultural Venues Month in Wuxi Seeks to Address Summer Holiday Boredom

Among the highlights this year, Wuxi Museum has cancelled the requirement to make advance reservations, Wuxi Municipal Library is to hold a reading marathon,  while Wuxi Art Museum invites children to come and spend their holiday painting. Full story...

10 Minutes of CPR Rescues Boy who Collapsed on Badminton Court in Huai’an

It is thought that intense exercise on the court induced an epileptic seizure, leading to cardiac arrest. Fortunately, the boy had been playing in the badminton hall of Huai'an No.1 People's Hospital, with multiple doctors around. Full story (in...

Is Driving Test for Takeout Delivery Riders in Yangzhou as Ridiculous as it Sounds?

Two food delivery companies have organised more than 170 takeout delivery riders to make appointments for exams, with the aim of keeping them on the road to safely and standardising their orderly conduct while delivering orders to consumers. Full...

Suzhou Opens Air Taxi Service; Just 12 Minutes from Rooftop to Shuofang Airport

Officially opened on 13 July, the Suzhou Sky Express High-tech Plaza Direct Flight Centre located on Shishan Lu in Suzhou High-tech Zone began operations. Next, flights to Shanghai Pudong New International Expo Centre; 100KM for ¥300p/p. Full story (in...

Stupid Yangzhou Chip Thief Targets High Performance Computers in Esports Hotel

The not-so-smart thief had checked into an esports hotel in Jiangdu City using his identity, before making off in the morning with with three CPUs and graphics cards to then simply go to work. Police tracked him down in...

Dream to be Pilot Comes True for 19 Year Old Boy in Nanjing Admitted to NUAA

With his father an air force pilot and dreams from a young age of taking to the blue skies himself one day, Zhao Qiyue got excellent grades in the recent university entrance exam to be accepted for the flight...

World’s Biggest Wedding City in Suzhou Launches Live Broadcast; 1.1 Million Watch

Huqiu Wedding City (HQ) launched the broadcast on 13 July as the world's largest distribution and purchasing centre for wedding dresses, where nearly 700 high-quality operators have formed a cluster of mid-to-high-end dress retailers. Full story (in Chinese) via...

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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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